Boulder, CO Fiction Collective 1992 dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, winner 1992 Charles H. and Mildred Nilon Excellence in Minority Fiction Award. Raps to its readers about being black, born in L. A. and raised in the ghetto, being so called Niggaz 4-Life, being sweet on black life. Basis for the 2015 film of the same name. Kirkus noted its "raging energy and cruel humor: so up-to-the-minute it's hard to judge its lasting power, but an explosive package for 1992." 121 pp plus 3 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-932511600.