#370 | Douglas Century | Split Decisions | ICE-T & Spike

The Protectors Podcast ™ Presents Douglas Century.   In this first part of a multi-part series, we talk about Doug working with Ice-T & Spike on their book SPLIT DECISION.  It is a must-read book.  The book resonates.  Doug has an incredible bibliography of books, definite a ton of must-read books.  

SPLIT DECISIONS: Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling and astonishing memoir of his early life robbing jewelry stores until he found fame and fortune—while a handful of bad choices sent his former crime partner down an incredibly different path. Ice-T rose to fame in the late 1980s, earning acclaim for his music before going on to capture television audiences as Odafin “Fin” Tutuola in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit​. But it could have gone much differently. In this gripping and candid memoir, Ice-T and Spike, his former crime partner—collaborating with New York Times bestselling author Douglas Century—relate the shocking stories of their shared pasts, and how just a handful of decisions led to their incredibly different lives.

About Doug: Douglas Century is the author and coauthor of numerous bestsellers including Under and Alone, Hunting El Chapo, and Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire, a finalist for the 2003 Edgar Award in the category of Best Fact Crime. A veteran investigative journalist, Century last collaborated with Ice-T on the acclaimed Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life—From South Central to Hollywood.