Born a Felon: The hardest thing I ever did was nothing at all.
By Shawn Peterson
In the Desire Projects of New Orleans, boys don't grow up dreaming-they grow up dodging. Dodging charges. Dodging death. Dodging the trap that says you're born to lose before you even take your first breath.
But what if you said no?
Born a Felon is the powerful true story of a young Black man who refused to be what the system expected: a statistic. While the streets pulled at him, while the odds tried to fold him, Shawn Peterson chose discipline over destruction-and lived to tell it.
This isn't a redemption story. It's a resistance story. A blueprint for walking the line and staying free when everything around you says otherwise.
With raw honesty and unmatched grit, Peterson paints a portrait of survival-not through violence, but through values. Not through luck, but through relentless choice.
No convictions. No mugshots. Not even a parking ticket.
Because being clean in the chaos might be the boldest thing you can be.
Born a Felon isn't about what happened.
It's about what didn't-and the fight it took to make that true.
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