Publisher's Synopsis
Growing up in inner city Philadelphia had its problems. Lil E had his share of them. From bullying at school to the senseless crimes committed on the gang-infested streets, his struggle was to try to become more than just the wimpy black kid that everyone teased or the troublemaker that so many believed he was destined to become. Until I Fought Back by Eric Reese, is the story of his life in the three volumes of his memoir, There and Now. It charts his troubled early life as he desperately tries to come to terms with who he is, find ways to survive and find a purpose through his desire to become a rap star. It brings 1980s Philadelphia sharply into focus as Lil E faces doubt, moments of brash recklessness and the fear of whether he would ever make it through his high school years and on to college or end up on the streets like so many of his peers.
