From Incarceration 2 Incorporation
J.M. Benjamin is a successful, powerful and impacting author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker from Plainfield, New Jersey. Since released from prison he has received numerous of accolades and recognition for his Essence Best novel Ride Or Die Chick. J.M. Benjamin is also, the Award Winning author of Down In the Dirty, My Manz and Em, On The Run With Love, Ride Or Die Chick 2, the recently award nominated novel Heaven and Earth and a co-author of the non-fiction motivational book From Incarceration 2 Incorporation. He is also the contributing author to several anthologies,Christmas In The Hood, Menace II Society, The Massacre and Cocaine love Stories, with some of the top authors in urban lit. J.M. quickly made his presence felt in the fast growing genre of Urban Literature after the completion of his incarceration with his freshman novel Down In The Dirty. After appearing on The Wendy Williams Experience and The Michael Baisden Show J.M. career as an author soared to new heights after sharing how and why he started writing. Ironically, having spent more than half his life in the streets and a substantial amount of time in prison, J.M. Benjamin only credential as a street tale story teller is simply his own first hand experience and knowledge of what the street life consists of. Growing up in an urban community and practically being raised in the streets, J.M. Benjamin s upbringing provided him with the necessary tools he now uses in his work to capture and display the reality and horrors of the streets worldwide.   J.M. went on to become a motivational speaker after receiving several email invitations and calls from schools, churches, facilities, various mentoring organizations and programs asking to share his journey of redemption once a thirty minute television interview about his life was aired on a NJN News show called Another View with Candace Kelley. Thereafter he began collaborating with The Mayor of his city, The Board of Education, nonprofit organizations and even local authorities to aid them in the fight against gang violence, saving our youth and re-claiming the community. He became a mentor for at risk youth as well as an activist. He shares his experiences and knowledge of the streets as well, as how writing was and continues to be his outlet, in hopes to make a difference. He also became a member of the C.E.C Alumni, Community Education Center after successfully completing their life skills program and returning to society to implement the tools he obtained from their curriculum into his everyday living. J.M. embarked on yet another endeavor, opening up an African American bookstore in his hometown, to provide a place for other independent authors to house their work and enhance the reading of the youth who have gravitated to urban lit above all other genres.  J.M. Benjamin is the founder and CEO of A New Quality Publishing and publisher of the urban novels Back Stabbers by Nyema Have You Ever...? By FiFi Cureton, The Ski Mask Way 2 By Randy Ski Thompson, Breaking London By J-Rod Nider, The Robbery Report By Glorious. In addition, J.M. signed Actress Cherie Johnson Of The 80 s Sitcom Punky Brewster and popular 90 s Sitcom Family Matters and published her collaborative novel titled Around The World Twice. Most recently, J.M. launched an independent monthly newspaper called Success Newspaper, highlighting and offering recognition to minorities who have overcome adversities and challenges and gone off to become successful in life. J.M. will be releasing a new novel the end of 2010 or early 2011. You can find J.M. more on facebook about him at Jm Benjamin. Randy Kearse is the Author of Street Talk: Da Official Guide to Hip-Hop & Urban Slanguage, Changin Your Game Plan: How to use Incarceration as a stepping stone for SUCCESS, and The Writing Game,all in which he self- published after his incaceration.