N.G. Young is a native of Chicago’s south side and is also an underground Hip-hop artist and singer/songwriter. Her passion is both music and social activism. Illegal is her first novel that expounds on her deep love for storytelling and Hip-hop Kultrue. Inspired by artists such as Common, MC Lyte, and KRS-One, she seeks to both enlighten and inspire change and thoughtfulness while utilizing various mediums to foster growth and intellectual development in both readers and the Hip-hop community as a whole.