As hip-hop rose from the streets to the mainstream in the 90s, the rappers and hustlers that broke through had few role models who had trodden that path before them.

So now I'm a writer and a hustler: coach, software entrepreneur, ghostwriter, teacher, juggler — my decision.

Roberts dissolved into his character, a manipulative small-time hustler whose self-hatred metastasizes into murderous rage.

An interesting collection of white government officials, Black entrepreneurs, promoters and, frankly, out-and-out hustlers came together to put together this unsanctioned boxing match.

“We New Yorkers used to tolerate him when he was just another crappy real estate hustler masquerading as a big shot,” he said.