“He who deviates from the code never attains anything, though his fortune may reach the Heavens.”
-Ibn Al Arabi

We at Ancient-Art-of-Facts would like to present to the world Code-47: Memoirs of a Hip Hop Heist, the 3rd book by Justin Thomas (Teferu Azr). This Halloween, tricks and treats, pros and cons, swirl around the Music Industry as a young, Black con(scious)man and his band of confidence men, pranksters, a retired beat maker, and a poet attempt to break into the toughest, most well concealed, heavily guarded place on the planet ... The Music Industry.

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“It’s not about complaining who owns what,” says Thomas (Azr). “[The book] is about doing something, taking action. The story is about exploding the industry, destroying it. The aftermath of the explosion is the realization that it’s not really about Hip Hop. There are a lot of armchair Revolutionaries, Magicians, and so-called ‘practitioners’ out there. The story is fiction, but if you really care, if you really have heart and resonate green, then you’ll make the story go from fictional to functional. The book is like the famous Samurai Miyamoto Musashi’s The Book of Five Rings. It might be a story, but it’s a template for action and reclamation.”

Code-47 is dedicated to Negro Spirituals and the plot centers specifically around disguising knowledge with a remarkable code. “I wanted to create a story that wasn’t about an artist’s life. The cliché story of how an artist that really cared was pushed out of the industry; and an artist that sells out thrives. Or the cliché of saying what frequency Hip Hop used to vibrate on. My friend Panic (the inspiration for the character named Law) would’ve slapped the shit out of me. But, I’m smart enough (I believe) to know those stories and complaints are played out. Black people are always locked in writing tragedy. Whatever happened to fun? Who is going to document the ascent? [Code-47] is about a group of Black men and Black women who play a prank on the Music Industry and cause all out chaos and a collapse in the system. It’s fiction, but, hey, it’s gotta start somewhere.”

The story draws inspiration from Harlem Nights and Ocean’s 11. We hope you N-Joy (and pass the info on to a friend).

And check www.ancientartoffacts.com for other titles and our blog that will follow the progress of the historical epic project: A Company of Moors and the 2nd Teferu Azr Epic Poem, 2 Enlighten the G.O.D.Z.