The Funkyhiphoopnautic: 21 Hustle

In the near-future, Ellis Rey, a quick-witted sarcastic sportswriter for the remaining black-owned newspaper in NYC awakes from a coma to find the future of Africa now placed on his shoulders? Can he cover the Knicks, fight off covert agents, fear of commitment and the pressures of escaping the "Hood" long enough to deliver a mythical staff necessary to save the continent?

Can he escape the grasp of John Shadow, a black-ops agent committed to destroying his own people or keep Maya the love of his life from abandoning him despite his insecurities? These are only part of the 'hood-thentic,' futuristic, mythological and spiritual ordeals that Ellis Rey, former near-great hoop star and hiphop-fiend-turned-sports writer must resolve in The Funkyhiphoopnautic aka 21 Hustle-a funny, fast moving mixtape turned book, gaze into one of our possible near futures