Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan.
Goines was shot to death in 1974..
While he was in prison, Goines wrote his first two novels, Dopefiend: The Story of a Black Junkie and Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp.
He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years.
Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime.
Air Force instead of going into his family\'s dry cleaning business.
He joined the U.
S.
Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan