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WHITE PEOPLE DEFINITELY READ GHETTOHEAT® BOOKS! I DISCOVERED THIS IN 2006 WHEN I'D FIRST BEGAN PUBLISHING NOVELS. I WAS DOING A "CONVICT'S CANDY" BOOK SIGNING AT B. DALTONS AT THE NEWPORT CENTRE MALL IN NEW JERSEY. MANY WHITE PEOPLE CAME TO BUY THE BOOK, & SURPRISINGLY KNEW OF IT PRIOR TO ME INTRODUCING MYSELF OR THE TITLE TO THEM. YET, I ALSO HAD ASIAN READERS BUYING THE BOOK, ALSO. YET, WHAT BLEW MY MIND WAS WHEN I WAS DOING A "HARDER" SIGNING AT BORDERS AT THE CHRISTIANA MALL IN DELAWARE IN 2007 & A 86-YEAR-OLD WHITE WOMAN NOT ONLY BOUGHT THE TITLE, SHE ALSO ASKED ME WOULD THERE BE A SEQUEL TO CONVICT'S CANDY! I WAS STUNNED! 86-YEARS-OLD & WHITE, READING HARDCORE URBAN BOOKS! SO, THAT CHANGED MY WHOLE OUTLOOK ON WHOSE NOT ONLY READING THE BOOKS, BUT MY TARGET AUDIENCE AS WELL. IF THEY COME FROM GREAT LENGTHS ON BUS TOURS JUST TO EAT SOUL FOOD AT SYLVIA'S RESTAURANT (GOD REST HER SOUL), WHY WOULDN'T THEY READ BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS, ALSO?

THE INDUSTRY HAS DEFINITELY CHANGED: FOR MANY REASONS, GOOD & BAD! YET, I HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON IT ALL, IN LIEU OF THE MANY CHALLENGES & CHALLENGING PEOPLE WITHIN IT AT TIMES. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'VE CREATED GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ MAGAZINE (& OVERNIGHT, MIND YOU), TO DISCUSS ISSUES AS SUCH, YET TO ALSO DO GREAT FEATURES ON PROMINENT FIGURES IN PUBLISHING, INTERVIEW UPCOMING WRITERS & ESTABLISHED AUTHORS, AS WELL AS USE THE MAGAZINE AS A VEHICLE TO EXPRESS CREATIVELY & REPRESENT WITHIN THE PUBLISHING WORLD AS A WHOLE. MANY MAGAZINES FOCUSING ON LITERATURE & LITERACY, ESPECIALLY BLACK WRITERS ARE GONE...WELL GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ MAGAZINE IS HERE: WHERE IS EVERYBODY WHO SHOULD'VE CONTACTED ME WITHIN PUBLISHING ABOUT INTERVIEWS, FEATURES & ADVERTISING? I'VE YET TO HEAR FROM MANY OF YOU & YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE--SHAME ON YOU ALL FOR NOT INQUIRING ABOUT HOW TO GET INSIDE SUCH A GREAT PUBLICATION! ISSUE #1, THE GHETTOHEAT® ISSUE RELEASES THIS WEEK! ISSUE #2 RELEASES IN THE FALL: SEPTEMBER 2012--& WILL BE EXPLOSIVE! GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® Publisher of GHETTOHEAT®, CONVICT’S CANDY, HARDER, AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, LONDON REIGN, SONZ OF DARKNESS, TANTRUM, LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY, THICKNESS, GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS, TRUALITY, DIRRRTY, CLUB AVENUE, TOUGH, UGLY/BEAUTIFUL: ME, SOME SEXY, & SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 | GHETTOHEAT.COM | @GHETTOHEAT | @HICKSONHOTNESS

