Rap and redemption on death row : seeking justice and finding purpose behind bars /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Braxton, Alim (Author), Katz, Mark, 1970- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
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Table of Contents:
  • Dear Mama, I am a murderer
  • Five letters
  • Hip hop is my life
  • Abortion or adoption
  • Bigger lover
  • Being biracial
  • Hymn of h.i.m. (he is me)
  • Jeannie
  • Marriage in Paris
  • Alhamdulillah!
  • One who has knowledge
  • My creative process
  • It ain't just me
  • My Raleigh
  • Descent into crime
  • We had just kidnapped a man
  • Why didn't I just leave?
  • Oh my God, what have I done?
  • Meaner, angrier, deadlier
  • Orientation at Caledonia
  • Convict carnival
  • Two codes
  • Owning the canteen
  • The Bible don't say nothing about pork
  • Slave labor
  • Ready 4 war
  • I need a new shank
  • Toxic masculinity
  • I had to put steel in him
  • Mercy on my soul
  • Welcome to death row
  • Death row is no life of luxury
  • Years in segregation
  • Islam and Black nationalism
  • Allahu Akbar!
  • Living among the innocent
  • Unbreakable
  • My first recordings
  • All about the money
  • Total loss of privacy
  • Original gangster
  • A gangster trying to be Muslim
  • Finding a producer
  • He doesn't deserve to be here
  • One life
  • Dreamville and the nightmare
  • What's the point in trying to do good?
  • Hoops and obstacles
  • Why rappers should listen to country music
  • My baby sister Keisha
  • Almost like she was in paradise
  • Waking up in a different country
  • White cop
  • Welcome back to unit one
  • Due process?
  • Celebrating in the hole
  • Checking in at Central Prison
  • Thirty-seven days in the hole (excerpt)
  • The Alim team
  • Anger is a privilege that I don't have
  • The Zoom solution
  • A major milestone
  • Jay-Z
  • The best human being I've ever met
  • It was a good day.