Let That Anger Go — A Memoir by Rashad Grant

About the Book

This ain't a story trying to make street life look cool.
It's about what it takes to come out of it.

For a long time, Rashad Grant thought being strong meant keeping it all in. No crying. No talking. No letting nobody see him hurting. Growing up in Chicago, he learned quick that surviving came first — and healing wasn't even part of the conversation.

Every time he snapped, there was something deeper behind it. Pain he never dealt with. Hurt he never talked about. Every bad choice, every fight, every moment he lost control — it all came from somewhere. From feeling unseen. From not knowing how to deal with what was really going on inside.

In Let That Anger Go, he tells his story straight up — no sugarcoating. From childhood trauma and emotional neglect to the choices that led him down a road that eventually cost him his freedom. Through fatherhood, faith, accountability, therapy, mentorship, boxing, and learning how to forgive, he discovered something real.

“Most people ain't born angry. They're just carrying pain nobody ever taught them how to let go of.”

This book is about facing what's really underneath the anger — and choosing something different. Because the truth is: pain may shape you, but healing determines who you become.

Childhood Trauma

Growing up where survival came first and healing wasn't part of the conversation.

The Real Problem

Anger was never the real problem — it was the unresolved hurt beneath it.

The Work of Healing

Faith, fatherhood, therapy, accountability, mentorship, boxing, and forgiveness.

Breaking Cycles

Choosing something different — so the past doesn't have to define the future.

Who This Book Is For

Written for anybody carrying pain they've never talked about.

The Ones Told to “Man Up”

Anybody who was told to suppress their emotions instead of being shown how to heal — especially young men who were never taught how to process what they carry.

The Ones Stuck in the Loop

Anybody tired of repeating the same reactions and wondering why nothing ever changes — ready to face what's really underneath the anger.

The Ones Ready to Heal

Anybody ready for honest conversations about emotional healing, breaking generational cycles, and the reminder that your past does not have to define your future.

About the Author

Rashad Grant

Rashad Grant was born in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green Housing Projects and raised throughout several neighborhoods across the city. Growing up, he experienced firsthand how trauma, neglect, and unspoken pain can shape the way a person thinks, reacts, and ultimately lives. For years, anger felt normal.

Survival was the priority, and healing wasn't even part of the conversation. As he matured, Rashad came to understand that anger was never the real problem — it was the unresolved hurt beneath it that had gone unaddressed for years. Through faith, fatherhood, therapy, accountability, mentorship, boxing, and learning to forgive, he committed himself to the difficult work of healing — the kind of work that requires honesty, self-reflection, and the courage to confront pain instead of running from it.

Today, Rashad Grant is a father, mentor, and advocate for emotional healing. His mission is to encourage honest conversations about emotional healing, break generational cycles, and remind people that their past does not have to define their future.

— Rashad Grant

This ain't a story trying to make street life look cool.It's about what it takes to come out of it.