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MAGGOTS…FAGGITS AND COWARDS

December 10, 2018 by Seth Ferranti 4 Comments

I still remember this shit like it was yesterday.. part 1  As one of my comrades gave me this black hardcover book....it was titled "The Brotherhood"....I forgot the author's name "What the fuck I'm going to do with this?" I asked him as I looked at him than at the book he just handed me...looking back at him " ShaKim... just ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Prison Stories, Uncategorized Tagged With: Preacher, Prison life, Shakim Bio, Shakim's Hood, Shakim's Neighborhood

Shakim’s Hood- These Dudes Ain’t My Friends

May 9, 2018 by Seth Ferranti 1 Comment

" I feel like a Black Republican.... money I got coming in....can't turn my back on the hood...I got too much love for them....can't clean up my act up for good....got too much thug in him....probably be back in the hood...I'm like fuck it then"......"Black Republican"........Nas featuring Jay-Z.... I been locked up out here in the state of Ohio ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Prison Stories Tagged With: Ohio, Prison, Prison life, Shakim Bio, Shakim's Hood, system

The Truth Shall Set You Free

May 9, 2018 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9_lVppSww On Nov 24, 2004, William Avery Jr went to Detroit FBI agent William Beachum and stated that he wanted to discuss the 1991 murder of Marsha Blakely. Avery Jr told the agent that he changed his life, gave up drugs and wanted to come clean and clear his conscious now that he ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: Al Monday, Murder, Ohio, Shakim Bio, wrongful conviction

“TIME TO STEP YOUR GAME UP”

March 10, 2017 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

"TIME TO STEP YOUR GAME UP" " Olivia.......this late.......got distracted on her way....to Grandmother's house...... A wolf in lamb clothing came....blew her mind...and changed her ways...now she's turned out......lost and turned out.......she's lost and turned out"......"(Olivia) Lost and Turned Out"....The Whispers It's 2017.....Men in ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: BOP, Convicts, Prison life, Shakim Bio, Shakim's Hood, Shakim's Neighborhood

SHAKIM’s Neighborhood

November 29, 2016 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

"WHO ARE YOU????" "But wait....You don't think I live a pop life now??/ cause Hey....you can get popped right now...../me don't play/ I keep a gun around my waist...cause I'm a fucking Drama King like my niggah Kay Slay" ....Big Noyd's verse from "The Learning" (Burn) by Mobb Deep featuring Big Noyd and Vita. This Ohio State penal system ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Street Lit & True Crime Tagged With: Ohio Prison System, paperwork, Prison Gangs, Prison life, Shakim Bio, Shakim's Neighborhood, wanna be gangsters

THE OLD CASTLE by Shakim Bio

June 27, 2016 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

THE OLD CASTLE ♪ "COURT PLAYED ME SHORT.. ...NOW I'M FACING INCARCERATION/...PACING....GOING UPSTATE IS MY DESTINATION/...HANDCUFFED IN THE BACK OF THE BUS..../40 OF US/....LIFE AS A SHORTY SHOULDN'T BE SO ROUGH"♪................"C.R.E.A.M."- Inspector Deck's verse... I remember clearly when I got sentenced to my first state bid. I was fresh ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: Ohio System, Prison life, S.H.A.K.I.M.'S Hood, Shakim Bio, The Old Castle

Welcome to Ohio by Shakim Bio

May 13, 2016 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

"I KNOW A COUPLE OF DUDES, WHO GOT PAGES IN THE F.E.D.S./....I KNOW A COUPLE OF DUDES, WHO GOT CAGES IN THE FEDS " What's more realer then that -Kool G Rap This shit is incredible.... Over here in this state prison system...(Ohio that is)... These dudes are crazy weirdos... I just left the Federal system..I did nearly 22 yrs over ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: Ohio Prisons, Prison life, Shakim Bio, Shakim's Hood

Shakim Bio Has New Novel

April 25, 2016 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

Shakim Bio- QUEENS FIVE PERCENTER STREET GENERAL IS BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH A NEW NOVEL. ShaKim Bio is a Street General in every sense......He refuses to fail and refuses to lose.....Even being buried alive in prison for the past 22 years , he still aims high with determination and drive to be successful. Incarcerated since Dec 1993, He ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: BOP, Five Percenter, novels, Prison life, Queens, Shakim Bio, Street Legend, street life. hustlers

S.H.A.K.I.M.’s HOOD

June 13, 2015 by Seth Ferranti

They say that sex sells...so lame dudes is going gold...Everytime you turn on the radio..you're hearing some pure trash...Hip Hop went beyond mainstream...our culture is not the same....But not all of it is garbage..There are still some lyricists male & female who are extremely nice with the wordplay and spit that shit that makes one thinks ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Street Lit & True Crime Tagged With: fake rappers, federal pen, Gangsta Rap, Kevin Gray, Real gangsters, Shakim Bio, Shakim's Hood, Washington DC


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