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This is not the jacket of the next street novel this is the real life story of Brooklyn’s own Big Grand. Born Saladine Bell, which is Muslim for “wise spoken warrior of Allah.” The name given to him by his father, when the 5th and last-born child showed a true warriors spirit from inside the womb, always kicking and punching.

Grand grew up fast, and learned from his older siblings and parents on everything from hustling, to pimpin’, to music (not necessarily in that order). When Grand was nine his music ability became ever present and the young star performed in front of the family all the time singing oldies, Michael Jackson, and others. By age nine, Grand started rapping under the tutelage of his older brother Jay- Ski who was a member of the rap group Bad Boys. In 1989 the group’s single was gold and that’s when Jay- Ski heard Grand rap and even at such a young age he knew he would be special. Others started to notice but Grand lost focus when the dangers of the streets started to show its repercussions. His father was murdered and his mother was shot twice in an attempted robbery. The events left the young Grand with a huge void and life made a drastic change for the worst. It took almost three years for his mother to fully recover from the attack, and with no husband to help and protect her she began to abuse cocaine, and sell any drug she could get her hands on. Sadly this was directly shared by Grand who through Junior High and High School sold everything from heroine, crack, cocaine, ecstacy, women, whatever made the money Grand was down. This soon caught up to him when he was arrested after completing high school. The repercussions of his action almost got the young man kicked out of college.

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