Shanduke McPhatter grew up in the Brooklyn projects. He was raised by his mother and never knew his father. McPhatter was first arrested at 16. He joined a gang, the Bloods, while incarcerated on Rikers Island.
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Shanduke McPhatter grew up in the Brooklyn projects. "Some nights, I had to eat a syrup sandwich. That was what dinner was. And that hunger will send you out to look for a different way, like going into the store to steal a cake or something to put food in my stomach," McPhatter said.
