Category: Lit
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Prodigy to release ‘My Infamous Life’ autobiography in Spring 2011, after release from prison
Scheduled for release from prison next month after a three year sentence on gun possession charges, Mobb Deep emcee Prodigy has an autobiography set to hit bookstores in Spring 2011. Titled My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, the book was penned by Prodigy and Laura Checkoway and sees release on April 19th,…
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Tyrese pens debut book, How To Get Out Of Your Own Way
Having made his mark on entertainment with a range of successful ventures across music, film, TV, fashion modelling and even comic books, now Tyrese Gibson plans to break into the world of literary publishing with his first book, How To Get Out Of Your Own Way, due for Hardback and e-book release on April 7th,…
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Jay-Z Decoded Pages Around The World
Jay-Z and Versetti holding first Decoded page The marketing campaign for Decoded has been just as (if not more so) interesting and captivating to me as the release of the book itself. Bing and Jay-Z teamed up to create a multi-layered, interactive experience which married the virtual world with real life. Audiences had to go…
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Jay-Z Talks ‘Decoded’ With Cornel West At NY Public Library | Live Stream
The evening before Jay-Z‘s internationally anticipated new book, Decoded co-written by Dream Hampton, the iconic emcee engages in a talk at the New York Public Library hosted by noted author/professor Cornel West and the library’s Paul Holdengräber. Kicking off at 7pm ET, you can watch the live stream right here: [Source]
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Decoded Excerpts Reveal Jay-Z Smoking With Biggie & Winning Over Oprah
In anticipation for it’s release, the NY Post has posted some excerpts from Jay-Z’s 336 page book, Decoded. NY Post choose excerpts that show the contrast between Jay-Z’s early life and his current life and status. In the excerpts revealed, Jay-Z talks about his first encounter with the police, dealing with father issues, his incident…
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Jay-Z Decoded: SoulCulture Finds First Page x Meets Jay-Z (Video)
We were visiting New York last month covering the CMJ Festival when on Monday 18th October our very own Creative Director Eddie “Versetti” Smith randomly took himself on an Easter-egg hunt of sorts around Manhattan to find pages of Jay-Z‘s new book, Decoded. Co-written by respected journalist [and former Source editor] Dream Hampton, Jay-Z’s hardcover,…
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MICHAEL JACKSON By Arno Bani – Book Of Unseen MJ Portraits Released
Back in June of this year beautiful, never-before-seen pictures of Michael Jackson emerged through French photographer Arno Bani. Now MICHAEL JACKSON by Arno Bani, the 202-page book of stunning portraits is available to buy from HERE. Captured by the accomplished young photographer Arno Bani the book is named after its iconic subject and presents never…
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?uestlove Book On The Way; “Mommy, What’s A Questlove?”
The Roots’ iconic drummer and so-called musical encyclopedia ?uestlove will soon be “combining his headful of music factoids with real life stories, celebrity encounters and thoughts on life” in a new autobiography of sorts, according to Okayplayer. Tentatively titled Mommy, What’s A Questlove?, the book is set to be published by Grand Central Publishing in…
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Jay-Z’s Decoded Book Cover + Excerpt Revealed
The long awaited memoir of the greatest rapper of all time (yeah I said it!), will finally be available for purchase on November 16th. Decoded the fully-illustrated volume decodes 36 songs from Shawn Carter‘s immense back catalog, offering readers a first-hand account of Jay-Z‘s life through rhyme. As well as a hardback edition Decoded’s publishers…
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Questlove’s Work Ethic Inspired By Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘Outliers’ Book (Video)
Questlove sat down with GoWhere Hip Hop in Chicago this weekend to share how his work with John Legend on Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008 led to their new collaborative album, Wake Up! [out tomorrow], why being the house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon has been his “dream job” and the five hours…