According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics and an Article in the January , 2014 Huff Post Black Voices, "One in every three black males born today can expect to go to prison at some point in their life, compared with one in every six Latino males, and one in every 17 white males, if current incarceration trends continue."

Many of these young men fall victim to the siren song of the streets...often glamorized through music videos and movies. The truth is, the streets have rules, and failure to make it big in the game-whatever the game may be-is directly tied to the failure to learn, understand, and maintain the rules.

Still, author Ricky St. Julien II, also known as rapper, "Silk G" says the secrets of the streets can propel you to success in any entrepreneurial endeavor you undertake. In 48 Laws of Hustling, St. Julien, who has spent time as a guest of the prison system, pulls back the covers of the game, or hustling as it is widely known, in an effort to keep forthcoming generations from becoming a statistic.