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Photographer Mike Miller Gives 'West Coast Hip Hop History' In Photos Via New Book
Music ♦ Posted 02/01/2012
Los Angeles photographer Mike Miller has captured some of the most legendary shots in hip-hop history ... and is set to release them in an upcoming coffee table book called West Coast Hip Hop: A History In Pictures. With the book's release coming in mid-February, Miller will show off select imagery from the book at a photo exhibition centered around the book on Saturday (February... |
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Phil Jackson's Memoir 'Eleven Rings' Set For 2013 Release
Sports ♦ Posted 02/01/2012
Since retiring from his post as the Los Angeles Lakers head coach last summer, Phil Jackson has kept a low profile ... and hasn't said much about his former team. However, people expect him to do the talking in his upcoming book. According to the Los Angeles Times, Jackson is prepping his memoir, titled Eleven... |
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Lil Wayne Set To Publish Prison Memoir Later This Year
Music ♦ Posted 01/12/2012
It's been over a year since he was released from prison back in late 2010, but Lil Wayne is now ready to release a memoir documenting his time behind bars. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the rapper has inked a deal with Grand Central Publishing to release Gone Till November, a compilation of Weezy's diaries... |
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Lil Kim Announces Upcoming Autobiography, Documentary About Her Life
Music ♦ Posted 11/16/2011
Despite a previous attempt, which ended with her publisher suing her for not delivering the final product, Lil Kim has annoujnced that she will be releasing an autobiography entitled The Price of Loyalty, as well as an as-yet-untitled documentary about her life. During an interview on Kay Slay's Streetsweeper Radio, the female rap vet revealed... |
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Radio Personality Big Boy Details Weight Struggles In New Book
Life / Culture ♦ Posted 11/01/2011
Popular radio personality, Big Boy, revealed this week a deal with the publishing arm of Cash money, where he'll be releasing about his weight struggles, titled An XL Life: Staying Big at Half the Size. Big Boy (real name: Kurt Alexander) has been the #1 Los Angeles radio host for 10-years running, and one of... |
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60 Minutes' Steve Jobs Special About Life & Book (Video)
Tech & Gaming, Videos ♦ Posted 10/24/2011
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs lived quite a life, building and influencing the world in ways some can only imagine. In the years leading up to his untimely death, Jobs granted writer/biographer Walter Isaacson unique access to his life for a sanctioned biography about his life. Nothing death was approaching, the Apple innovator enlisted Isaacson so... |
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Ice-T, Coco Drop New Fictional Novels
Entertainment ♦ Posted 10/05/2011
Hip-hop couple and reality TV stars, Ice-T and Coco, have just added a new title to their resumes -- published authors. The couple, who star together in the E! reality show "Ice Loves Coco", recently dropped new books -- the rapper dropping Kings of Vice, an "urban fiction" which serves as his second; and the "erotic mystery" titled Angel, Coco's first. Ice and Coco tells... |
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J-Zone Readies Book Debut, Titled 'Root For The Villian'
Music ♦ Posted 10/05/2011
New York-based rapper/producer, J-Zone, has been doing music for well over a decade, working with the likes of Gnarls Barkley, The Lonely Island, Biz Markie, E-40, and Prince Paul, to name a few. But, he's also known as a writer, having his work has been published in the Common Culture pop culture textbook series, SLAM Magazine, and The Source, among others. Now, he's penned his... |
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Former Cop Claims Diddy, Suge Knight Are Behind Murders Of Tupac & Biggie In New Book
Music ♦ Posted 10/03/2011
A former LAPD detective is alleging -- in a new book -- that hip-hop moguls, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Suge Knight, are the figures who ordered the killings of iconic hip-hop rivals, Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Greg Kading, in his new book Murder Rap, claims Diddy ordered the hit on Pac; and in retaliation, Suge ordered the hit on Biggie. Shakur, who was... |
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Mister Cartoon, Vans OTW Releases Limited 'Art Of Lettering' Book
Life / Culture ♦ Posted 09/28/2011
Over the summer, legendary Los Angeles tattoo artist Mister Cartoon held the "Art of Lettering" seminar, during the Hollywood Park Tattoo Invitational, where he discussed his rise in the tattoo and graffiti worlds ... and also broke down his lettering style. As part of the seminar, Toons teamed up with Vans OTW for a limited edition book, also called the Art Of Lettering. It features... |
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Game Drops First Book Detailing The Making Of 'The R.E.D. Album', Makes History
Music ♦ Posted 09/13/2011
On the heels of the release of his fourth LP, The R.E.D. Album, The Game released his first book, The Making Of Game's The R.E.D. Album, which hit #5 on Amazon's Digital Music Book chart last week. With the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 and the #5 spot on Amazon, he became the first rapper to have a Top 5 album and Top 5... |
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Jay-Z Gets The 'I'm The White Guy Treatment' From Writer Soren Baker
Music ♦ Posted 08/25/2011
Jay-Z is the subject of the new book from esteemed author/journalist Soren Baker, and his "I'm The White Guy" series. I'm The White Guy: The Jay-Z Edition focuses on Baker's interviews and interaction with Jay-Z, shedding an insightful light on one of rap's most accomplished artists. During one of the books two interviews with Jay-Z, he says that Baker is "very knowledgeable." Baker first met... |
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Common Set To Drop Autobiography About His Life & Entertainment Career
Music ♦ Posted 08/16/2011
Rapper/actor Common is the latest hip-hop artist to release a memoir this year, an autobiography, entitled One Day It'll All Make Sense. In the book, which was written with prominent music journalist Adam Bradley, "Common holds nothing back," says the synopsis. He tells what it was like for a boy with big dreams growing up on the South Side of Chicago. He reveals how he... |
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