DOWN IN THE DIRTY
Childhood friends, Keisha, Trisha, Tasha and Teefa quickly learn how to use their beauty and sexual prowess to manipulate men. Each woman has suffered abuse at the hand of a man, and decide to make a life-long pact. These gorgeous, but scandalous women turn the tables by making any man that cross their path pay for their womanizing behavior; especially if their not from the Dirty.
These women don't know the definition of Southern Hospitality, and when these out-of-towners come to North Carolina for a visit, they receive a painful dose of reality. After pulling several heists and practically getting away with murder, these ruthless and cold hearted women will stop at nothing to get what they want until...one of them begins to fall for her prey. She attempts to alter the group’s original plans, which could expose their true identities leading to possible imprisonment.
The battle between love and loyalty are on the line in Down In the Dirty. As you fasten your seatbelts, prepare for this trip down I-95 South and enjoy the sites, you will find out what lies ahead and just how hot it really gets Down In the Dirty.
Music
MY MANZ AND 'EM
Growing up in the West Second street housing projects, in Plainfield, New Jersey, Malik Jones has based his life and reputation in the streets on loyalty. The son of a hustler, yet fatherless, he is raised by a single, working, mother of three. Malik's life is impacted by these circumstances as he easily becomes influenced by his surroundings at a young age. Teaming up with neighborhood friends, Malik climbs the criminal ladder, gaining instant status in the streets. Now a seasoned veteran in the game, Malik is ready to take he and his crew to the top until he is taught a valuable lesson. After an inevitable prison sentence, finding himself and religion, Malik is returning to the streets with the intent of climbing a new ladder and taking a better path then before. With a new outlook on life, in the process, Malik is even able to discover real love. But as with anything else in life, you must crawl before you can walk. See what Malik Jones is faced with as he struggles to crawl in a world where it seems the deck is stacked against him...Especially after he
runs back into his Manz And 'Em!
Movies
RIDE OR DIE CHICK
Treacherous Freeman never had a fair chance in life since the day he was born. Never knowing his biological mother, he was raised by his father, who just so happened to be a gangster. Deprived of a normal childhood, his father prepped and educated him on what lied ahead in the streets of Virginia. Being taught that nothing in life worth having would be handed to him and that showing emotions was a sign of weakness, it was embedded in Treacherous that it was a dog eat dog world and anything you wanted in life you had to go out and get it by any means necessary. When the time comes for Treacherous to make some sudden decisions as a kid, he has no idea they would land him in the very place he was trying to avoid.
Teflon Jackson is a beautiful specimen who was the ending result of a sexual relationship that should have never been. Having a loving mother who was a prostitute and a pimp for a father who despised the air she breathed, Teflon’s childhood was far from being that of a fairy tale. Watching her father abuse her mother in every way possible, Teflon knew that was not the type of life she wanted to live when she got older. Unexpectedly, she now has to utilize all that her mother had taught her about survival in the streets as she is forced to fend for herself out in the streets at an early age after tragedy strikes her home, never imagining she would find herself in the predicament she winds up in.
Years later, Treacherous and Teflon find themselves in the presence of one another. What starts out as a potentially bad situation genuinely blossoms in to a bond that becomes unbreakable. This is a story about two people who come from nothing and willing to do whatever it takes to obtain everything. Treacherous Freeman is a modern day Clyde and Teflon Jackson is his Bonnie. Together they build a love that runs deeper than Romeo & Juliet. A bonafide gangster, Treacherous is confident that he can’t lose, as long as he has his Ride Or Die Chick!
Television
ON THE RUN WITH LOVE
Freddie Holmes could've wrote the book on How to Be A Player. With his good looks, gift of gab, his Jersey swag, and ability to put it down in the bedroom, his only source of income is the women he manipulates. But after meeting Simone, his new fiance, he decides to hang up his womanizing gloves, so he says, but not before his past catches up to him. Slug is a stick up kid/ hustler from the dirty south. After losing his drug connect, he uses his trip to New Jersey for a funeral as an opportunity to link up with his cousin Freddie in hopes of finding a new supplier. Freddie wants to show his cousin a good time, Jersey style, while he's visiting, only he chooses the wrong place-wrong time to do so. At the end of the night, two people are left in their on blood, one, the younger brother of a known drug dealer, the other, a cop. Freddie is forced to make some quick decisions. To evade his situation he takes his cousin up on his offer, relocates to North Carolina, and changes his profession, but not without his soon to be wife Simone. Simone gives up everything to go on the run with her man, all in the name of love, and gets a dose of reality. She had no idea what she had signed up for as she takes a good look at her life with Freddie. See how Freddie Holmes learns the hard way that you can run but you can't hide forever...
Books
FROM INCARCERATION 2 INCORPORATION
From Incarceration 2 Incorporation is about the overwhelming journeys of two men who once lived lifestyles that contributes to so many young men and women imprisonment or death. It is a heart-felt story about how two individuals refused to let society dictate their future despite of their past.
J.M. Benjamin, once considered a threat to his community served over 12 years total in state and federal prison. Randy Kearse, called a menace to society by the judge who gave him 15 years in federal prison served 13 years, 6 months, and 2 days. Combined they have given the system nearly 30 years of their lives.
Meeting months prior to their release from confinement, they both possessed a strong determination, passion, and drive to succeed. With statistics showing that 1 in 3 ex-offenders will return within three years after release, Mr. Benjamin
and Mr. Kearse vowed not to become a part of that statistic.