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PEACE, MILTON. I'VE BEEN IN PUBLISHING SINCE 2003 AND BUILT MY COMPANY, GHETTOHEAT® WITH MY POETRY BOOK, TITLED "GHETTOHEAT®" (BRANDING EARLY ON). I HAVE MANY MANY REFERENCES AND PEOPLE TO DRAW UPON, GOOD, BAD & UGLY TO DRAW UPON, SO I CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE. I'VE ALSO COME ACROSS SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE WITH BEAUTIFUL HEARTS AND SOULS WHO ACTUALLY WERE STRANGERS, SEEING A PERSON SUCH AS MYSELF ON A GREAT PATH AND WANTED TO HELP: WITHOUT RECEIVING ANYTHING IN RETURN: BLESSINGS GIVEN TO ME. THESE I FIND ARE ALWAYS THE MOST SUPPORTIVE ALWAYS, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR MISSION AD VISION. ALTHOUGH HAVING TO ALWAYS FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHTFULLY MINE, EVEN WITH A FEW AUTHORS I HAVE CONTRACTS WITH (OFFERED THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY, COPYRIGHTS GRANTED TO THEM, & SAID MENTIONED NOT SIGNED AT GHETTOHEAT® UNDER STRESS OR DURESS...) I'VE ALSO MET SOME BEAUTIFUL FOLKS WHO APPRECIATE WHAT I DO & WHAT I STAND FOR, SO IT'S DEFINITELY NOT DOOM & GLOOM ACROSS THE BOARD. YET, THE REALITY IS YOU WILL RUN INTO MANY DISGUSTING OPPORTUNISTS WHOSE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO GAIN FROM THE EXPENSE OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, REASON WHY YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS BE ON TOP OF YOUR GAME. SOME HAVE WRONGED ME: THEIR DAY IS COMING, QUICKLY...LEGALLY. COULD I HAVE GONE AFTER THEM WITH BASEBALL BATS & APPLIED BODILY HARM & OTHER UNPLEASANT TACTICS? YES...EASILY.... BUT MILTON, THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT WAY TO GO ABOUT HANDLING BUSINESS--AGAIN, I'M A BUSINESS MAN IN THIS GAME DOING BIG BUSINESS WITH POSITIVE INTENTIONS TO DO BIGGER BUSINESS, RIGHTEOUSLY. TO STEAL AUTHORS' RIGHTS & MONEY IS LIKE STEALING FROM SELF: THAT'S NOT LOGICAL--SOMETHING I NEVER UNDERSTOOD OTHER PUBLISHERS DOING TO THEIR AUTHORS. YET, EVEN WITH OFFERING WRITERS GENEROUS DEALS, DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL WILL DO WHAT'S REQUIRED, OR PERFORM AT THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION. I'M ALWAYS ACTIVE...I LOVE PRODUCING, I LOVE THE IDEA OF INCEPTION TO CONCEPTION, AND AM FULLY INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF BUSINESS HERE FROM START-TO-FINISH. I LOVE WHAT I DO: BUT I CAN'T STAND THE POLITICS & BAD PEOPLE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY: ON ALL LEVELS--ESPECIALLY "NIGGERS IN PUBLISHING"; THEY'RE THE WORST (READ ALL ABOUT IT IN MY ARTICLE INTHE SECOND ISSUE OF GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE THIS FALL)! IN LIEU OF ALL THE TRIFLING THINGS I'VE EXPERIENCED FROM SOME (EVEN LOVED ONES) IN THE GAME, I HAVEN'T BECOME JADED, & I'M STILL IN THE LIGHT & WILL REMAIN THERE--BEING A CHILD OF GOD, HE WHO MAKES ALL THINGS POSSIBLE. LEARN FROM OTHERS MISTAKES, ESPECIALLY YOUR OWN, & NEVER REPEAT THEM. HELLO, SOURAYA. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW STORE & MUCH SUCCESS TO YOU! A WONDERFUL THING YOU'VE DONE: CREATING A NEW BLACK BOOKSTORE, ONE MORE THAT'S NEEDED. TAKE HEED OF ALL THAT'S GOING ON: THE INDUSTRY BEING TURNED UPSIDE DOWN & BY THE POOR ECONOMY, THE RISE OF EBOOKS, & E-TAILERS TERRIBLE SALES TACTICS OF DRASTICALLY REDUCING PRICES, & AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS NOT RESPECTING THEIR BRANDS, GOODS, AUTHORS AND SELVES WITH CHEAPENING THE INDUSTRY. NO ONE JOINED FORCES WITH ME WHEN I PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED ON AALBC.COM (SEE POSTING, GHETTOHEAT® STANDS STRONG) THAT I REFUSED TO LET RECENT DEVELOPMENTS & OTHERS SHADY TACTICS IN THE GAME, DICTATE MY OPERATIONS. NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH THAT DECISION & I'M STILL STANDING ON MY GROUND, STRONGLY, WITH GREAT CONVICTION, INTEGRITY & DETERMINATION. ALTHOUGH I'M DEVELOPING MY OWN LINE OF E-BOOKS, I WILL ALWAYS DO PRINT RUNS (SEE POSTING, HICKSON: THE PAPERBOY AT GHETTOHEAT®!), SO KNOW THT I WILL DEFINITELY SUPPORT YOU AND OTHERS DOING REPUTABLE BUSINESS: AT REAL INDUSTRY TERMS. YOU CAN CONTACT ME FURTHER AT HICKSON@GHETTOHEAT.COM & THANKS IN ADVANCE. GREETINGS, HEN81. ALTHOUGH THE RECESSION, SUPER CHAIN STORES, A MAJOR E-TAILER & E-BOOKS CHANGING THE GAME & MAKING IT MUCH CHALLENGING FOR BLACK BOOKSTORES, COMPLACENCY, IN MY OPINION CALLS FOR THE DEMISE OF BLACK BOOKSTORES. TO DATE, MANY WHO I DEAL WITH ARE STILL ON THE SIDELINES TRYING TO NOT ONLY FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHY IT HAS HAPPENED, BUT WHAT TO DO NEXT. MANY ARE CLUELESS.... I'VE CALLED MANY, THOSE IN THE GAME & ONES WHO WERE FORCED TO BAIL RECENTLY, REGARDING THEIR CONTINGENCY: THERE WAS NONE! I FIND THIS TO BE UTTERLY DISTURBING: ESPECIALLY OF THOSE IN THE GAME OVER 20 YEARS. WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP? AS FOR PUBLISHERS AND WRITERS, I DON'T LOOK FOR ANY REFERENCES OF LEADERSHIP: I JUST LEAD BY EXAMPLE WITH MY TEAM, STAY TUNNEL VISIONED, & MOVE FORWARD. HOW CAN I LOOK TO OTHERS IN THE GAME BEFORE ME WHO OPTED TO DEVALUE THEIR BRANDS, BOOKS & AUTHORS? SO I DON'T, & HONESTLY, NEVER REALLY HAVE SINCE DAY ONE. EVEN WITH TERI WOODS, THE KING & QUEEN OF URBAN FICTION PUBLISHING (EVERYONE, PLEASE BE CLEAR: I'VE LET IT BE KNOWN!) IN THIS GAME PHENOMENALLY, I'M STUDYING HER EVERY MOVE. WHY SHOULD I WHEN I'M MAKING MY OWN? SUCCESSFUL SHE IS (& I LOVE HER BUSINESS SAVVY), TERI IS DOING THINGS HER WAY, I MUST DO MINE MY WAY. THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE OF THE GAME: THE-MONKEY-SEE-MONKEY-DO SYNDROME! MANY SUFFER FROM IT, LACKING IN INNOVATION, VISION & REAL DECISION MAKING--SETTLING FOR THE CHEAP & EASY, OR FOLLOWING SOMEONE ELSE'S BLUEPRINT INSTEAD OF CREATING THEIR OWN. YES, EVERYONE NEEDS A REFERENCE & SOMETHING/SOMEONE TOBE INSPIRED BY, BUT COPYING SOMEONE'S EXACT STYLE & BLUEPRINT (EXHIBIT A: THE URBAN BOOK COVERS) IS LAME.... HOLA WRITERGIRL870. WHEN I VENTURED INTO PUBLISHING, JUNE 4, 2003, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF BLACK BOOKSTORES! SO MANY, THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE ME 5 DAYS TOTAL TO CONTACT EVERYONE PERSONALLY FROM ARIZONA TO WISCONSIN. TO DATE, I CAN DO SO IN TWENTY MINUTES, TOP: THAT'S HOW MANY HAVE CLOSED AND IT'S UNNERVING! YET, I DON'T SIT AROUND CRYING AND WALLOWING THE "WOE, IT'S ME" BIT! I DO WHAT I MUST, RIGHTEOUSLY--I WORK HARD! THAT WAS ALWAYS THE KEY TO MY SUCCESS: HARD WORK, BIG DIVIDENDS. A GREAT ASPECT OF THAT WAS/IS MY PROMOTION--IT'S A MUST! WHEN IN HUSTLE MODE, I GO OUT OF MY WAY (A KNOWN TRAIT OF MINE) TO MEET ALL READERS ON ALL LEVELS. THE PEOPLE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT, & I'M AT THE MERCY OF THEM: NOT THOSE ISSUING AWARDS AT BOOK EVENTS. I NEVER CARED FOR AWARDS, & NOW, SELF-PROCLAIMED MYSELF AS THE "LITTLE RICHARD OF THE BOOK AWARDS", NEVER NOMINATED FOR ANYTHING THING MORE OR LESS GRANTED AN AWARD (EVEN WITH DOING MORE THAN OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE RECEIVED ONE--GO FIGURE...). WHAT I FUEL OFF OF ARE THE REWARDS: THE GREAT APPRECIATION OF THE PEOPLE APPRECIATING MY EFFORTS, AUTHORS & WORKS AT GHETTOHEAT®. NOTHING ELSE.... I'VE BEEN TO MANY STORES TO DO SIGNINGS (TO DATE DOING OVER 880 BOOK SIGNINGS SINCE 2003), BUT I DON'T APPEAR NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF BEING FOND OF THE MANAGERS & OWNERS OF THEM: I'M THERE MAINLY FOR THE PEOPLE. YES, HAVING A GREAT RAPPORT WITH MANAGERS & OWNERS IS IMPORTANT: BUT I DON'T LOVE THEM...I LOVE THE PEOPLE! THE MANAGERS & OWNERS MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF ME (SOME LIKE ME PERSONALLY, ALSO), & I'VE MADE MANY THOUSANDS--THEM LOVING MY HUSTLE & ALLOWING ME TO DO SO. THAT I'M THANKFUL FOR & ALWAYS, BUT I'M THEIR FOR THE READERS: MY GHETTOHEAT® SUPPORTERS. SHOULD THE STORES DO MORE PROMOTION? HELL YEAH & FAST! WILL THEY TAKE HEED, WE SHALL SOON SEE. FOLKS, DON'T FORGET TO EMAIL ME AT HICKSON@GHETTOHEAT.COM TO RECEIVE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS & PROMOTIONS FROM DAY ONE TO NOW, AS WELL AS TO BE ADDED ON MY MAILING ADDRESS TO RECEIVE THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THE NEW GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE! PEACE & GHETTOHEAT®! PS, TROY, DID YOU GO TO THE HARLEM BOOK FAIR? I FINALLY GOT AN UPDATE ABOUT IT: 2 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT.... #EPICFAIL

TROY, SPEAKING OF THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU: I FILED (9) NINE CLAIMS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR ON A FEW FOLKS IN PUBLISHING, UNFORTUNATELY, FOLKS I EVEN KNOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, BUT BUSINESS IS BUSINESS, AND TACTICS LIKE FILING REPORTS AND COURT PAPERS ARE NECESSARY EVILS, ESPECIALLY WHEN OTHERS TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU. SAD BUT TRUE. ONE SETTLED OUT OF COURT, AND UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO USE AALBC.COM'S TWITTER FEED TO PUT HIM ON BLAST AND TO RECEIVE A PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL: THE SCORE HAS BEEN SETTLED. (8) EIGHT MORE TO GO... HELLO EVERYONE WHO HAS JOINED IN: WELCOME! NEWCOMERS, DOT YOUR I'S AND CROSS YOUR T'S, AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE SALT MINE....

