Draft:Brad Bathgate

Brad Bathgate (real name Derrick Wilson) is an african-american poet, and former boxer.

Early life
Derrick was born in Harlem, New York City, but during his childhood, he moved from Harlem to Georgia, to Kentucky, Tennesse, to Germany.

Books
Brad Bathgate has written several books, with the most famous example, Corner Stores In The Middle Of The Block, a collection of his favorite poems, thoughts, and haikus from his books.

This is a list of the books he wrote


 * Pretty Ugly: A Harlem Situation
 * Dont Beat Your Children Or They Will Turn Out Like Me
 * Agitation Gets The Dirt Out

Career
Early in his carrer, he was a Boxer but soon found his calling as a poet, and he started selling books on the streets of Harlem, and Greenvile, South Carolina

Criminal History
Bathgate has been arrested at the minimum of 16 times since 1989.

He was once arrested for stabbing a pregnant woman in the neck on a subway, and faced jail time for it.