. >> my name is kevin moore, m-o-o-r-e. >> what were you convicted for? violation for sales of marijuana. >> the yard is an interesting place because you never know who you're going to run into, you never know who you're going to talk to, you never know what personality, who they are. i kind of just started looking around and tried to find interesting-looking faces. i happened upon kevin moore. he started telling me that he's a rap artist. he's a ghost writer. >> i have a record deal waiting on me. death row records. for anybody, any rap fans that's listening, my aka is sassoon. and i got a demo coming out in a few months. if you're a rap fan, listen to it. >> when you start talking to inmates you are not sure what to believe. they start telling you these stories. you're kind of like saying, all right. >> i've been a ghost writer in the rap industry for about 13 years. a lot of stuff i have written from behind these walls i have sold to other artists that have been out there and been successful. >> i said, well, do a rap for me. and then he just like -- h

kevin croce, the same doctor he saw on the tv program walks into moore's hospital room. >> you go in and said, doctor, gee, i was just watching you last night on tv. >> reporter: he tells moore he is, in fact, suffering from a heart attack and needs to undergo surgery immediately. >> it was actually quite nice to see that our efforts in participating in the show were paying off. >> reporter: for "good morning america," ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> and finally here, most of us hate the rain, but not this toddler. this video going viral overnight shows little harper in her daddy's arm experiencing rain for the first time. look at this. she loves it. after each trip she laughs her face off and then when dad puts the kid down she actually tries to go back out on her own. what we hear is that when this little girl grows up she's going to change her name to ginger zee. >> get her in a puddle. have her slash. how fun. >> i don't want to change her name, harper. i have a little harper. that brought me back. lara in the social square. >> all right, here we are in social square. here'

kevin mcenroe -- don't answer that. making his own mark with his debut novel "our town", a work of fiction based on the life of his grandmother, actress joanna moore. >> thank you. >> tell us about "our town" and why you decided to write it. >> well, you know, my -- i started working on it about ten years ago, almost by accident. i was in a writing class and they told me to write a short story from the opposite sex's perspective and i wrote this short story about this one meeting i remembered with my grandmother from her perspective how he remembered me. i wasn't sure why i wrote it but continued to learn about her. there was something that, you know, she's considered a kind of cautionary tale in my family, a kind of beautiful woman, that was sort of waste to her potential. her ability to get in her own way is something i found i shared as well. >> you've had your challenges with addiction -- >> sure. >> the day you got this book deal, i think you were caught with cocaine or arrested or something. >> i was, yeah. >> how are you doing now? >> i'm doing great. a year drug free and happy and healthy and celebrating the book. i think that proved more

kevin mcenroe has his first novel "our town," a work of fiction based oe the life of his grandm her. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> i don't anni moore. you om s met her a few times. >> i did. >> she was complicated, an actress and an addict. ha troubles with alcohol and drugs. why did you want to tell her story? >> she she's always been cote sidered a cautionary tale in the family. somebody with a lot of prh fse, somebody beautiful that wasted her potential. i found there was more to it than that. i don't know why whe i started writing about her at 19 years old, it was -- i didn't know why i found her so compelling. i think i realized it's because her ability to get in her own way is something i also share. >> you talk about she was a cautionary tale. your family, t re have been notorious struggles with drugs and alcohol. >> indeed. >> your grandmother, your mom tatum who is right over your shoulder had famous struggles as well and a year ago you also had an arrest on drug charges. >> i did. >> do you think it's in the dna or is it learned behavior? >> it's probably passed down from generation to generation. i also found that perhap