&do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent> &do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent> http://aalbc.com/tc/index.php?/topic/943-before-being-ceo-of-ghettoheat%C2%AE/ https://twitter.com/HICKSONHOTNESS https://twitter.com/GHETTOHEAT HI BELOVED! I HOPE YOU'RE MAINTAINING WELL OUT THERE IN THAT GHETTOHEAT®! PERSONALLY, I’M STILL CELEBRATING THE 9-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GHETTOHEAT® (JUNE 4, 2012), & I’M DOING SO BY LOVING WHAT I DO & DOING WHAT I LOVE—HENCE THE NEW MAGAZINE: AN ADDITION TO GHETTOHEAT® & THE BOOKS PRODUCED! ATTACHED, FIND THE COVER ART FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL ISSUE OF GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ MAGAZINE, RELEASED THIS SUMMER (WHOA!!!)! THE FOCUS WILL BE ON LITERARY, BOOKS, ART, STYLE, CULTURE, STREETS, HIP-HOP, MUSIC, MEDIA & MORE! THE MAGAZINE WILL BE ONLINE DIGITALLY & AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD & READ ON MOST E-READER DEVICES, SMART PHONES & COMPUTERS, AS WELL AS AVAILABLE IN PRINT (PRINT VERSION MUST BE ORDERED)! FEATURES INCLUDE INDUSTRY NEWS, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY & PROSE, & OTHER ARTISTIC ExpressionS BY MYSELF, HICKSON: CEO OF GHETTOHEAT®, GHETTOHEAT® AUTHORS & WRITERS, & VARIOUS WORLDWIDE MEMBERS OF THE GHETTOHEAT® MOVEMENT! EVERYONE, YOU’LL HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO RECEIVE THE FREE DIGITAL VERSION OF GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™. SIMPLY SEND AN EMAIL TO HICKSON@GHETTOHEAT.COM & REQUEST TO HAVE YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT(S) ADDED TO THE MAILING LIST. THERE WILL BE A CHARGE FOR THOSE ORDERING THE MAGAZINE WHO DON'T SUBSCRIBE, AS WELL AS FOR THE PRINT VERSION OF GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™, SO CAPITALIZE, WIN & GAIN BY SUBSCRIBING NOW. TO PROMOTE YOURSELF, PRODUCT, BUSINESS & ORGANIZATION TO OVER 100,000 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE (YET GROWING RAPIDLY) ONLINE ON VARIOUS SOCIAL NETWORKS, AS WELL AS TO MANY NATIONALLY WITHIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, LISTED ON GHETTOHEAT®’s EXTENSIVE DATABASE, INQUIRE ABOUT AD RATES! SEND ALL INQUIRES, ALSO TO HICKSON@GHETTOHEAT.COM, & THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING A PART OF THE GHETTOHEAT® MOVEMENT! THE SPRING DATES OF THE GHETTOHEAT® HOTNESS 2012 TOUR 3 ARE COMING TO AN END (SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2012), YET THE FALL TOUR BEGINS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 THROUGH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2012, & I’M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU ALL WHILE PROMOTING & SIGNING COPIES OF GHETTOHEAT® TITLES (AVAILABLE NOW: HARDER, AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, LONDON REIGN, SONZ OF DARKNESS & TANTRUM)! CONVICT’S CANDY, EAGERLY ANTICIPATED BY THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS GLOBALLY, WILL RE-RELEASE IN PAPERBACK SHORTLY, & BE INTRODUCED DIGITALLY, FALL 2012—A SEPARATE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL FOLLOW SOON! AS A REMINDER, LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY IS THE NEXT NEW BOOK RELEASE AT GHETTOHEAT®, & PRE-ORDERS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED. TO SOLIDIFY YOUR ORDER & RECEIVE THE PAPERBACK VERSION BEFORE ITS OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE (SPRING 2013), SEND ALL CHECKS & MONEY ORDERS WITH ATTACHED ORDER FORM TO THE P.O. BOX ADDRESS LISTED BELOW (SEE ORDER FORM FOR ALL DETAILS). AGAIN, THE E-BOOK VERSION OF LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY DEBUTS THIS FALL: EXCLUSIVELY ON GHETTOHEAT.COM® (ALL GHETTOHEAT® E-BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE, EXCLUSIVELY ON GHETTOHEAT.COM®). PEOPLE, I’M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE GREAT NEW THINGS HAPPENING AT GHETTOHEAT®, IN ADDITION TO BEING THRILLED WITH THE NEW WORKS BEING PRODUCED HERE & ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE NEW ARTISTS PRODUCING THEM, ALSO, ALL WHOM YOU’LL ENCOUNTER SOON, YET CONTINUE LOVING THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS, & KEEP SUPPORTING THEM &THEIR WORKS AS WELL! LATELY I’VE BEEN ON AN ALL-TIME HIGH, CREATIVELY, & ALTHOUGH MY WORK ETHIC IS ALWAYS STRONG, IT’S NOW BACK TO WHAT IT ONCE WAS WHEN I’D INITIALLY HIT THE LITERARY SCENE IN 2003, & WILL REFLECT IN THE UPCOMING PROJECTS, AS WELL AS MY HUSTLE, SO STAY TUNED! FOLKS, I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, FOR YOUR LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR ME, GHETTOHEAT®, THE WORKS & ARTISTS, & PLEASE, KEEP ON KEEPING ON WITH THE GHETTOHEAT® MOVEMENT! PEACE & GHETTOHEAT®! PS, WORLDWIDE, ONCE I FINISH MY EDITING OBLIGATIONS WITH ALL GHETTOHEAT® ARTISTS’ FIRST INSTALLATIONS TO THEIR NOVELS, I ASSURE YOU, I WILL REVERT BACK TO WORKING ON MINE: SKATE ON!, & WE WILL ALL ROLLER-SKATE BACKWARDS, BACK TO HARLEM, NEW YORK: 1983! WORD UP! :0) HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® Publisher of GHETTOHEAT®, CONVICT’S CANDY, HARDER, AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, LONDON REIGN, SONZ OF DARKNESS, TANTRUM, LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY, THICKNESS, DIRRRTY, TRUALITY, CLUB AVENUE, GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS, TOUGH, UGLY/BEAUTIFUL: ME, SOME SEXY, & SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 | GHETTOHEAT.COM | @GHETTOHEAT | @HICKSONHOTNESS GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™

TROY, I'VE LONG FREED MYSELF FROM FEELING OBLIGATED TO PEOPLE AND ENTITIES IN PUBLISHING: IF IT'S NOT RIGHT, GHETTOHEAT® CAN'T ROCK, WON'T ROCK! I'M ALSO NOT INCLINED TO JUST "GIVE AWAY MONEY" & NOT CAPITALIZE POSITIVELY ON MY RETURN. YES, IN THE PAST, AND EVEN MOST RECENTLY, I'VE INVESTED MORE THAN GAINING A RETURN WHEN DOING EVENTS, AS I, TOO, TROY, LOOKED AT IT AS AN INVESTMENT. THE DECIDING FACTOR WAS LAST YEAR IN HARLEM: BOOK SALES WERE LOW, PATRONS ATTENDANCE WAS LOW, AND THE BACKBITING WAS HIGH: I STILL HAVE THE MARKS FROM OTHER WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS TO PROVE IT.... I TOLD MYSELF RIGHT AFTERWARDS, THAT IF I DIDN'T SEE AN IMPROVEMENT, THAT I WASN'T ATTENDING. I TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER, I CALLED THE FOUNDER, ONE I EVEN CALL "UNCLE", & EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS AND UNHAPPINESS, NOT JUST WITH LAST YEAR'S EVENT, BUT THE LAST FEW. I THEN GET THE "WHAT SHOULD I DO?" QUESTION. EXCUSE ME, FOUNDER, YOU HAVE A DAMN TEAM OF PEOPLE & YOU'RE ASKING ME? ALSO, WHERE THE HELL IS MY CHECK FOR CONSULTATION? AGAIN, I'M NOT JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE: YOU WILL PRESENT A CHECK TO HICKSON & HANDSOMELY. & PLEASE, PEOPLE, BEFORE I GET THE NEGATIVE RESPONSES: I AM BEING MODEST, AND HELP/HELPED MANY IN THIS GAME, SO PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME THE BUSINESS, UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY GIVING ME THE BU$INE$$.... I'VE PUT IN WORK/STILL PUTTING IN WORK, I CAN SAY THIS, & WITH EASE. SO, ALL THAT TO SAY: GHETTOHEAT® WON'T BE PARTAKING IN THAT EVENT, YET I WISH MY "UNCLE" WELL, & WHEN HE'S READY TO ROCK, HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO, & IT SHOULD START WITH PROMOTING MORE URBAN/STREET WRITERS.... AMAZES ME STILL TO THIS DAY HOW FOLKS TRY TO IGNORE HOW MUCH MONEY & BUSINESS, HIPHOP BRINGS IN THE BUILDING! TROY, DON'T STRUGGLE ANY LONGER WITH PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN EVENTS, DO ONLY WHAT WORKS FOR YOU: EVEN IF YOU STILL SHELL OUT MORE THAN RECEIVING (I HAVE AND TRAVELED LONG DISTANCE IN THE PROCESS), YOU MUST STILL GET MUCH OUT OF THE EVENT IN OTHER ASPECTS, YOU FEEL ME? SO, WEIGH THE COSTS, AND MAKE SMARTER DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. BUILD YOUR BASE, COLLECT YOUR CONTACTS, DO YOUR "MR. TROY JOHNSON", YOU'LL BE FINE. THE GAME WILL GET BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, TROY, BUT IT WILL BE TOUGH, & TOUGHER IF FOLKS KEEP LOWERING THEIR PRICES NEXT TO NOTHING. DO YOU SEE THE FOLKS AT GUCCI JUST "GIVING IT AWAY"? HOW ABOUT CARTIER? MAURICE VILLENCY? SO WHY ARE WE AS BLACK PEOPLE, GIVING IT AWAY LIKE "CRAZY EDDIE" & GOING "I-N-S-A-N-E!!!"? HOW ARE WE TO COME UP IF WE DON'T PLACE REAL VALUE ON OUR GOODS, BRAND OR INDUSTRY, & OURSELVES? IT'S BAD ENOUGH "THE POWERS THAT BE" ARE TRYING TO CHANGE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! GHETTOHEAT® BOOKS ARE NOT/WON'T BE FREE INFORMATION: THE BOOKS ARE FULL PRICE, & WILL REMAIN TOP SHELF. TROY, GROWING UP IN HARLEM ALONE, I LEARNED THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR EARLY ON (HOW MANY POOR, INNER-CITY FAMILIES WILL BUY THEIR KIDS EXACTLY WHAT THE KIDS REQUESTED ON CHRISTMAS?), AND IT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY I KEEP MY PRICES TOP DOLLAR. IF SOMEONE REALLY WANTS SOMETHING, HE/SHE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO OBTAIN IT, EVEN IF IT MEANS PAYING ON IT WITH LAYAWAY, WORKING OVERTIME, OR SAVING CASH OVER A PERIOD OF TIME FOR IT. I WILL MAKE A READER WORK THEIR WAY UP TO GHETTOHEAT®, TRUST & BELIEVE ME...I'VE TURNED AWAY EVEN FOLKS IN THE STREET WHO "CLAIMED" TO BE A DOLLAR SHORT (AS I PERUSE THE LABELS WORN FROM HEAD-TO-TOE, COSTLY AT THAT) AND MADE THEM COME BACK "WHEN THEIR MONEY IS RIGHT"! THEY DON'T GO IN GUCCI & OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS SHORT, ACTUALLY MANY ARE PROUD TO PAY FULL PRICE AT SUCH COMPANIES, EVEN BRAG ABOUT IT, YET WANT TO BEAT ME, A BLACK MAN INDIGENOUS TO THEM, OVER THE HEAD AND GET OVER ON ME? NO, SIR, TROY: THE JIG IS UP! MY FAVORITE BLACK BOOK EVENT WAS THE HARLEM BOOK FAIR, FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS OF ME BEING A TRUE HARLEMITE, AND JUST FOR LOVING THE GREAT CROWDS OF PEOPLE WHO USED TO COME AND PATRONIZE WHOLEHEARTEDLY! YET, TROY, ANY BLACK BOOK EVENT THAT HAVE WELL-PAYING CUSTOMERS BUYING TONS OF GHETTOHEAT®, KEEPING ME OUT OF SOCIAL SERVICES WOULD INSTANTLY BECOME MY "FAVORITE" BLACK BOOK EVENT TO PARTAKE IN! LOL! TROY, HITTING THE STREET AND GIVING OUT FLYERS WILL BE THE TICKET...I WOULD JOIN YOU, BUT I PURPOSELY BOOKED A SIGNING OUT OF TOWN, TO REINFORCE THE ACT OF NOT GOING. I WANT THE BEST FOR OTHERS, AND I HOPE MANY IN THE GAME WILL SMARTEN UP, WORK HARDER & MAKE BETTER DECISIONS, AS WELL AS NOT ONLY RESPECT OTHERS IN THIS ARENA WHO MIND THEIR BUSINESS WHILE MINDING THEIR BUSINESS, THAT THEY ACTUALLY RESPECT THEMSELVES, ALSO.... WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO: MR. TROY JOHNSON, HICKSON IS DOING HICKSON, SOON LIKE I'M DOING IT ON TV--BECAUSE I WILL BE....

