K wan foye biography of barack obama full

Motivational speaker, television producer, and chief executive officer of Black Dawn, Inc. Street Dreams, St. Hoodlum, St. Hood Rat, St. Eve, St. Kwan Foye, who publishes under the name K'wan, made his mark on urban literature with the publication of his first book, Gangsta. The realistic, gritty novel of gang life reached the bestseller list in Essence magazine and even attracted critical attention overseas.

K'wan has been featured in Time.

K'wan followed up with Road Dawgs, which was similar in theme. The strength of his first two books drew the attention of St. Martin's Press, who offered K'wan a contract for several more works. Street Dreams, Hoodlum, Hood Rat, and Eve all served to further the author's reputation as an authentic voice of the inner city. Street Dreams relates the troubled love story of Rio and Trinity, who have hopes of escaping the housing projects in Harlem for a better life.

Author K'Wan Foye, known as K'Wan, says he related well to the movie, even if it was “poking fun” at urban lit.

Abby West, reviewing the book for Entertainment Weekly, stated that the author did a good job of making his characters seem "alive," which made the story's ending all the more "heartbreaking. Hoodlum was described as "another aggressive, bloody portrait of unrepentant urban outlaws" by a Publishers Weekly writer. Eve, published in , takes place in K'wan's typical urban setting.