Raised by the Streets: Streets, Money & Violence
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 9 2026
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
144th Street doesn't sleep - and it doesn't forgive.
Raised by the Streets follows Wawa, a quiet, dangerous presence on the block where respect is enforced, money moves fast, and violence is always one bad decision away. He isn't the loudest, the flashiest, or the one counting stacks - he's the one everybody looks for when things go wrong.
Alongside Damien, BJ, and Drippy C, the money grows, the methods evolve, and the spotlight gets brighter. What starts as corner survival turns into organized movement, nightlife money, jewelry, cars, and attention - the kind that brings police, rivals, and betrayal closer every day.
As pressure tightens and a dirty undercover cop inserts himself into their world, the crew is forced to make impossible choices: pay the devil, become the example, or outthink a system designed to crush them. Jail, loyalty, greed, and ambition collide, and the streets begin demanding more than they give back.
But the real conflict isn't just the streets - it's identity.
Wawa.
Street Life.
And the man trying to exist somewhere in between.
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