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Praise for Donald Goines: Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure. --Tupac Shakur The voice of the ghetto itself. --The Village Voice Donald Goines, a brilliant writer of street literature captures the pain of addiction perfectly. --Black Enterprise, The 18 Best Books of All Time on Dopefiend Goines' influence on hip-hop, pulp-fiction, movies, and scores of authors deserves as much praise as a James Baldwin or Richard Wright, who also wrote about Black life in the ghetto. --Darryl Robertson, Hip hop journalist A true master at depicting street life in it rawest, most authentic form, Mr. Goines mastered the art of storytelling from the darkest corner of America: the ghetto. His brilliance still shines through and touches the soul of modern black culture. --JaQuavis Coleman, New York Times bestselling author Donald Goines is the most iconic voice in urban fiction. His masterful pen is timeless. --Ashley Antoinette, New York Times bestselling author I learned to read on Donald Goines. His books are classics. --Carl Weber, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Urban Books A timeless writer, Donald Goines laid the foundation for all who came after. Fifty years later, his novels continue to inspire urban fiction from one generation to the next. --Wahida Clark, New York Times bestselling author He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators. --New Jersey Voice Donald Goines is one of Hip Hop's Greatest Inspirations. --The Source Magazine The godfather of black pulp fiction. --Salon.com Goines put you right there in the action. --AllHipHop.com Donald Goines was for the streets [in the 70s] what the rappers are today...He was in the streets, of the streets and spoke for the streets. --Chaz Williams, CEO of Black Hand Entertainment Donald Goines has become, decades after his death, one of the most influential African-American authors in the African-American literary canon. --Thumpers Corner