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TROY, I'M A TRUE LOVER OF LITERACY, AND PROMOTE IT CONSTANTLY WORLDWIDE, YET I CAN'T CO-SIGN ON WITH TRIBALISM, AND NEVER HAVE (A PATHFINDER FINDING HIS OWN PATHS). I'M ALL FOR US AS PEOPLE ELEVATING AND PROGRESSING, BUT I CAN NO LONGER KEEP SUPPORTING LITERARY EVENTS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF, AND IT'S NOT A MUTUAL BENEFICIAL SITUATION. FOR EXAMPLE, I WON'T BE PARTICIPATING IN ONE COMING UP IN 2 WEEKS IN HARLEM...AND THE FOUNDER OF THE EVENT KNOWS AND WAS TOLD WHY MONTHS AGO--I'VE STILL YET TO GET A FOLLOW-UP EVEN FROM THAT CONVERSATION IN FEBRUARY, SO GO FIGURE.... I'VE YET TO EVEN HEAR ANY REAL PUBLICITY ON IT, ONE OF MY MAIN GRIPES, AND I REFUSE TO KEEP SPENDING CLOSE TO $500 ANNUALLY AND NO HEAVY MARKETING, ADVERTISING & PROMOTION ISN'T DONE, ONLY TO HAVE DWINDLING TRAFFIC BROWSE MY TABLE, CONTEMPLATING WHAT TO BUY, DUE TO THE ECONOMY ON TOP OF IT. NO LOVE LOST TO THE FOUNDER, YET, LOVE ISN'T ENOUGH: I NEED POSITIVE RESULTS, AND ALWAYS GOING FORWARD THIS TIME AROUND--I'M NOT JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE, I'M HERE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS! CORRECT? TIMES ARE MOVING QUICKLY AND ONE MUST MOVE WITH THE TIMES: FOLKS CAN'T KEEP GETTING IN THEIR WAY AND NOT MAKE CHANGES, OR SOLELY RELY ON BRAND NAMES. THERE ARE MANY IN PUBLISHING, BOOK STORE OWNERS AT THAT, WHO STILL DON'T EVEN USE SOCIAL MEDIA, PRINTING UP LIMITED FLYERS AND HANDING THEM OUT TO LOCAL POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS. I HAD TO ASK ONE RECENTLY, "WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO MAY WANT TO PATRONIZE IN SURROUNDING AREAS? WHAT ABOUT NATIONWIDE?" THE STORE OWNER ASSUMED THAT ONLY LOCAL PEOPLE WOULD COME TO THE EVENT, WHICH ISN'T THE CASE. TRUE READERS TRAVEL FAR, AND WILL GO THE DISTANCE TO MEET THEIR FAVORITE AUTHOR: I'M A WITNESS OF THIS FROM BOTH ANGLES. THE KEY IS ONE GETTING OUT OF HIS OR HER WAY. SO ON THAT NOTE, THE ROLLED UP SLEEVES THAT WERE AT MY FOREARMS ARE NOW AT MY BICEPS, WITHOUT AN ISSUE TO MEET SHOULDERS: OR BE MADE INTO A MUSCLE SHIRT!

HICKSON: THE PAPERBOY AT GHETTOHEAT®! I LOVE PAPER BOOKS.... ALTHOUGH E-BOOKS ARE THE NEW WAVE, DUE TO TECHNOLOGY & EVOLUTION, & I'M VENTURIN' INTO THE DIGITAL WORLD WIT' MY OWN LINE OF E-BOOKS, SOLD EXCLUSIVELY ON GHETTOHEAT.COM (I'M PERSONALLY PROTECTIN' THE HOUSE OF GHETTOHEAT® & MY ARTISTS THIS WAY), THERE'S NOTHIN' LIKE A PAPER BOOK! I ABSOLUTELY ENJOY SIGNIN' THEM AT EVENTS; I'VE AUTOGRAPHED THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS. YET, EACH TIME I SIGN THEM, I ALWAYS HAVE THAT EXCITIN' FEELIN' WHEN I'D SIGNED MY FIRST ONE, SEPTEMBER 4, 2003--THE ARRIVAL OF MY POETRY BOOK, GHETTOHEAT®! I LOVE THE FEEL OF PAPER, I LOVE TO TOUCH IT, I LOVE TO TURN THE PAGES OF PAPER BOOKS AS I READ AND ACTUALLY HEAR THE RUSTLIN' SOUND WHILE PROCEEDIN'. SO MUCH THAT I ACTUALLY WIND UP FALLIN' ASLEEP THIS WAY WHEN NOT ON MY LAPTOP: EITHER CURLED UP TO A GREAT TITLE, OR REVIEWIN' ONE OF THE MANY UNSOLICITED MANUSCRIPTS THAT LANDS INTO MY P.O. BOX. *SHRUGS* THERE'S MORE OF A PERSONAL CONNECTION WIT' THE READER & AUTHOR, I FEEL WHEN READIN' PAPER BOOKS--DO YOU AGREE? CONNECTIN' IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS WHEN MOST ACTIVITIES REVOLVE AROUND OR INVOLVE GREAT USE OF THE INTERNET, SOMETHING SO IMPERSONAL, YET PREFERRED BY MANY. I DON'T KNOW 'BOUT YOU, BUT I WOULD RATHER MEET YOU ALL AT GHETTOHEAT® BOOK EVENTS THAN CYBERSPACE VIA E-READER, ME LOVING TO TOUCH THE PEOPLE IN ADDITION TO PAPER (SOMETIMES HUGGIN' YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME AS IF WE'D KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS--FORCE OF HABIT! *SHRUGS*) SO, AS WE AS PEOPLE VENTURE DEEP INTO THE FUTURE & CYBER WORLD, & THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY MANIFEST INTO SOMETHIN' VIRTUALLY FIERCE, I WILL NOT ABANDON PAPER BOOKS AT GHETTOHEAT®! I'M SOON TO DO MY NEXT RUN OF ESSENCE BESTSELLER, CONVICT'S CANDY (5TH LARGE PRINT) & RECENTLY ASKED "ARE YOU DOING A SHORT RUN OR PRINT ON DEMAND?" "WHAT IS THAT?", MY RESPONSE. I'VE NEVER DONE A SHORT RUN OF PAPER BOOKS IN MY LIFE & FRANKLY WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO (THANK YOU, SUPPORTERS!) & THE TRADITIONAL PRINT ON DEMAND CONCEPT DOESN'T FIT INTO GHETTOHEAT®'S BUSINESS MODEL! HONESTLY, MY "PRINT ON DEMAND" WAS ALWAYS DICTATED BY THE SUPPORTERS OF GHETTOHEAT®: DEMANDIN' ME TO PRINT (AS INSISTIN' AS THEY ARE AT TIMES, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM ALL FOR IT, & THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!)! I'VE EVEN GOTTEN "STRANGE CALLS" ABOUT THE RELEASE OF CONVICT'S CANDY AT 3 AM IN THE MORNING ON A MONDAY FROM AN "UNKNOWN SOURCE" WHO GOT MY NUMBER (REASON WHY IT'S CHANGED OFTEN....), ASKIN' ME ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE TITLE IN PAPERBACK! AS CREEPY AS THAT MAY BE, IT'S ALSO THRILLIN' TO ME! IT MEANS THAT PAPERBACKS WON'T BE TOTALLY OBSOLETE, & THAT MANY STILL PREFER PAPER BOOKS EVEN WIT' THE BOOM OF E-READERS AND E-BOOKS: THE NEW MILLENNIAL MEANING OF "PAGE-TURNER" PERHAPS? I HOPE SO. SIMPLE IS SEXY TO ME, SO FOLKS, KNOW THAT WHILE I GET MY ELECTRIC BOOGIE ON, I WILL ULTIMATELY BE ENJOYIN' THE SIMPLICITY OF, TOUCHIN' PAPER.... HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® & GHETTOHEAT® TV! GHETTOHEAT® PRODUCTIONS: GHETTOHEAT® CONVICT’S CANDY HARDER AND GOD CREATED WOMAN LONDON REIGN SONZ OF DARKNESS TANTRUM HICKSONBELIKE... LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY THICKNESS GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS BANJEE CUNT ULTRAFABNABULOUS BROTHERS BEHIND BARS SO SEXY TOUGH MR. GHETTOHEAT® SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® EATS TURF GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 | HTTP://GHETTOHEAT.COM/ | HICKSON@GHETTOHEAT.COM GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ #GHETTOHEAT #THEHOTNESSINTHESTREETS #HICKSON #CEOOFGHETTOHEAT #TEAMGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONHOTNESS #PEACEANDGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONBELIKE #GHETTOHEATBOOKS #GHETTOHEATMAGAZINE #GHETTOHEATTV #GHETTOHEATMOVEMENT #INSTAHICKSON #MAMAGHETTOHEAT #HOUSEOFGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATSALUTE #PAZYGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATHOTNESS #IAMGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATPRODUCTION #MOVIMIENTODEGHETTOHEAT #BABYGHETTOHEAT #INSTAGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATWORLDWIDE #SALUDODEGHETTOHEAT #MRGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATGLOBALGROUPHUG #LACASADEGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATEATS #GHETTOHEATCOM

