What will the world be like twenty years from now? What if a
quick-witted sarcastic sportswriter for the remaining black-owned
newspaper in NYC awakes from a coma to find the future of Africa has now
been placed on his shoulders? Can he fight off covert agents, fear of
commitment, and the pressure of escaping the “Hood” long enough to
deliver a mythical staff necessary to save the continent amidst the
world basketball championships in Sudan?
These are only
part of the hood-thentic, futuristic, mythological and spiritual ordeals
that Ellis Rey, former near-great hoop star and
hiphop-fiend-turned-sports writer must resolve in 21 Hustle—a.k.a. The Funkyhiphoopnautic,a fast-moving, funny, yet intense gaze into one of our possible near futures.
is a former near-great hiphop emcee, hoopster, and
journalist with a sick sense of humor, nasty jump shot and the ability
to make pause-button mixes. A read-everything-holic, after leaving his
day job he spends his waning moments attempting to make sense out of
LIFE.