Harlem Knights

About the Book

When you finish reading this book you’ll have not only a different outlook of the Hip-Hop Generation but you’ll have a new found love and respect for black men.  This book gives  youth another image they can model their life by –one that doesn’t include misogynistic, thugged out behavior. 

            Harlem Knights is an urban lifestyle story that gives insight into the world of Urban Celebrities.   Urban Celebrities are the trend setters of the community; the people who reap the benefits of celebrity status without being in the media eye.  Everyone from an America’s Next Top Model, to the cat who washes cars at the fire hydrant is a friend to the Urban Celeb.

            In Harlem Knights we follow two Urban Celebs  through a whirlwind ride, as they entice and entertain the beautiful woman of New York.  We watch as their behavior reminds us what common courtesy is and sets examples for the young cats in their neighborhood.  What seems to be another typical New York summer turns out to be one that changes their lives forever.  In a series of odd events their lives take a twist when a woman is introduced to their world and they have to make a choice to save the life of her child.  The cost of this decision may lead to their own demise.  And with all that –they still some how find a way to be morally upstanding community orientated, party hoping Harlem Knights. 

            This story brings back the Harlem Renaissance.  It brings attention to the honor and respect of black men who stand up when others are being pushed around, it makes it easy once again to love the strength and courage black men are known to have.  These are the saviors of our community for they are our Harlem Knights.

About the Author

       “My books are written for the purpose of stopping self-destruction in the black community” says Ramadhan, a writer who emerged from the Adult Hip-Hop generation.   He has reinvented message-orientated writing and his extraordinary talent has been labeled, ‘Intelligent Urban Literature.’

       Ramadhan’s talents are not limited to writing.  As an Urban Trend Specialist he has bridged the gap between service providers and youth at risk.  At St.Lukes Roosevelt Hospital with The Way It Is Theatre Troupe Sex Education Program, Ramadhan was responsible for coordinating and facilitating workshops and conferences.  He also wrote and produced videos and several skits and plays designed to inform the participants of sexual responsibility and the dangers of unsafe sex.  These videos and several of his works are still being used to train medical students in the area of adolescent medicine; as well as in hospitals and clinics across the country.  Ramadhan has also worked in several community service programs at Columbia Teachers College.  He has trained and developed workshops and programs for youth as well as the youth support staff. 

       He is also an accomplished dancer and radio personality.  He was one of the original dancers who performed on the HBO series Def Comedy Jam and he has toured with several R&B and Hip-Hop groups.  He was the co-host of the DNA Hank Love Radio Show, 105.9 FM, and one of the founders of The Dirty Dozen.  He later became a choreographer and dance instructor at Broadway Dance Theatre.

              Ramadhan has the creativity and strength that comes with the Adult Hip-Hop community.  He is the epitome of an Urban Trendsetter whose novels are drenched with moral stability.  He ushers in his new trend, using classic writing, for the purpose of material and spiritual advancement for all.