From the mind of Akili, the concrete jungle of urban Los Angeles has always been a survival task, but one that he honorably calls home, a place he has found worthy of his constructive insight. Inspired by the nobility, rage and redemption of Mr. Stanley “Tookie” Williams, Akili has transformed himself into a positive influence on the outlook of Crips and Bloods. In Akili’s opinion, “street gangs are counterproductive representatives of the poor, urban ghettos of America,” and from such opinion Akili desperately implores gangs to shed their skin of genocide and demoralization “before it’s too late.” Edward Gamm'ge was born in 1971, the heyday of disco. That same year, two men started the foundation for the biggest street phenomenon known to America today. Raised between his mother's strict Jehovah's Witness faith that conflicted with his grandparents Baptist religion, the author somehow found his belief in L.A.'s gang realm during its bloodiest existence. Affiliated as a Crip survivor since age 14, it s been Dodger blues to prison blues. Through the influential redemption of Crip cofounder Stanley Tookie Williams and the hard experience of a 15-year retribution, the author was enlightened and challenged to be a solution for the trend of destruction in today's urban societies.