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Fat Cat, 50 Cent and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler

Tuesday, January 17, 2006
By: Michael Ivey


Ethan Brown bookAuthor Ethan Brown’s non-fiction book "Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler" has been picked up by The Mottola Company for a TV movie. Veteran record exec Tommy Mottola calls the investigation into some New York gangsters’ ties with the hip hop industry "by far one of the most visually stunning and engrossing stories to debut in a very long time". He and co-executive producer Jeb Brian will develop a story generated from police wiretaps and exclusive interviews into a made for tv movie. "We were very fortunate in that Ethan saw eye-to-eye with us on exactly how to take this from the printed page to the screen, without sacrificing its visceral account of an American-born subculture that’s at once colorful, exceptionally influential and, given the violence, tragic", says Mottola.

"Queens Reigns Supreme" chronicles the rise and fall of famous Queens street figures like Lorenzo "Fat Cat" Nichols, Gerald "Prince" Miller, Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, and Thomas "Tony Montana" Mickens. Ethan Brown says it’s an honor to collaborate with Mottola and that he "truly grasps what 'Queens Reigns Supreme' is all about." Brown reports on music, crime and drug policy for Wired, New York, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and GQ. Tommy Mottola is the head of Casablanca Records. He served as head of Sony Music Entertainment from 1988 to 2003 and engineered the rise of soul/rock group Hall & Oats and ex wife Mariah Carey


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50 is .
Posted by bravehearts36
Thats a different 50 you dumb Bia'ch
Posted by andrew2626
Bravehearts 36 your not the brightest star in the planet i see huh...lol
Posted by tdottravi
Yo that is going to be hot
Posted by toot75
Man i read the book the book is F*k*ng fire i cant believe the author got all that exclusive sh*t man that sh*t is deep he tell you eveything that happened in the 80s n*ggas talk about supreme but you no prince was the killa he was the real n*gga
Posted by stateproperty88
I seen somebody on the bus reading that book and he was saying it got some stuff on it. I plan to cope it and broaden my hip-hop knowledge. Peace.
Posted by Iluvmusiq30
This is going to be intresting.i will bet it is a big seller.i on
Posted by georgia titian
Men this book really is the sh*t no wonder why supreme would wanna pop 50 cent (the rapper) nine times. "N*gg*rs feared prince and respected prime...for those who dont understand i'ma break it down iller...and prime was the killer
Posted by jbrown
Fifty cent is a Bia'ch, F*ck his book
Posted by Gameface
Lame ass tommy drop 50 way back when the sh*t hit the fan. Now his Bia'ch ass is trying to capitolize off him if i was fif id smack that Bia'ch with the backhand cuz he dont deserve a fist, tommy Bia'ch mottola get a grip
Posted by g unit soilder boyyy
Ethan brown wrote an interesting book. However, too many of his sources weren't authentic themselves. If you want to read a real book about south jamaica (southside) queens, read "so help me god" truths from a southside representative", an authentic book from a bonafide gangsta that was there. The author is ron tucker.
Posted by Ron Dough

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