Books published by Sa'id Salaam Presents

The Rotten fruit franchise takes us to beautiful Miami, Florida. Khawan and Kharese grew up on different sides of the notorious Pork and Bean projects. They had been mortal enemies until they realized how much they had in common.
Once the girls combine their smarts and looks, they become thick as thieves and began to leave their old friends behind. Easier said than done since crabs in a barrel tend to pull each other down instead of lift each other up.
Can Kharese and Khawan overcome their surroundings or be swallowed up by them? Will they become more products of their ghetto environment or, become two of Miami's Finest with a bright future ahead of them?

Your favorite rotten fruits are back in Rotten Oranges 2. The girls are forced to grow up real quickly when their mothers are snatched from their lives. The projects are no longer safe for them as foes began to converge from every side.College and a new life await at the end of the summer, if they can make it that far. Re-Re has proven her loyalty and worth but what will happen to her when the Johnson sisters go away to school.In the meantime, the girls hustle hard to make as much money as they can before getting out of the game. It's a dirty game though and danger lurks in every deal. Not to mention the get back, Jenel and the rest have to be dealt with for their disrespect.Kharese and Khawan have proven they are two of Miami's finest, now it's time to Glo Up.

Narcotics Detective Carl Malease earned the nickname of Malice because of his relentless drive on the job. Motivated by walking in his legendary father's footsteps drives him to make the biggest bust in New York city. The problem with that is he is the lone good apple in a bushel of bad ones.His ambition and integrity put him at odds not only with his crooked supervisor but his entire unit. A miscalculation gives them the fuel they need to burn his stellar career to the ground. It also puts him in the cross hairs of the most dangerous mobster in the city.Attorney Alicia Murdock is the pretty and pretty ambitious defense attorney. All she handles were the vicious murder cases and had yet to lose a single case. Her courtroom tenaciousness earned her the moniker of, 'Murder Murdock'. Fate cast the two adversaries into an unlikely collaboration. There was bad blood between the two from a courtroom defeat of one of Malice's cases but now he needs her in not only the fight to clear his name, but to stay alive. Malice and Murder is a nonstop, thrill ride from the first page until the last. Buckle up and take a trip with Malice and Murder, love on the run.

Kharese dropped a bombshell in part two and now she has to deal with it. She has some serious decisions to make and soon. The crew agreed to shut down once school starts but that's a lot easier said than done.Meanwhile, a silent enemy is playing a game of real life chess, using people as pawns. Foes come from every direction and the girls must keep their heads above water.It's a dirty game they play. They have to watch for the cross and the double cross or risk getting caught up in a Conspiracy.

Ra and Dre are all grown up now and faced with grown up problems. They have the perfect family in the perfect house far away from the ghetto streets that raised them. Now, all they have to do is maintain them. That's a lot easier said than done when all you know is the streets.Dre has fallen into a rut as struggles with motherhood maturity. Ra has trouble finding work and his past life temps him to make some easy money. He sacrifices himself to provide for his family. Will it work out or blow up in his face?This final installment of the Ra & Dre franchise takes a surprising turn when Millie comes back into the picture. Faced with twenty-years in prison she decides to save herself at Dre's expense.They may be all grown up but Ra & Dre are STILL THUGGING!

Ra and Dre finally get together in this last installment of the Thug Love Affair. With one child and one on the way, they decided to leave the streets alone. The money from the armored car heist is more than enough to start a new life. All they have to do now is pick it up, get married and live happily ever after. Sounds simple but when has anything ever been simple with these two? Never, that's when!A Thugged Out Love Affair 4 begins now.

Part 3 picks up with Ramel headed upstate to do his bid on gun charges. Meanwhile Dre is faced with some difficult choices in this next installment of the Ra and Dresaga. On one hand is Jabari, who's rich, handsome and dangerous. Will sheyield to his demands? Can she live life as a kept woman? On the other hand,will Dre continue to struggle with her sexuality or has motherhooddefined her? Can she and Ra ever be more than friends and businesspartners? This is an action packed ride told by both Ra and Dre. So, sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride because Daddy's Home.

With Ramel away doing a bid Dre is left to her own devices, and that's not good. There's difficult decisions to be made and no one around to advise her on what to do. Will she be able to maintain the block and her sanity or will she lose them both. Find out in Ra & Dre, A Thugged Out Love Affair.

Ramel Jennings known on the block as Ra is not your typical pretty boy thug type, he's a straight goon.Andrea Coleman, AKA Dre, grew up on the same mean streets. Hanging with her drug dealing older brother, she was more partial to boxing and basketball than ballet and Barbies.The two have been friends for as long as they can remember and in love for about the same amount of time; although neither would admit it.Dre eventually inherits the block's hustling cocaine trade and Ra, of course, is her right hand man.Take a wild ride with two of Harlem's finest as they travel up and down the east coast on a paper chase.Love is the only thing they can't outrun.

In this introduction we meet Yancey Parker, a bright kid with a bright future until fate reared it's ugly head. An unfortunate series of events ripped him from the safety and security of the middle Georgia farm he called home. He finds himself thrust into the underworld of Atlanta's underbelly. A whole new way of life is introduced to him by his legendary grandfather Cool Pimpin.Atlanta will never be the same once he comes of age and takes over the world of pimping.Meet Yung Pimpin.

Incarcerated Scarfaces is a collection of writings from four Georgia inmates. It's unapologetically street lit, but you could just learn a lesson. Volume 1 includes stories by best selling urban lit authors Sa'id Salaam, Hood Chronicles, Billie Miff, and newcomer Deshion Hightower.