Cross the tracks : a memoir /

Publication Type:

Book

Source:

Gallery Books,, New York, United States, p.xiii, 235 pages : (2022)

Call Number:

ML420.B723

Keywords:

(OCoLC)fst01089960, Biography., fast, Rap musicians, Rap musicians., United States

Notes:

Badazz Boosie, South Baton Rouge: The beginning -- Growing up in the bloody red sticks -- My momma and my daddy -- My first loves -- Blood of my brother -- Parental discretion -- Finding myself -- Product of my environment -- The transition -- Gangster, gangster -- Prison and life on death row -- Surviving the odds -- A blessing or a curse -- Cancer: the enemy within me -- Fatherhood -- Superhero -- Being a boss."From one of rap's most personal and evocative writers comes a memoir in the vein of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane about how Boosie Badazz, one of the industry's most controversial figures, was able to overcome insurmountable odds--including a murder indictment, kidney cancer, and a diabetes diagnosis--to make his musical dreams a reality"--