IT IS THE YEAR 1989 AND AT MARCY, CRACK IS KING In this tragic novel, you will witness the down fall of a man whose only desire is to get a second chance at life, when he returns home to the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, after serving thirteen years in prison. Marcus Carlton does get a second chance after discovering an aspiring hip hop artist, Joe Ellis, aka Joe-Joe, who he signs to his record label. Surrounded by an ensuing crack epidemic and violence, at Marcy, Marcus tries to reunite with is ex-girlfriend and his daughter; he later discovers that his greatest enemy is not the people and circumstances around him, but in fact, himself. The fear of returning back to prison plagues his mind, after past deeds come back to haunt him, and there lies his psychological and tragic downfall. "Make sure you can rap, in case your degree doesn't work out." KRS-One