![]() ![]() ![]() Lisa breaks up with him, and Seven’s mother, Iesha, abandons the baby with Mav. Mav’s life is upended when he finds out that he is the father of a three-month-old baby boy (later named Seven). Mav is loyal to the King Lords, but in order to support himself and his mother, he deals hard drugs with his best friend King behind the backs of the other members. He abides by the rules of the street, an unspoken but powerful set of guidelines that range from not getting beaten at basketball in front of a pretty girl to enacting violent revenge if someone harms a member of your family. With a father who was once an influential King Lords leader and is now incarcerated, Mav needs all the protection he can get from the violence that plagues the Garden. One big difference sets Mav apart from the average teenager, however: his membership in the powerful King Lords gang, an affiliation that started when he was only 12 years old. He likes playing basketball, and he loves his girlfriend, Lisa. ![]() He’s funny, kind, and preoccupied with proving his manliness to his friends. Seventeen-year-old Maverick “Mav” Carter lives in the impoverished and predominantly Black neighborhood of Garden Heights, or “the Garden.” In many ways, he’s an average teenager. ![]()
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