Now, merely three years out of prison themselves, these men have proven
that SUCCESS is attainable after incarceration.
J.M. Benjamin, award winning author of Down In The Dirty, My Manz And ‘Em,
Essence Best Seller Ride or Die Chick, On the Run With Love, and a contributing author to several urban anthologies has received numerous awards and accolades for his accomplishments since leaving prison. A motivational speaker, and successful entrepreneur, he is now a pillar of the community.
Randy Kearse, Author of Street Talk: Da Official Guide to Hip-
Hop & Urban Slanguage, Changin’ Your Game Plan: How to
use Incarceration as a stepping stone for SUCCESS, The
Writing Game, mentors the youth and other ex-offenders about the pitfalls and
traps facing them in the streets. He uses his experiences to
educate, empower, and uplift his community.
These two unique individuals have faced and have overcome obstacles and adversity.
Reall Edutainment Publishing Plainfield, New Jersey US Publisher/Author
J.M. Official Pre-Release Party for Ride Or die Chick 2 @ The Heard One in Plfd NJ tickets $15 on sale now (book & buffet included) more @ door, July 17th. view more
About me: About the Author (The Life Of a Hustler)
J.M. Benjamin is an Award Winning and Essence Best Selling author hailing from out of Plainfield, New Jersey. In 2006, he quickly emerged in the fast growing genre of Urban Literature, making his presence felt with his freshman novel Down In The Dirty, published by Flowers In Bloom Publishing. Ironically, having spent more than half his life in the streets and a substantial amount of time incarcerated, J.M. Benjamin’s only credential as a street tale story teller is simply his own first hand experience and knowledge of what the streets consist of. J.M. Benjamin's upbringing provided him with the necessary tools he now uses in his work to capture and display the reality and horrors of the streets world-wide. He became a motivational speaker after numerous of articles were featured on his life story as ex-inmate turned author, sharing his experiences and knowledge of the streets at various high and junior schools, colleges, probation and religious programs for the youth, institutions for incarcerated men and women, and urban communities throughout his travels, in hopes to make a difference. His accomplishments as an author have been recognized in The New York Times, The Courier News, The Herald News, and many more. JOLIE magazine ranked J.M.’s freshman novel Down in The Dirty as #2 hottest summer read. He was nominated for BEST NEW Breakout Author Of The Year and Best Street Novel Of The Year 2006 by the African American Literary Awards, which, he won for Best Street fiction of the Year. He was nominated in two categories and won for Best Street Lit at the Chicago Black Authors & Books Award hosted by Infini Promoters. His book Down in The Dirty was featured on the Wendy Williams Experience Book club as the book of the month for July 06 and was voted the #1 Urban Book out of the Top 10 Street Lit novels sponsored by The Writer s Inn. All of this in under a years time after being released from federal prison. In Feb. 2007, J.M.
Benjamin released his sophomore novel My Manz And Em independently. His work was promoted on The Michael Baisden show during the topic of incarcerated authors. He was nominated for Best Street Fiction again at The AALA for his second novel. In September of 2007, he partnered up with a friend and opened a music and book store (Music N Motion & Real Edutainment Books), where his third novel, an Essence Best Seller (May 08) and Black ..April 08) favorite, Ride Or Die Chick book release party was held. Six months later J.M. and partner opened up a larger music and books store downtown in his hometown of Plainfield NJ (144 East Front Street). He appeared on NJN show Another View with Candace Kelley about life growing up in Plainfield and turning his life around through writing. He also appeared on an elite panel for the Lynn Doyle Show and was interviewed by Kevin Walsh during Barak Obama’s presidency nominations. In October 2008, J.M.Benjamin ventured out into a another arena of the literary world, trying his hand at street distribution for authors and independent publishers alike, becoming responsible for some of your favorite street lit novels gracing the tables and stores of your local street vendors and African American book stores. Ultimately, J.M.’s consistent and quality work ethics landed him an opportunity to become a part of a new distribution company, Alliance Book Group (www.alliancebookgroup.com) and recently launched a new independent publishing company himself, signing four new and known authors to A New Quality Publishing. J.M.’s title Ride Or Die Chick was chosen by audiblebooks.com as the first urban lit book to be available on itunes.com. His fourth book On The run With Love was released July 4, 2009, which marked his two year anniversary of being out of prison. As a contribution to his community, incarcerated & ex-offenders and the youth, J.M. Benjamin, along with colleague and friend Randy Kearse self- published under his company a non-fiction motivational book titled From Incarceration 2 Incorporation. His highly anticipated titles Heaven & Earth and Ride Or Die Chick 2 are due out in 2009. Since being introduced to readers in the anthology, Menace II Society with the short story titled Keeping It Gangsta he has secured a position in the Urban Literature genre and become a major asset when it comes to making a difference in the minds of his readers. He is also a contributing author to the anthology presented by Nikki Turner, Christmas In The
Hood, and a non-fiction motivational book titled Changin Your game Plan. All of this in a two years time frame. From the time he wakes up until the time he steals 3-4 hours rest, J.M.’s day consists of hustling.
You have Doers and you have Talkers…Which one does it sound like I am?
You can reach J.M. at:
A New Quality Publishing
P.O.Box 589
Plainfield NJ 07061
Myspace.com/jmbenjamin_author
Or
Real Edutainment Books & Music N Motion
144 East Front St
Plainfield NJ 07060
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