“Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines, my father figure/Mama sent me to go play with the drug dealers..” - Tupac Before I get started here’s a quick history lesson for the youngn’s who read my sh*t. Donald Goines is to the thugs and gangstas what Shakespeare is to teachers and scholars. A novelist born and raised in the 313 (Detroit, jackasses) his novels are commended as works of art by the hood and even some of your favorite hip-hop MC’s. From Nas to Tupac, they’ve all praised this man in their rhymes for his work. Now I don’t know if that’s why ...