From the ghetto paved and unpaved streets of Indianapolis, Indiana this book begins telling the story of one fat kids rise from the projects, to his fall serving over 7 years in as many prisons, and how he was able to come out a Prison scholar that led to him writing 18 phenomenal books about redemption and attending Georgia State University graduating No.1 in his undergraduate class earning a 4.13 GPA and going on to grad school where he excelled graduating at top of his class, before becoming a very popular African-American Studies professors at Georgia State University.

As a young male growing up in the streets of Indianapolis, Indiana and Atlanta, Georgia Elbert Lee Frazier learned the hustle game early on - hustle to get ahead, hustle to thrive, hustle to survive. Despite a strong-willed mother who worked tirelessly to get him to tap into his potential, and a hard-nosed father determined to beat him onto a crooked and narrow often confusing path?. it would be the streets where Elbert would get his education.

Told in three stages, Birth of a Street Hustler is a riveting coming of age autobiography about an African-American boy's journey from childHOOD to boyHOOD. Book 1 examines how social structures and imagery exacerbates self-loathing in Black boys. With an in-depth look into Elbert Lee's early life, the story focuses on how so many young Black male children are mis-educated into thinking that they are less than human, and how they feel the need to do whatever it takes to be recognized as human.