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Byron Crawford is the founder and editor of ByronCrawford.com: The Mindset of a Champion, and the author of The Mindset of a Champion: Your Favorite Rapper's Least Favorite Book and Infinite Crab Meats. He blogged for XXL magazine for five years in the mid to late '00s. He lives in a shanty town. ...more

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	The Mindset of a Champion: Your Favorite Rapper's Least Favorite Book 4.18 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infinite Crab Meats 4.03 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kanye West Superstar 3.89 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NaS Lost: A Tribute to the Little Homey 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Country for Black Men 4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beatings By Dr. Dre: Dr. Dre's Journey From Desperate Ghetto Youth To Billionaire Apple Exec—And The Girls He Beat Up Along The Way 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critical Beatdown by Byron Crawford (Goodreads Author), Theotis Jones (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writin' Dirty: An Anthology 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wardrobe Malfunction: Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and the Power of Desperation 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Everybody's Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture

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― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”
― Elizabeth Taylor

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“Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”
― John Burroughs, Studies in Nature and Literature

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