Street Fame

by K. Elliott

There's a lot going on from Charlotte to Miami to San Francisco -- almost none of it favorable to Tommy 'Fatboy' Dupree. While one man is sleeping around with Tommy's live-in girlfriend, another urges a psychopath to rob him for multiple kilos. These men are...his friends...which means the worst is yet to come. Alicia Anderson's beauty is off the scales. The physically fit college student has a father who is a real estate mogul, so she could care less about a fat boy named Tommy who deals drugs. However, this new woman challenges him to give up the illicit profession and invest everything in a California real estate venture. Their serious love affair is overshadowed by his inability to hustle up enough money to walk away from the game. And although Fatboy has a few tricks in store for all his backstabbing friends, the DEA has plans to throw a nasty twist in his story. But Fatboy has even saved one last trick for the feds. This URBAN SUSPENSE threatens to brind the underground to the surface.

228 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

K. Elliott aka The Well Fed Black Writer, published his first novel, Entangled, in 2003. Although he was offered multiple signing deals, Elliott decided he had what it took to self-publish. With that, he founded Urban Lifestyle Press, printed his own books and went to work. Bookstore by bookstore, street vendor by street vendor, Elliott took to the road selling his story. His work did not go unnoticed as he sold 50,000 units in his first year and made the Essence Magazine Bestsellers list.
Since Entangled, Elliott has published five titles of his own and two on behalf of authors signed to Urban Lifestyle Press. For one book, The Ski Mask Way, Elliott was selected to co-author with hip-hop superstar 50 Cent. Along the way, he has continued to look for innovative ways to push his books to his fans while keeping down his overhead. Not wanting to keep the finding of such valuable experiences to himself, Elliott did two things.
First, in 2010 he forged his vision of low-cost publishing by founding 21 Black Street, an eBookstore to mirror a traditional African-American themed book store - accept it could totally cuts out printing costs.
Not stopping there, Elliott created the Well-Fed Black Writer, a blog for authors to find life-hacking tips for more efficient, effective self-publishing. Now through podcasts, video and blog posts, Elliott is able to reach anyone interested tips that lead to efficient, cost effective self-publishing success.

Reviews

[Maryum · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wasn't really that good. Didn't care for the ending.

[OOSA · Rating 3 out of 5]

Betrayed

With friends like these, who needs enemies? JoJo, Twin and Fatboy have been friends since the sandbox, a fact that the author reminded readers of in every chapter. Put these lifelong friends together with a stick up kid, a cheating girlfriend, and all kinds of informants and what do you have - one annoying street story. However, I did like the mention of one of his characters from his debut novel Entangled. I thought the story had potential, but it just was not fully developed. Better luck next time.

[Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tommy's father put it all in perspective when he tols his son, there are no friends when it comes yo street life. This book touched on so many different areas as it relates to rwal living. Betrayal,trust. love. honesty , hatred. greed and lust. This is reality. People are betrayed everyday by someone he or she loved at one time or another. This is a good read, highly recommended.

[K. Elliott]

Street Fame

[Naiym Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Read. Read in 1 day

[Tamiko Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good read. Betrayl, seduction, scheming, lies this books contanins it all. K Elliott did this thing.