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CLAP FOR HER: Taraji P. Henson Gearing Up To Release Her First Memoir 'Around the Way Girl'

CLAP FOR HER: Taraji P. Henson Gearing Up To Release Her First Memoir ‘Around the Way Girl’

10/05/2016  |  No Comments

10/05/2016

    Taraji P. Henson has been on fire for the last few years and I'm glad to see her achieving her goals as a Black American Actress. On October 11th she will be releasing her first memoir "Around The Way Girl'. Read the overview below.
    From Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner, Taraji P. Henson, comes an inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood, and the joy of living in your own truth.
    With a sensibility that recalls her beloved screen characters, including Yvette, Queenie, Shug, and the iconic Cookie from Empire, yet is all Taraji, the screen actress writes of her family, the one she was born into and the one she created. She shares stories of her father, a Vietnam vet who was bowed but never broken by life's challenges, and of her mother who survived violence both in the home and on DC's volatile streets. Here too she opens up about her experiences as a single mother, a journey some saw as a burden but which she saw as a gift.
    Around the Way Girl is also a classic actor’s memoir in which Taraji reflects on the world-class instruction she received at Howard University and the pitfalls that come with being a black actress. With laugh-out-loud humor and candor, she shares the challenges and disappointments of the actor’s journey and shows us that behind the red carpet moments, she is ever authentic. She is at heart just a girl in pursuit of her dreams.
    The book is now available for Pre-order: CLICK HERE to get your copy.
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CLAP FOR HIM:Sean 'Diddy' Combs Gearing Up To Open Charter School In Harlem

CLAP FOR HIM:Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Gearing Up To Open Charter School In Harlem

03/28/2016  |  No Comments

03/28/2016

    Now this is how you give back to your childhood community.
      Check out the deets about Diddy's dope move inside.
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 CLAP FOR HER: Angie Martinez Announces New Memoir 'My Voice'

CLAP FOR HER: Angie Martinez Announces New Memoir ‘My Voice’

03/17/2016  |  No Comments

03/17/2016

    Radio legend "Angie" Martinez aka "The Voice of New York”, will be releasing a new memoir in May.
    Head inside for more deets.
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Questlove Memoir Arrives This Summer: The Roots' drummer to tell his story in 'Mo' Meta Blues'

Questlove Memoir Arrives This Summer: The Roots’ drummer to tell his story in ‘Mo’ Meta Blues’

02/28/2013  |  No Comments

02/28/2013

    According to Rollingstone ?uestlove Memoir is set to drop this summer:
    Questlove will recount his own experiences in music and cast a wider eye on pop culture in a forthcoming book, Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove. Part memoir, part cultural study, the Roots drummer will touch on growing up in Philadelphia in the Seventies, the rise of the Roots and his interactions with other musicians and celebrities on the road, in the studio and as the bandleader on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
    A press release promises "musings about the state of hip hop, the state of music criticism, the state of statements," as well as Questlove's thoughts about "pivotal moments in black music and pop culture."
    Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove is due June 18th through Grand Central Publishing. The ever-busy Questlove has recently been teaching a course at NYU titled "Topics in Recorded Music: Classic Albums," and has been working on new albums with D'Angelo and Elvis Costello.
    Sounds like it would be a good read. If you cop, share your review with Addicted2Candi.com
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Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne “Gone Till November” Book – Pre Order

10/18/2012  |  No Comments

10/18/2012

    Lil wayne documents his 8 month stay in NY's Rikers Island - aint nuttin pretty - Pre-Order now

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Would YOU Take Dating Advice From Tionna Smalls?? (VH1's What Chili Wants)

Would YOU Take Dating Advice From Tionna Smalls?? (VH1’s What Chili Wants)

03/23/2012  |  No Comments

03/23/2012 Tionna Smalls is the type of homegirl everyone needs. Someone who doesn't sugarcoat anything and keeps it 100 at all times. But would YOU take relationship advice from her? I mean she couldn't really help Chili out...wait that's because Chili had zero clue as to what she wanted. So maybe homegirl could have saved the day. Tionna is aware there are many women out here that would eat up her advice, so she has decided to pen books that serve as self-help manuals. She sat down in an interview with VIBEVixen to discuss her books, that ask questions like "should we sleep with the man we’re dating? Do we give men too much power? Should we ignore his phone calls?" She even shares her own love mishaps and goes in on Tv's fake tough girls from Basketball Wives Miami. Oh and Tionna Smalls is urging more girls to "Save the Suck"!*tears* Head inside to read a few excerpts from the interview. more

Lil’ Wayne To Release ‘Gone Til November’ Prison Memoir

Lil’ Wayne To Release ‘Gone Til November’ Prison Memoir

01/13/2012  |  No Comments

01/13/2012 Rapper Lil Wayne has decided to share his diary entries written while doing a eight-month bid at Rikers Island in 2010. The memoir Gone Till November is set to release November 28, 2012 and will be published through Grand Central Publishing. Editor Ben Greenberg states that the book is “revealing” and describes it as an “internal monologue.” I love the title of the memoir being that I am a November baby! Would you read a memoir by Weezy? more

Jay-Z To Re-Release “Decoded” Book On November 1st

Jay-Z To Re-Release “Decoded” Book On November 1st

10/03/2011  |  No Comments

10/03/2011 Yes!!! Just in time for my birthday 11.12! Jay-z presented the original Decoded last November and now he is set to re-release the book on November 1st with a new cover. The re-release will include; A new chapter, seven additional illustrations, and three songs: “I Know”, Young Gz”, “Lost One” and a new afterword. Thanks in advance for my gift. Head inside to peep what Hova had to say about the re-release. more