A former cop sets the record straight in "this edgy, yet captivating memoir"
(Judge Greg Mathis) about his youth selling crack in the 1980s with one of
toughest gangs in New York City and his rise through the ranks of the NYPD to
become one of the city's most decorated African American cops.
As a teen in Queens, New York, Corey Pegues saw drugs uproot his stable,
working-class neighborhood almost overnight. When times got tough, he had a
choice: continue to watch his family struggle to buy food and pay bills; or sell
dope. He chose the latter, eventually becoming part of the notorious Supreme
Team street