By Any Means — Shawn Hudson

New York City is known as the big city of dreams but to 19 year old Jamal the city is nothing more than a concrete jungle in which he's trying to survive in. After losing his parent's in a tragic car crash and being disowned by his family Jamal has no choice but to fend for himself. After becoming partners with a drug lord out in Southside Jamaica Queens he finds himself making more money than he imagined by sticking up drug dealers that also happen to be his boss's rivals through out the big apple. Everything seems to be going well until he has a brush with the law, he later finds himself falling in love with his attorney who tries to help him leave the streets for good. But there's one problem Jamal has a price on his head and the man that put it there will stop at nothing until Jamal is buried under six feet. Will Jamal be able to escape the perverted Garden of Eden or will he fall victim to the streets like so many who've came before him?