Beyond The Crack Generation: Surviving A Trauma Organized Culture

K-Rahn Vallatine’s new book, Beyond The Crack Generation: Surviving A Trauma Organized Culture, takes readers on an autobiographical journey to explain how dysfunctional, counterproductive behavior became a cultural norm for prosperity and survival among youth. Addressing the pervasive and lingering impact that the crack cocaine epidemic had on mainstream Hip Hop culture and Urban America as a whole, it answers the echoing question: How did our young people lose their way? It also delivers the solution-based lens needed to reclaim and help heal today's disengaged youth. “K-Rahn’s not only been there and done that, but he’s lived to tell a compelling story of overcoming youthful mistakes and has returned with a roadmap to successful survival. And he does it without rancor, finger pointing or a sense of moral superiority.” -DR. MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, professor of Sociology, Georgetown University “K-Rahn Vallatine is one of America’s unsung leaders and heroes. I have long admire