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Mistah F.A.B and his mother ended up having a close life-long relationship and her picture is prominently featured at the store. “I probably called her every name is the book man, she was so hurt man she pulled herself together and took me to my grannny house and the next time I saw her she never used drugs again after that. “I couldn't fathom the fact that not only she stole from me, but she stole to go get high man,” he said.

He recalls one incident in which his mother stole money from him to buy drugs that changed both their lives. To document his feelings, he turned to writing and eventually music. says his career was inspired when his father died and his mother was addicted to drugs.

He has a new album and recently moved his store which carries his own line of clothing to 20th and Broadway in downtown Oakland. has enjoyed success in the music business. And what we have is a community that’s plagued with people in competition with each other, people that don't communicate with each other anymore,” he said. “They removed the big homies in our communities, whether it be through jail, whether it was through drugs. says communities like his are missing many of the elder figures who could offer guidance. "In Oakland, specifically, a lot of people's parents were on drugs."

That is, people who grew up like he did, in a tough Oakland neighborhood where many parents were absent and often those who stayed were addicted to drugs. “I wanted this book to be me addressing my little homies,” he said. Mistah F.A.B says he wrote it with the people of his neighborhood in mind. Before he takes off, Fab explains he own battles with sipping syrup and how he almost died and admonishes artists to stop marketing poison to the next generation.The book is a collection of advice narrowed down to one or two paragraphs at a time, so you can open up to any page and start there. Fab wanted to know why no one in Atlanta is wearing a mask during the panoramic and he polls the crew on how serious they’re taking the outbreak. Fab’s uncle is a nasty man and he explains exactly what a cream check is and how they go it in the bay! Mr. His uncle claims that before his 20 years of being high, he once scored 52 points in a game!Ĭream check? Mr. Fab tells an incredible story of how he got cut from his high school basketball team and how he took lessons from that experience to become a better person. Fab and his team are using his “Dope Era” brand to establish entrepreneurship in those same neighborhoods. The crew gets to talking about the “Dope Era” and it’s impact on the community and how Mr. Fab’s uncle overcame drugs and talks about how he found the drive to change his life when he had been high for 20 years straight.