HUE-MAN BOOKS TOOK A TURN TO THE LEFT, IN MY OPINION, WHEN RITA EWING'S LOVELY SPIRIT AND PRESENCE "LEFT THE BUILDING".... SHE ACTUALLY CARED ABOUT THE STAFF AND DIDN'T DISRESPECT OR BELITTLE THEM, AS WELL AS THE CUSTOMERS: ORDERING STOCK THAT THE READERS REQUESTED AND MAKING MUCH AVAILABLE TO ALL READERS. MS. EWING ALWAYS WAS ATTENTIVE, DELIGHTFUL AND WILLING TO HELP YOU: NO MATTER IF YOU WERE A NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OR A NEW, INDEPENDENT WRITER ON THE COME UP, THE ATTENTION WAS EQUAL, AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. YET, WHAT I'VE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS WITH MANY BUSINESSES IS THAT THERE'S A COMMONALITY: MOST PUT PERSONAL FEELINGS OVER BUSINESS, AS WELL AS EMOTIONS OVER LOGIC. BOTH CAN'T EXIST TO CONDUCT BUSINESS PROPERLY. I'VE HEARD IT ALL AND SEEN IT ALL, EVEN WITHIN MY OWN GHETTOHEAT® CAMP. YET, IF I TOOK ALL TO HEART, I WOULD'VE BEEN STRUCK A MATCH TO MY WAREHOUSE LIKE ANGELA BASSETT DID IN WAITING TO EXHALE. BUSINESS IS BUSINESS, AND I'M ALWAYS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY BOOKS, WHEN AT TIMES, NOT ALLOWED TO BE THE SAME WITH MY CLIENTS.... AS FOR SISTERS UPTOWN BOOKSTORE, I'VE DONE OPEN MIC POETRY READINGS AND SIGNINGS THERE IN MY EARLY CAREER (2005). IT'S A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY STORE THAT RELY ON THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE, WHO I FEEL DON'T SUPPORT THE STORE AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD. THE OWNER IS ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY AND GOES WAY BEYOND BOOK BUSINESS. YET, WITH ALL THINGS, IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE. THE STORE HAS SURVIVED THROUGH TURBULENT STORMS, I'M SURPRISED IT'S STILL HERE, YET THE OWNER IS A GRACEFUL OWNER WITH A GREAT SPIRIT, SO I KNOW SHE'S RECEIVING TRUE BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE. TROY, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH YOUR LIST AND TELL YOU WHAT TO DELETE SOON. I SAW A FEW STORES THAT NO LONGER EXIST. PEACE & GHETTOHEAT®!

KARMA IS A BITCH: ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE BEEN A FIERCE ONE TO MANY WHO'VE SUPPORTED YOU OVER THE YEARS... http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/52851-hue-man-to-close-bricks-and-mortar-store.html

PEACE & GHETTOHEAT®, WORLDWIDE! I HOPE YOU'RE ALL DOING WELL AND ENJOYING YOUR SUMMER, AS I’M STILL CELEBRATING THE 9-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GHETTOHEAT®! I'M EXCITEDLY EMAILING TO INFORM YOU THAT, LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY, THE FAST-PACED, SUSPENSEFUL STREET THRILLER BY STUBBS, IS NOW IN PRODUCTION, & GHETTOHEAT® IS ACCEPTING PRE-ORDERS. ALL PRE-ORDERS WILL BE FILLED BEFORE THE OFFICIAL FALL 2012 RELEASE OF THE E-BOOK, AS WELL AS THE PAPERBACK LAUNCH, SPRING 2013, & I’M ALLOWING YOU FAITHFUL READERS OF GHETTOHEAT® BOOKS, THE CHANCE TO OBTAIN THIS PAGE-TURNING GRITTY TALE, BASED IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, FIRST! FOR ORDER FORMS, SEND ALL INQUIRIES AND REQUESTS TO HICKSON@GHETTOHEAT.COM. ONCE COMPLETED, SEND BACK WITH PAYMENT (CHECK & MONEY ORDERS ONLY) TO GHETTOHEAT®, SOLIDIFYING YOUR ORDER, & FEEL FREE TO FORWARD AND CIRCULATE ORDER FORMS TO OTHERS, ALSO. WITHOUT REVEALING MUCH AWAY ABOUT GHETTOHEAT®’s NEXT RELEASE, LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY, WRITTEN BY CLEVELAND’S FINEST, STUBBS, THE MAIN CHARACTER’S NAME IS “LOVE”. LOVE: A SMOOTH-TALKING, CHARISMATIC, HANDSOME LADIES MAN, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A POWERFUL EX-DRUG DEALER WHO’S STILL TORN FROM THE STREETS, POSSESSES MUCH WEALTH, SWAG, ARROGANCE, COMMITMENT ISSUES WITH WOMEN, & A NOTORIOUS STREET REPUTATION IN CLEVELAND, OHIO THAT HE CAN’T SEEM TO SHAKE. LOVE’S REPUTATION IS SO STRONG, THAT IT UNFORTUNATELY GETS HIM PULLED INTO A TWISTED, STICKY WEB OF TRICKERY—DECEPTIVE DETECTIVES KNOWING LOVE’S BACK HOME ON A STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH, ARE OUT TO TAKE HIM DOWN BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY, EVEN IF IT TAKES SETTING LOVE UP! WILL LOVE BEAT THE ODDS FACED BEFORE HIM, OR WILL HE FALL DEEP INTO THE CROOKED COPS TRIFLING TRAPS? LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY WRITTEN BY STUBBS LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY A GHETTOHEAT® PRODUCTION LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY COMING THIS FALL LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTED BY GHETTOHEAT®! THANK YOU, WORLDWIDE IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR CONTINUING ON WITH THE GHETTOHEAT® MOVEMENT, & FOR YOUR LOVE FOR GREAT, WELL-WRITTEN LITERATURE, PRODUCED BY GHETTOHEAT®! AGAIN, LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY WILL LAUNCH THIS FALL, BUT CHECK OUT THE OTHER AVAILABLE GHETTOHEAT® TITLES IN THE MEANTIME! & YES, THE GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE, IN DIGITAL AND PRINT, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, ALL FOR YOU TO ENJOY, WORLDWIDE! PEACE & GHETTOHEAT®! HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® Publisher of GHETTOHEAT®, CONVICT’S CANDY, HARDER, AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, LONDON REIGN, SONZ OF DARKNESS, TANTRUM, LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY, THICKNESS, DIRRRTY, TRUALITY, CLUB AVENUE, GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS, TOUGH, UGLY/BEAUTIFUL: ME, SOME SEXY, & SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 | GHETTOHEAT.COM | @GHETTOHEAT | @HICKSONHOTNESS GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™

