Tariq Nasheed

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Tariq A. Nasheed (also known as "King Flex" or "K-Flex") was born on the west side of Detroit, Michigan on July 1, . He is an author, actor, and self-described "game advisor." He wrote the New York Times best seller The Art Of Mackin.

Tariq moved from Detroit to Birmingham, Alabama as a young child. Due to slow pace and boredom of the social scene Tariq dropped out of high school and decided to leave Birmingham for Los Angeles, California at age 17. While living in L.A,he found himself homeless.So he would often use public libraries as temporary shelter in the daytime,while hanging out with Hollywood street hustlers at night. While staying the libraries,Tariq would pass the time by reading books by Freud,Nietzsche,Napoleon Hill,Shahrazad Ali,Francess Cress Welsing,and many other books on the power of the mind. He created dating techniques that were a combination of what he learned from older hustlers and what he learned by reading psychology books. He called these techniques "G.I.C.2" (game, intelligence, and common sense; squared).

Nasheed became what he calls a "game advisor," meaning he would teach these G.I.C.2 techniques to men and women on the underground scene. In 1999, Nasheed wrote a book based on his dating techniques called The Art Of Mackin, which has sold over 250,000 copies.This book became the foundation for the current mainstream interest in the "seduction community". His follow up book Play Or Be Played (Simon & Schuster) was catered towards women trying to learn "the game." In 2005, he released another book for men called The Mack Within (Penguin), and he appeared on TV shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, as well as on MTV, VH1, and BET. Furthermore, Nasheed has a series of radio podcasts called The Mack Lessons Radio Show, covering topics like dating, relationships, and social issues.

He now does sold out lectures and seminars around the country and he has recently released an instructional DVD called Mack Lessons.

He has another book geared towards women that will be released in 2009 called The Art Of Golddigging. And he is currently working on a new book for men called "The Formula For Getting Women".