Fort green dreams is a autobiography of Nelson George. nelson george was a man about sustain excellence and achieve a lot by giving his best. He is also a music culture critic, journalist, film maker, and a author. This story tells the story of his career and his life. He moved to Brooklyn, fort greens from Jamaica ,Queens. He had seen downtown Brooklyn but now it was different for him. He moved to 19 Willoughby Avenue. He lived here for for 7 years from 1985 to 1992. These were important years for him as he made name for himself and also help make fort green the birth place of many stars. Fort green produced basketball greats but also was known for gang activities. Nelson also got mugged once his VCR was stolen as well. However the area was not that bad and he also liked his place, his apartment.He was thankful for getting all this as he really was not that rich or anything but made his way though life and earn it. It was huge, he had his space to work, and also this helped him with his work. His ambition grew in his bigger apartment, waking up at night helped him grind some new ideas and he liked it there. he wrote 5 books there and his most important and break through work “The Death of Rhythm and Blues”. He also invested in movies, wrote and produced screenplays. Nelson was friends with other artists and that helped him discover himself. The kind of writer he was, the kind of son he was and this helped him as he learned he was a mentor. He guided the new starts and gave them the exposure they needed to show their talent. The chance they needed to show they belonged. He made many people starts while on the other hand many failed not because of him but their own issues such a ego and many more. His dream was to fill the shelf with his books and live a active life and being productive was the way to show that. That is way he say “Achieving sustained excellence is what i preached to others and sought for myself”.He just wanted to say he achieved a lot through his life by giving their best and that what he wanted the other to do.