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PEACE & GHETTOHEAT®, NIA! UNFORTUNATELY THAT STORE DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE IN THAT AREA, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THE LITERARY JOINT BOOKSTORE IS WHERE YOU GO FOR BOOKS, AND ON THE STREETS: DC BOOKDIVA! I DON'T DEAL WITH ANYONE ELSE IN THAT AREA DIRECTLY BUT THOSE TWO ENTITIES: YET OTHER STORES IN SURROUNDING AREAS OF DMV, NATIONWIDE, AND INTERNATIONALLY CAN OBTAIN GHETTOHEAT® BOOKS FROM ALL REPUTABLE DISTRIBUTORS SUCH AS NBN, INGRAM, BAKER & TAYLOR AND SO ON, AND FOR DIRECT SALES: AT GHETTOHEAT®! VERY SOON, GHETTOHEAT® BOOKS WILL BE SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT GHETTOHEAT®, AT REAL INDUSTRY-STANDARD PRICES: DUE TO THE POWERS THAT BE, AND OTHERS IN THE INDUSTRY SUCH AS WRITERS, PUBLISHERS, ETC., SELLING BOOKS AT THE PRICE OF A BAG OF SALT & VINEGAR POTATO CHIPS.... NIA, VISIT HTTP://GHETTOHEAT.COM: WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED BEFORE THE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY, I'VE MADE CHANGES, CHANGE IS GOOD--CHANGE IS FOR THE BE$T! #BACKTOBASICS #BLACKWALLSTREET #GHETTOHEAT!

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MUCH LOVE TO THE REMAINING BLACK BOOKSTORES, BUT SHOUT OUT TO THE LITERARY JOINT! ALL 3 LOCATIONS: 3383 DONNELL DRIVE, FORESTVILLE, MD (FORESTVILLE MALL) 6901 SECURITY SQUARE BLVD, WINDSOR MILL, MD (SECURITY SQUARE MALL) 3500 EAST WEST HIGHWAY, HYATTSVILLE, MD (PRINCE'S GEORGE PLAZA MALL) I'VE SOLD THOUSANDS OF BOOKS THERE SINCE FIRST VISITING THEM IN MARCH 2010! HTTP://GHETTOHEAT.COM @HICKSONHOTNESS @GHETTOHEAT

FOLLOW GHETTOHEAT®'S ARTIST, JAY BEY ON TWITTER: @JAYBEY100 JAY BEY IS AUTHOR OF THE INTRIGUING STREET THRILLER, CLUB AVENUE! CLUB AVENUE—A GHETTOHEAT® PRODUCTION

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ABOVE ALL Dejected, stereotyped, and ostracized by competitors, GHETTOHEAT® stands as a beacon of light, shining through the darkness of ignorance, for all to bathe in its glory. Our world is continually being redefined, shaped, and operated by words and their meaning—GHETTOHEAT® has done no less through its movements. Like rough metal dumped into a burning furnace, being cleared of all impurities, revealing its greatest potential, so has GHETTOHEAT®: showing its utmost abilities to those attempting to stunt GHETTOHEAT®’s growth. The dejection of those focused on stymying GHETTOHEAT®’s development and expansion, carry on with useless tactics while the GHETTOHEAT® wave blazes onward. GHETTOHEAT® stands for what many people hope for in their lives: to thrive and flourish against all odds, and adversaries. With an ironclad fanbase, GHETTOHEAT® has never looked back to acknowledge the misery of others, simply focused, continuing on its road to greatness! The nonchalant attitude toward the sadness of others working against the company, is one factor that’s made GHETTOHEAT® a reckoning force amongst the most successful publishers of “modern-day” literature, and a respected publisher within the industry. Many within the industry have underestimated the forging power of GHETTOHEAT®, however, not without fair warning…. GHETTOHEAT® lives up to its name, radiating The Hotness for the whole world to bask in its life, giving knowledge, while eliminating all negativity and estrangement. Wrongfully labeled for the nature of its name, GHETTOHEAT® continues its movement: promoting the best work on its field. Like the ancient prophets of millenniums ago, GHETTOHEAT® has proven to the world to be peerless in the industry of today’s urban literature. GHETTOHEAT®’s successful transition has brought forth some critical judgment and interesting comments from a variety of characters. Stepping away from all negative stereotypes imposed upon the company, GHETTOHEAT® has opened doors to unknown horizons: for itself and its artists, derailing the stereotypical stigma brought upon our “ghettomunities”! Furthermore, GHETTOHEAT® keeps a constant battle with the mistaken notion that, there aren’t any resources in Ghetto America, by decreasing the economic pressure and social discrimination through the social reformative advancements in the industry. Since the beginning of its creation, June 4, 2003, many have sought to exclude GHETTOHEAT®’s work and success, and just as many have failed…. In today’s industry, things have changed considerably, and many have been left behind wallowing in their own hateful nature, while GHETTOHEAT® fires forward, maintaining a positive outlook, utilizing all that’s made this company successful in the past while embracing newer methods, resources and operations: on the streets and within the mainstream industry. Forged in the heart of a place known for its endurance, and built to last, GHETTOHEAT® has reached grounds of unimaginable heights. Like Harlem, GHETTOHEAT®’s birthplace, GHETTOHEAT® has suffered much from its own people, however, Like Harlem, GHETTOHEAT® refuses to shun upon its own people, for the actions of others. GHETTOHEAT® has encountered the good, the bad and the ugly, but, GHETTOHEAT® has not been stopped on its course to set an example, and make history anew. GHETTOHEAT® dejects no one; this being the company’s silent motto since creation, and will continue to for decades. Throughout the many years to come, GHETTOHEAT® will continue its mission and stand tall, above all. CASTILLO is author of the upcoming memoir, BROTHERS BEHIND BARS: VOLUME 3, & compelling street tale, GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS! Follow him on all major social media networks: @CHULOCASTILLO_ CASTILLO@GHETTOHEAT.COM HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® & GHETTOHEAT® TV! GHETTOHEAT® PRODUCTIONS: GHETTOHEAT® CONVICT’S CANDY HARDER AND GOD CREATED WOMAN LONDON REIGN SONZ OF DARKNESS TANTRUM HICKSONBELIKE... LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY THICKNESS GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS BANJEE CUNT ULTRAFABNABULOUS BROTHERS BEHIND BARS SO SEXY TOUGH MR. GHETTOHEAT® SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® EATS TURF GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ #GHETTOHEAT #THEHOTNESSINTHESTREETS #HICKSON #CEOOFGHETTOHEAT #TEAMGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONHOTNESS #PEACEANDGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONBELIKE #GHETTOHEATBOOKS #GHETTOHEATMAGAZINE #GHETTOHEATTV #GHETTOHEATMOVEMENT #INSTAHICKSON #MAMAGHETTOHEAT #HOUSEOFGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATSALUTE #PAZYGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATHOTNESS #IAMGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATPRODUCTION #MOVIMIENTODEGHETTOHEAT #BABYGHETTOHEAT #INSTAGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATWORLDWIDE #SALUDODEGHETTOHEAT #MRGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATGLOBALGROUPHUG #LACASADEGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATEATS #GHETTOHEATCOM

