Concrete Rose. ✓

Work #9 //

Shawn Carter, the #1 overall NBA Draft Pick in college basketball, is one of the greatest shooting guards in college history, averaging 28 points a game. The media sees the good side of him, but little do they know the hardship he goes through behind closed doors.

After years of physical fights and tension with both of his parents, Shawn has done everything to earn a little money and stay in school. He's sold drugs, done drugs and has been arrested for it. He had no motivation to do anything else. The money was quick and easy. When his older sister, Lauren, sees him changing for the worse, she decides to get him back in the gym and even introduce him to her good friend, Beyoncé.

He hasn't been the same since.

Read about Shawn's story!