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Hurricanes : a memoir
Published 2019 by Harlequin Books
ISBN 9781335999283
Bib Id 2277773
Description 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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9781335999283 (hardcover) $28.00
1335999280
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B Ross
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Hurricanes : a memoir
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2019 by Harlequin Books
Description
286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Summary
Rick Ross is an indomitable presence in the music industry, but few people know his full story. Now, for the first time, Ross offers a vivid, dramatic and unexpectedly candid account of his early childhood, his tumultuous adolescence and his dramatic ascendancy in the world of hip-hop. Born William Leonard Roberts II, Ross grew up "across the bridge," in a Miami at odds with the glitzy beaches, nightclubs and yachts of South Beach. In the aftermath of the 1980 race riots and the Mariel boatlift, Ross came of age at the height of the city's crack epidemic, when home invasions and execution-style killings were commonplace. Still, in the midst of the chaos and danger that surrounded him, Ross flourished, first as a standout high school football player and then as a dope boy in Carol City's notorious Matchbox housing projects. All the while he honed his musical talent, overcoming setback after setback until a song called "Hustlin'" changed his life forever.
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