PEACE PEOPLE! BELOW FIND THE REVISED GHETTOHEAT® HOTNESS 2012 TOUR 3 DATES & A PREVIEW OF THE FALL SIGNINGS (MORE DATES TO BE ADDED SOON)! I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE! I'M KEEPING BUSY BEHIND THE SCENE AT GHETTOHEAT®, AS THE NEW GHETTOHEAT® DIGITAL & PRINT MAGAZINE IS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED, & I'M NOW EDITING THE NEW GHETTOHEAT® BOOK RELEASE, LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY, BY STUBBS, HARDCORE STREET FICTION, COMING FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO! SOON AFTER, I'LL BE EDITING THE STEAMY EROTIC TALE, THICKNESS, BY ANPU, MAKING ITS WAY FROM KINGSTON, JAMAICA! ALSO, LOOK FORWARD TO THE RE-RELEASE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK TO DATE, ESSENCE BESTSELLER CONVICT'S CANDY, A PRISON EXPOSE BY DAMON "AMIN" MEADOWS & JASON POOLE, & THE PROVOCATIVE POETRY/PROSE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL: GHETTOHEAT®, WRITTEN BY YOURS TRULY, HICKSON: CEO OF GHETTOHEAT®! I HAVE MUCH TO DO, FOLKS: & MAKING IT HAPPEN! THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ALL OF YOUR LOVE & SUPPORT! :0) GHETTOHEAT® HOTNESS 2012 TOUR 3 12.24.12 @ 7AM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 12.23.12 @ 10AM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 12.22.12 @ 7AM - 9PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 12.21.12 @ 9AM - 9PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 12.20.12 @ 11AM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 12.16.12 @ 12PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 12.15.12 @ 1PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 12.14.12 @ 11AM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 12.9.12 @ 11AM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 12.8.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 12.7.12 @ 5PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 12.7.12 @ 12PM - 3PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 12.2.12 @ 11AM - 6PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 12.1.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 11.30.12 @ 12PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 11.25.12 @ 10AM - 6PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 11.24.12 @ 10AM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 11.23.12 @ 10AM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 11.17.12 @ 1PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 11.11.12 @ 12PM - 6PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 11.10.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 11.9.12 @ 1PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 11.4.12 @ 12PM - 6PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 11.3.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 10.28.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 10.27.12 @ 1PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 10.26.12 @ 1PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 10.21.12 @ 12PM - 6PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 10.20.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 10.13.12 @ 1PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 9.29.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 9.28.12 @ 1PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 9.22.12 @ 1PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 9.21.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 9.15.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 9.14.12 @ 1PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 9.8.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 7.28.12 @ 12PM - 8PM The Literary Joint, Prince George’s Plaza Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3500 East West Highway (Route 410), Hyattsville, MD 7.27.12 @ 11AM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 7.21.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Prince George’s Plaza Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3500 East West Highway (Route 410), Hyattsville, MD 7.14.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 7.7.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 6.30.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 6.23.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 6.16.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 6.9.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Prince George’s Plaza Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3500 East West Highway (Route 410), Hyattsville, MD 6.4.12 GHETTOHEAT® Celebrates 9 Years of HOTNESS! 6.2.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 5.19.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 5.12.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 5.11.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Prince George’s Plaza Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3500 East West Highway (Route 410), Hyattsville, MD 5.5.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Prince George’s Plaza Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3500 East West Highway (Route 410), Hyattsville, MD 4.28.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 4.21.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Prince George’s Plaza Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3500 East West Highway (Route 410), Hyattsville, MD 4.14.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 4.7.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 4.6.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Prince George’s Plaza Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3500 East West Highway (Route 410), Hyattsville, MD 3.31.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 3.24.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Security Square Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 6901 Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill, MD 3.17.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 3.10.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 3.3.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD 2.27.12 @ 11AM - 5PM Rikers Island, GRVC HICKSON’s Book Signing 09-09 Hazen Street, East Elmhurst, NY 2.25.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Prince George’s Plaza Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3500 East West Highway (Route 410), Hyattsville, MD 2.18.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Prince George’s Plaza Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3500 East West Highway (Route 410), Hyattsville, MD 2.11.12 @ 1PM - 7PM The Literary Joint, Forest Village Park Mall HICKSON’s Book Signing 3383 Donnell Drive, Forestville, MD PEACE & GHETTOHEAT®! HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® Publisher of GHETTOHEAT®, CONVICT’S CANDY, HARDER, AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, LONDON REIGN, SONZ OF DARKNESS, TANTRUM, LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY, THICKNESS, DIRRRTY, TRUALITY, CLUB AVENUE, GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS, TOUGH, UGLY/BEAUTIFUL: ME, SOME SEXY, & SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 | GHETTOHEAT.COM | @GHETTOHEAT | @HICKSONHOTNESS GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™

HELLO EVERYONE, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND FOR BEING DOWN WITH THE GHETTOHEAT® MOVEMENT SINCE JUNE 4, 2003! MORE HOTNESS IS COMING, AS GHETTOHEAT® HAS GROWN AND EVOLVED, SIGNED MORE GREAT TALENT, IN ADDITION TO WORKS COMING FROM PREVIOUS MEMBERS, AND CONTINUES TO BLAZE AS A PATHFINDER IN THIS INDUSTRY! BELOW, FIND POSTINGS FROM GHETTOHEATGHETTOHEAT®'S NEW ARTISTS, GIVING YOU ALL A PREVIEW OF THE NEW GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE COMING SOON, AS WELL AS WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE NEAR FUTURE! AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, AND CONTINUE BEING A PART OF THE GHETTOHEAT® MOVEMENT! PEACE & GHETTOHEAT®! HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® Publisher of GHETTOHEAT®, CONVICT’S CANDY, HARDER, AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, LONDON REIGN, SONZ OF DARKNESS, TANTRUM, LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY, THICKNESS, DIRRRTY, TRUALITY, CLUB AVENUE, GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS, TOUGH, UGLY/BEAUTIFUL: ME, SOME SEXY, & SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 | GHETTOHEAT.COM | @GHETTOHEAT | @HICKSONHOTNESS GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™

SQUARE BIZ As the world turns and evolution takes publishing books onto the next voyage, GHETTOHEAT® continues to innovate. Understanding that being phenomenal comes with scrutiny and making precise decisions, GHETTOHEAT® strives to remain the frontrunner in the game. Unlike typical publishing companies, GHETTOHEAT® isn’t afraid to be unique. We don’t produce mediocre works that end up on discounted tables, shortly after just been released! GHETTOHEAT® thrives in producing classic, monumental materials that contain substance, and always a positive message. Everyone at GHETTOHEAT® is held accountable, and must uphold high standards! We take all obligations seriously, and execute each task as if our lives depend upon it! At GHETTOHEAT® we understand that: you get out of your career, only what you’re willing to put into it. We aggressively challenge ourselves, and one another to perform exceptionally—which pushes us to exceed beyond our own expectations. GHETTOHEAT® supports each other’s endeavors, and won’t hesitate to give all constructive criticism when necessary—we want for everyone here what each individual at GHETTOHEAT®, wants for themselves. GHETTOHEAT® isn’t an urban publishing company, we’re a PUBLISHING HOUSE—an entity producing many genres, catering to all people, genders and races with different incomes, backgrounds, religions and creeds. There’s nothing ordinary or basic, whatsoever about GHETTOHEAT®! The bar is set behind the actions we take, raised by every move we make. GHETTOHEAT® is intrepid: we bow down to none, other than GOD…. No matter the weather or storm, GHETTOHEAT® stands strong! With drastic devastation in the industry recently, major chain stores closing, a multitude of mom-and-pop stores being hit hard by the recession, along with many street vendors shutting down shop, and e-books completely changing the game, GHETTOHEAT® continues to flourish. GHETTOHEAT® understands that, when times change, so must our strategies and operations. We put our best foot forward towards maximizing the exposure and sales of GHETTOHEAT® products. Touring as well as promotion, advertising and marketing are vital, and top priority. GHETTOHEAT®’s success is based on strong principles—the foundation in which this company is built on: integrity, professionalism, authenticity, loyalty, fairness, responsibility and worthiness; all in which navigates us through rough turbulence, and challenges we face. The longevity of GHETTOHEAT® speaks for itself, as we’re approaching our 15-year anniversary…. We humbly acknowledge and appreciate the fact that, we’ve come a l-o-n-g way in the game, but we’re not one bit naive to the fact that, we have so far to go. With that said, GHETTOHEAT® will proceed, to-give-you-what-you-need: GHETTOHEAT® HOTNESS!!! STUBBS is author of the upcoming memoir, BROTHERS BEHIND BARS, & hardcore street thriller, LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY! Follow him on all major social media networks: @PAYSTUBBS STUBBS@GHETTOHEAT.COM HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® & GHETTOHEAT® TV! GHETTOHEAT® PRODUCTIONS: GHETTOHEAT® CONVICT’S CANDY HARDER AND GOD CREATED WOMAN LONDON REIGN SONZ OF DARKNESS TANTRUM HICKSONBELIKE... LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY THICKNESS GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS BANJEE CUNT ULTRAFABNABULOUS BROTHERS BEHIND BARS SO SEXY TOUGH MR. GHETTOHEAT® SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® EATS TURF GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ #GHETTOHEAT #THEHOTNESSINTHESTREETS #HICKSON #CEOOFGHETTOHEAT #TEAMGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONHOTNESS #PEACEANDGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONBELIKE #GHETTOHEATBOOKS #GHETTOHEATMAGAZINE #GHETTOHEATTV #GHETTOHEATMOVEMENT #INSTAHICKSON #MAMAGHETTOHEAT #HOUSEOFGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATSALUTE #PAZYGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATHOTNESS #IAMGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATPRODUCTION #MOVIMIENTODEGHETTOHEAT #BABYGHETTOHEAT #INSTAGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATWORLDWIDE #SALUDODEGHETTOHEAT #MRGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATGLOBALGROUPHUG #LACASADEGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATEATS #GHETTOHEATCOM

