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Pretty Ugly: A Harlem Situation
Pretty Ugly: A Harlem Situation
Pretty Ugly: A Harlem Situation
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Pretty Ugly: A Harlem Situation

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Once you drive up the New Jersey turnpike with Chuck Love and his escalating gun running scheme, you'll be hooked till the end. Rounding out the crew of shady and self-centered characters are Apple, Chuck's high school crush now involve with Big Zach, a cutthroat Sugar-daddy and Eyonna, Apple's roommate and sometimes-best friend. These four play out a scheme to make money that takes them from the mean streets of Harlem to the backwoods of Kentucky and back again. In between there are reality glimpses of Harlem street life, invitations to explore the hustler mentality and just enough mischief to set the pace toward a powerful ending. Folks of all walks of life will find themselves learning a lesson or two for Pretty Ugly

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBrad Bathgate
Release dateSep 4, 2004
ISBN9780971258112
Pretty Ugly: A Harlem Situation
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Brad Bathgate

BLUE aka Brad Bathgate was born in Harlem, but raised as a military brat between New York, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Germany. Upon returning to the states from Germany as a teenager, he experienced culture shock and quickly developed a discerning eye, which lends to his writing today. Growing up during the early stages of Hip Hop, he has always been fascinated with words. However, it wasn’t until 1998, when he attended a poetry reading at the Sugar Shack, in Harlem when he found his calling and began to take writing seriously. After experiencing the other poet’s manipulation of words, Blue realized that writing was what he wanted to do, concluding there was no limit to what he could say or write, provided it was creative.

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