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A fresh urban noir whodunit set in Philadelphia, based on underground hip-hop culture.
Follow Randall, DJ Ivey and Detective Wilkinson as they race through Philly’s streets, landmarks and venues to catch a serial killer who is racking up murders of well-known figures in Philly’s underground hip-hop circuit.
Will they catch the killer - or become the next victims?
From the behind-the-scenes effort and newsroom fallout of interviewing Min. Louis Farrakhan for the 10th Anniversary of the Million Man March and covering crime in my own neighborhood, to crying alongside a survivor of an otherwise horrific car crash and offering first-on-scene coverage of the shooting murder of a Philadelphia police officer - this here will take you all the way there.
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Interviews, blurbs, write-ups and shout-out with, to and for more than 100 Philly-area emcees, deejays, producers, label runners, promoters, snipe squads, record store owners and cultural contributors, as published in the Philadelphia Daily News.
For the hardest of hardcore Philly underground hip-hop junkies and cultural historians only.
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A fresh urban noir whodunit set in Philadelphia, based on underground hip-hop culture.
Follow Randall, DJ Ivey and Detective Wilkinson as they race through Philly’s streets, landmarks and venues to catch a serial killer who is racking up murders of well-known figures in Philly’s underground hip-hop circuit.
Will they catch the killer - or become the next victims?
From the behind-the-scenes effort and newsroom fallout of interviewing Min. Louis Farrakhan for the 10th Anniversary of the Million Man March and covering crime in my own neighborhood, to crying alongside a survivor of an otherwise horrific car crash and offering first-on-scene coverage of the shooting murder of a Philadelphia police officer - this here will take you all the way there.
Get them hands up for the Husky Hundred.
Interviews, blurbs, write-ups and shout-out with, to and for more than 100 Philly-area emcees, deejays, producers, label runners, promoters, snipe squads, record store owners and cultural contributors, as published in the Philadelphia Daily News.
For the hardest of hardcore Philly underground hip-hop junkies and cultural historians only.
Limited-edition signed copies available for direct purchase. Email damon@damoncwilliams.com for more information.
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