“There was a young millionaire in Denver whose white limousine came under gunfire on a snow-lined boulevard in the dark of a winter morning. When the shooting began he had about one minute to live, and he spent that minute surrounded by the tangible signs of his newfound wealth. The black leather seats held nine women… as well as four rappers whose t-shirts advertised their collective name: Billion Dolla Scholars. But the most dazzling sight in the Hummer limousine was the young millionaire’s gold chain.. a white crust of diamonds that spelled the name of his record label, Ryno Entertainment, and his nickname, D Will, short for Darrent Williams, starting right cornerback for the Broncos… In the last 10 minutes the chain had been lost… and the reasons for that brief disappearance would make the difference between life and death.”

The main idea of this excerpt is to tell about the shooting and murder of former Denver Broncos cornerback, Darrent Williams and the details of his millionaire lifestyle. The story is detailed throughout this chapter and has information from either his former teammates and reports alike. I can learn from this based on the text in this chapter that money can do things to a person, whether that be changing them as a person or even death like it happened to Darrent Williams. One of the ideas emphasized in the excerpt is the golden chain Williams had. It symbolizes the money he earned through playing in the NFL, and symbolized of his tragic, unexpected death.