ONE-SHOT DEAL It’s the unknown, unpredictable element in happenstance that seems to have no assignable cause. People say that certain opportunities come once in a lifetime, but when opportunity does come, does one seize the chance like it’s a bull, grabbing it by the horns while facing all adversity? As a writer, one is given a chance to express his or herself, not to be known only as an urban writer, but a true writer, having the ability and gift to make words come to life, as if watching a dramatic movie. Creativity allows one to write a tale about a person knowing the pain of being hooked on drugs, losing a loved one to the savageness of the streets, or to the Judicial System, or even about a woman or child that has been raped, beaten, misused and forgotten; only to deal with it on their own. Yes, that’s truly a gift—being able to be that voice for that person standing alone in the dark, but what’s more of a gift: being granted a chance to do so while being given a part of a company like GHETTOHEAT®! There are so many words I could use to express what GHETTOHEAT® means to me! I will be modest and give my utmost respect to you, the reader and say that, I’ve been given a chance to erase the dark impression that I’ve left in some people’s mind, one in a world that’s so unforgiving! With this opportunity I’ve been blessed with, I’ll show the world that I’m no longer the person I’d had them to believe I was, as well as myself as! Now, I have hope for the new day that I face, and now can stand out in a world that once held much against me. Yes, it’s truly an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime for a man like myself, to be a part of something so grandeur as GHETTOHEAT®! Years ago, I was a young man whose only life was the streets, at one point and time, chasing street dreams with no other aspirations of doing something better. I now know that the street dreams I’d once chased was only an illusion, a life never to be mine. Along the road I’d faced many calamities, and I’m here by the grace of the Most High. I’ve been incarcerated for the past 14 years of my life. In the past, I’d thought about what I would do once being a free man again! But with having no goals at the time, the illusion was beginning to feel real, as if that’s all my life was set out to be, dealing in crime. But, deep down inside, I knew that I could do better than I’d done previously. I’ve always had a gift for composing words, so I used to write short stories to pass time. I would think of new tales to write for my own recreation, never believing that someone would give me a shot. To now be a vital member of such a great publishing house as GHETTOHEAT®: words won’t give you a full picture of me attempting to say express how thankful I am, and the love I have for this company. Me now standing against all odds, for I am the fortunate one who has an opportunity to make it happen! Never forget that once given this chance, that it’s what you do with it that matters the most! Living your dream is something many fantasize about, but may never be able to do…. I believe that since given a chance like this, I must always work hard, not only to show the world and/or myself that I’m doing something great and positive, dispelling all negative thoughts regarding my past, but to also maintain my position at GHETTOHEAT®. I’m also keeping in mind that I may be in the spotlight in time. Some people from my past may wish that I don’t become a successful writer, or feel that I won’t ever amount to anything in life: I will not only prove them wrong, I will do whatever it takes to keep my GHETTOHEAT® family on top! Yes, GHETTOHEAT® is a family, and now mine! I will also empower my sisters and brothers here to work harder, so we fully maximize and reach our apex. It’s said that no man is a true believer, unless he wants for himself what he wants for his brother and sister! Well, I want greatness for my GHETTOHEAT® family! To have someone believe in you when so many others don’t is incredible: so I stand on the frontline for GHETTOHEAT®! For a man like HICKSON to do what he does, taking his time, energy and money to help others, that’s really something you don’t come across often: or even people like HICKSON. I no longer have to daydream as to what I’ll do once I’m home, and I also know that if it wasn’t for GHETTOHEAT®, I would still be wondering, mad at myself ‘for still being lost, walking around in darkness; I now have been given a chance to beat the odds set out for me, once I return to society—a man who’s was to be stuck with an “X” branded on his back. For someone to take that chance, I’m more than thankful, and have been given a blessing! So I’m going hard, to show you all how much this means to me. Only a person’s actions show what they’re really made of, because at the end of the day, words are just simply letters displayed on paper! It’s about the work, and what other way to show someone you’re thankful for granting them a shot? There’s no “I” in team, and that’s what GHETTOHEAT® is, a team, yet, I now have the opportunity to help this company achieve more greatness, us being the “Sleeping Giants” of this time. GHETTOHEAT® is a dynasty, that’s definitely what we are—don’t sleep on us: WE ARE HERE! Remember you heard it from me, we’re GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ PRINCE OSIRIS is author of the upcoming memoir, BROTHERS BEHIND BARS: VOLUME 2, & urban suspense novel, TOUGH! Follow him on all major social media networks: @PRINCEOSIRIS365 PRINCEOSIRIS@GHETTOHEAT.COM HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® & GHETTOHEAT® TV! GHETTOHEAT® PRODUCTIONS: GHETTOHEAT® CONVICT’S CANDY HARDER AND GOD CREATED WOMAN LONDON REIGN SONZ OF DARKNESS TANTRUM HICKSONBELIKE... LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY THICKNESS GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS BANJEE CUNT ULTRAFABNABULOUS BROTHERS BEHIND BARS SO SEXY TOUGH MR. GHETTOHEAT® SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® EATS TURF GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. 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THEY CAUGHT THE VAPORS For those of us who’ve endured terrors of the ghetto, or the many who dread its possibility, noxious vapors of slum can choke life out of the strongest street soldiers. “The Hotness In The Streets” can resonate anywhere, from a slightly ventilated, standing-room only after-hour spot, to the searingly hot sensation, coursing through the veins of a smack junkie, in the process of a self-administrated overdose. To truly galvanize the hearts and minds of both the denizen and demigods spawned in some of these savage lands, a paradigm in publication had to be established. An honest voice has finally risen from the teeming masses, spreading our unmitigated message globally. GHETTOHEAT® is that voice! Created by the people, for the people! Who else could most credibly convey the hopes and fears of societies forgotten with clarity? It takes those who’ve shared the burden, mentally and physically of the same bondage. Right here before your very eyes, the concealment of issues most relevant to our communities will be blatantly exposed. GHETTOHEAT® consistently illustrates our urban cultures progressive, as well as destructive evolution. GHETTOHEAT® delegates are within reaching distance. Currently canvassing concrete, GHETTOHEAT® representatives can be found getting up-close and personal, taking the views of constituents and counterparts to the consciousness of the global community. In order to envision all elements that make GHETTOHEAT® a transcendental, multimedia provider, you must first comprehend the intricately woven, moral fibers from which this dynamic entity was designed. At its core resides the realization that all structures that hope to sustain long-term growth and durability be founded on a firm foundation. If people really knew the types of “underhanded business practices” that are becoming commonplace within this industry—integrity is sacrificed for short-term gains. In these tumultuous times, GHETTOHEAT® has become a citadel, a bastion, a place of sanctuary in an otherwise barren land that’s today’s multimedia presentation. The only explanation I can fathom for our good fortune is, the obvious guidance from the divinely astral dimension that’s seemingly propelling our cohesive unit. By your own actions, you’ve now joined our cause, also. We now have the prestigious distinction of being a component in a well-oiled machine, where care and consideration not only applies to the quality of the engine’s parts, but also to its level of expected performance. We are fearless! To find proof of that statement, just open the cover of a GHETTOHEAT® page-turner. All across the country, our media platform is a participant. We’re actually in the game helping to make some necessary changes. GHETTOHEAT® is on the forefront fighting social-stagnating issues as diversified as illiteracy and AIDS awareness, or gender equality and racism. GHETTOHEAT® takes a stand where other media sources are far too comfortably seated. In a statistical world where numbers have replaced people, writing under GHETTOHEAT®’s banner signifies recognition of each writer’s individual specialized talents. This is no assembly line type publication. Handcrafted with care, to gain GHETTOHEAT®’s brand of approval, a writer must demonstrate several degrees of both professional proficiency, as well as proper etiquette. We demand the highest standards of publication material in the industry. Every level of our creative process compliments one another. We have in HICKSON the most visionary executive leadership essential to implementing innovative methods, of keep our company’s brand both relative and credible. As we embark a new era of global society’s acceptance, and in some instances, emulation of certain aspects of our urban cultural moniker, GHETTOHEAT® is poised to be at the head of that monumental convergence. ANPU is author of the dramatic urban romance novel, THICKNESS! Follow him on all major social media networks: @ANPUDISIAC ANPU@GHETTOHEAT.COM HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® & GHETTOHEAT® TV! GHETTOHEAT® PRODUCTIONS: GHETTOHEAT® CONVICT’S CANDY HARDER AND GOD CREATED WOMAN LONDON REIGN SONZ OF DARKNESS TANTRUM HICKSONBELIKE... LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY THICKNESS GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS BANJEE CUNT ULTRAFABNABULOUS BROTHERS BEHIND BARS SO SEXY TOUGH MR. GHETTOHEAT® SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® EATS TURF GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ #GHETTOHEAT #THEHOTNESSINTHESTREETS #HICKSON #CEOOFGHETTOHEAT #TEAMGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONHOTNESS #PEACEANDGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONBELIKE #GHETTOHEATBOOKS #GHETTOHEATMAGAZINE #GHETTOHEATTV #GHETTOHEATMOVEMENT #INSTAHICKSON #MAMAGHETTOHEAT #HOUSEOFGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATSALUTE #PAZYGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATHOTNESS #IAMGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATPRODUCTION #MOVIMIENTODEGHETTOHEAT #BABYGHETTOHEAT #INSTAGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATWORLDWIDE #SALUDODEGHETTOHEAT #MRGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATGLOBALGROUPHUG #LACASADEGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATEATS #GHETTOHEATCOM