Niki Jilvontae

Raised Into This State of Mind Niki Jilvontae

The lessons we learn from our parents can often influence our lives. Those words can become the blueprint for how we live, love, and grow. This is especially true for Dia Banner aka Double D and her big brother Alontae Banner aka Tae. Under the guidance of their father Sonnie, the hood God; Double D and her brother become exactly who they were molded to be. With their mother behind bars for more than a decade, the Banner kids learn to fend for themselves on the mean streets of Memphis. All they have is each other and the lessons that they learned from their father. This is their story... Raised into this State of Mind!