The Last illest

The author, Brooklyn born Shakim Bio, is an Official Street General, who was raised in Far Rockaway; a heavily impoverished and extremely dangerous section of the borough of Queens, New York. Sha came of age earning his stripes while engulfed in a whirlwind of criminal thoughts, drug dealing, fast money, violence, women and partying. His reputation is ironclad and his respect echos throughout the streets of New York City, the streets of various towns and cities across the United States as well as Federal Penitentiaries and State Prison Systems (This is one of the guys the movie Belly was made about). Before committing himself to a life of crime, which he does not glorify, however, real is real, Shakim was touched by the artistic expressions that blossomed and bloomed from the culture he and so many others around him lived daily; a culture where the have-nots instinctively made-do with very little, making something from nothing, while surviving harsh living conditions. Shakim Bio fell in love with the culture of Hip Hop! Reflecting on his life, while confined to a 40 year federal prison sentence, Shakim came to overstand that his unconditional love for Hip Hop Music and culture, collided with the drama of his street ventures and he was a product of “Street Hop”, which is the result of REAL street life merging with Hip Hop culture. This novel takes you through one dimension of Shakim’s true story…