Trouble & Triumph: A Novel of Power & Beauty

by Tip "T.I." Harris, David Ritz

Overview

Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist, producer, and actor T.I. proved himself a powerful storyteller as well with the publication of his debut novel Power & Beauty. Now he follows up with his second riveting street-lit epic, Trouble & Triumph.

T.I.’s explosive sequel picks up the story of Paul “Power” Clay and Tanya “Beauty” Long, as Power takes over his mentor-turned-arch-enemy’s street empire, looking to turn it legit, while Beauty rises ever-higher in a glamorous world of fashion and celebrity. An authentic voice of the street, in the vein of Sistah Souljah and other successful authors of contemporary African-American commercial fiction, T.I. is a rap music legend who has lived at every strata of society, and whose hard life experience adds truth and fire to Trouble & Triumph.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062067708
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/18/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	341
File size:	699 KB

About the Author

Tip "T.I." Harris is a Grammy Award-winning rapper, film and music producer, actor, and writer. He is the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records, and he launched his film company, Grand Hustle Films, in 2007. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife.

Editorial Reviews

In Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I.'s first novel, Power & Beauty, the eponymous teenagers are taken under the wing of notorious Atlanta gangster Charles "Slim" Simmons, but Beauty breaks away. Now she's ready to fight for Power. Some mixed response to the first, but the 100,000-copy first printing says that expectations are high.

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