HE SWORE HE’D BE A MILLIONAIRE BEFORE TWENTY-ONE.
EVEN IF IT KILLED HIM.
For seventeen-year-old Rasheen Smith, money isn’t just a way out—it’s the only way out.
Growing up in the brutal streets of Brooklyn, Rasheen has watched poverty, addiction, and violence consume his family. His mother is trapped in crack addiction. His little brother needs protection. And the neighborhood offers him only two choices: become a victim or become dangerous.
Then Rasheen kills the man abusing his mother.
What should have been an act of desperate protection becomes the beginning of a nightmare. A ruthless and manipulative drug lord sees an opportunity in the young stick-up kid and turns Rasheen’s first kill into a debt he can never repay. Before long, Rasheen is pulled deeper into a world of robberies, drugs, betrayal, and bloodshed—where every score brings him closer to the fortune he believes will set him free, while tightening the grip that threatens to destroy him.
From the projects of Bed-Stuy to the prison yards of upstate New York, Rasheen fights his way through one betrayal after another, driven by two obsessions: revenge and riches. He robs spots, stash houses, mansions—and anyone standing between him and the money he believes will change his life.
But money has a price.
As Rasheen’s ambition grows, so does the cost. Family slips away. Love becomes collateral damage. Loyalty proves temporary. And the very fortune he has sacrificed everything to obtain begins to consume the man he has become.
Because when money becomes your god, there is no such thing as having enough.
Raw. Relentless. Unforgettable.
Money Grip is a brutal, cautionary street saga about ambition, betrayal, survival, and the devastating price of believing that money can buy your freedom.
The signature crime saga from John “Divine G” Whitfield—Oscar-nominated writer of the A24 film Sing Sing, for which Colman Domingo earned a Best Actor nomination portraying him.
ABOUT DIVINE G
John "Divine G" Whitfield wrote Money Grip while serving twenty-five years for a crime he did not commit. He is a co-founder of Rehabilitation Through the Arts, an Oscar-nominated co-writer and executive producer of Sing Sing, and the man Colman Domingo portrays in the film. He wrote this novel from the inside. It reads that way.
What you get
PDF — print it, read it on any screen, page numbers match the paperback
EPUB — Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play Books, Nook
DRM-free — yours to keep, on every device you own, forever
Instant delivery — download link on the confirmation page and by email
Simple instructions included for loading the EPUB onto a Kindle
Why buy direct
No platform takes a cut. No account required to read it. No file that stops working if a company changes its mind. You buy it, you own it — and nearly all of what you pay goes to the writer.
Digital Edition · 358-page novel · PDF + EPUB · Divine G Entertainment
Content note: contains depictions of sexual assault, prison violence, and drug use.
Digital products are non-refundable. If you have any trouble downloading or opening your files, email us — we will fix it.
HE SWORE HE’D BE A MILLIONAIRE BEFORE TWENTY-ONE.
EVEN IF IT KILLED HIM.
For seventeen-year-old Rasheen Smith, money isn’t just a way out—it’s the only way out.
Growing up in the brutal streets of Brooklyn, Rasheen has watched poverty, addiction, and violence consume his family. His mother is trapped in crack addiction. His little brother needs protection. And the neighborhood offers him only two choices: become a victim or become dangerous.
Then Rasheen kills the man abusing his mother.
What should have been an act of desperate protection becomes the beginning of a nightmare. A ruthless and manipulative drug lord sees an opportunity in the young stick-up kid and turns Rasheen’s first kill into a debt he can never repay. Before long, Rasheen is pulled deeper into a world of robberies, drugs, betrayal, and bloodshed—where every score brings him closer to the fortune he believes will set him free, while tightening the grip that threatens to destroy him.
From the projects of Bed-Stuy to the prison yards of upstate New York, Rasheen fights his way through one betrayal after another, driven by two obsessions: revenge and riches. He robs spots, stash houses, mansions—and anyone standing between him and the money he believes will change his life.
But money has a price.
As Rasheen’s ambition grows, so does the cost. Family slips away. Love becomes collateral damage. Loyalty proves temporary. And the very fortune he has sacrificed everything to obtain begins to consume the man he has become.
Because when money becomes your god, there is no such thing as having enough.
Raw. Relentless. Unforgettable.
Money Grip is a brutal, cautionary street saga about ambition, betrayal, survival, and the devastating price of believing that money can buy your freedom.
The signature crime saga from John “Divine G” Whitfield—Oscar-nominated writer of the A24 film Sing Sing, for which Colman Domingo earned a Best Actor nomination portraying him.
ABOUT DIVINE G
John "Divine G" Whitfield wrote Money Grip while serving twenty-five years for a crime he did not commit. He is a co-founder of Rehabilitation Through the Arts, an Oscar-nominated co-writer and executive producer of Sing Sing, and the man Colman Domingo portrays in the film. He wrote this novel from the inside. It reads that way.
What you get
PDF — print it, read it on any screen, page numbers match the paperback
EPUB — Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play Books, Nook
DRM-free — yours to keep, on every device you own, forever
Instant delivery — download link on the confirmation page and by email
Simple instructions included for loading the EPUB onto a Kindle
Why buy direct
No platform takes a cut. No account required to read it. No file that stops working if a company changes its mind. You buy it, you own it — and nearly all of what you pay goes to the writer.
Digital Edition · 358-page novel · PDF + EPUB · Divine G Entertainment
Content note: contains depictions of sexual assault, prison violence, and drug use.
Digital products are non-refundable. If you have any trouble downloading or opening your files, email us — we will fix it.
