http://www.ballerstatus.com Daily Urban Lifestyle Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:33:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/02/03/photographer-mike-miller-talks-experiences-shooting-with-cypress-hill-tupac-others-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/02/03/photographer-mike-miller-talks-experiences-shooting-with-cypress-hill-tupac-others-video/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:49:16 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=52305 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/02/03/photographer-mike-miller-talks-experiences-shooting-with-cypress-hill-tupac-others-video/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/02/01/photographer-mike-miller-gives-west-coast-hip-hop-history-in-photos-via-new-book/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/02/01/photographer-mike-miller-gives-west-coast-hip-hop-history-in-photos-via-new-book/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:51:09 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=52135 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 4) to Sunday (February 5) at Los Angeles' ...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/02/01/photographer-mike-miller-gives-west-coast-hip-hop-history-in-photos-via-new-book/feed/ 2 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/02/01/phil-jacksons-memoir-eleven-rings-set-for-2013-release/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/02/01/phil-jacksons-memoir-eleven-rings-set-for-2013-release/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:12:03 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=52094 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/02/01/phil-jacksons-memoir-eleven-rings-set-for-2013-release/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/01/12/lil-wayne-set-to-publish-prison-memoir-later-this-year/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/01/12/lil-wayne-set-to-publish-prison-memoir-later-this-year/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:51:37 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=51189 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/01/12/lil-wayne-set-to-publish-prison-memoir-later-this-year/feed/ 1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/16/lil-kim-announces-upcoming-autobiography-documentary-about-her-life/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/16/lil-kim-announces-upcoming-autobiography-documentary-about-her-life/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:29:19 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=48819 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/16/lil-kim-announces-upcoming-autobiography-documentary-about-her-life/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/01/radio-personality-big-boy-details-weigh-struggles-in-new-book/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/01/radio-personality-big-boy-details-weigh-struggles-in-new-book/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:17:57 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=48041 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/01/radio-personality-big-boy-details-weigh-struggles-in-new-book/feed/ 2 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/24/60-minutes-steve-jobs-special-about-life-book-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/24/60-minutes-steve-jobs-special-about-life-book-video/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:36:51 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=47648 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/24/60-minutes-steve-jobs-special-about-life-book-video/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/05/ice-t-coco-drop-new-fictional-novels/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/05/ice-t-coco-drop-new-fictional-novels/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:50:26 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=46772 Kings of Vice, an "urban fiction" which serves as his second; and the "erotic mystery" titled Angel, Coco's first. Ice and Coco tells the New York Daily News they both phoned in their books to their co-authors. Coco with writer Laura Hayden, and Ice with Mal Radcliff. "What the publisher did was assign...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/05/ice-t-coco-drop-new-fictional-novels/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/05/j-zone-readies-book-debut-titled-root-for-the-villian/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/05/j-zone-readies-book-debut-titled-root-for-the-villian/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:06:39 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=46753 Common Culture pop culture textbook series, SLAM Magazine, and The Source, among others. Now, he's penned his book debut, titled Root For The Villian: Rap, Bullsh*t and A Celebration Of Failure. But, it's not your typical rap tale...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/05/j-zone-readies-book-debut-titled-root-for-the-villian/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/03/former-cop-claims-diddy-suge-knight-are-behind-murders-of-tupac-biggie-in-new-book/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/03/former-cop-claims-diddy-suge-knight-are-behind-murders-of-tupac-biggie-in-new-book/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:36:48 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=46666 Murder Rap, claims Diddy ordered the hit on Pac; and in retaliation, Suge ordered the hit on Biggie. Shakur, who was signed to Knight's Death Row Records, was shot in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996; and passed away...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/03/former-cop-claims-diddy-suge-knight-are-behind-murders-of-tupac-biggie-in-new-book/feed/ 1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/28/mister-cartoon-vans-otw-releases-limited-art-of-lettering-book/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/28/mister-cartoon-vans-otw-releases-limited-art-of-lettering-book/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:17:32 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=46436 Art Of Lettering. It features custom lettering and designs from the artist spanning over his long career. The book is the first in a series of forthcoming projects from Vans OTW Advocates...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/28/mister-cartoon-vans-otw-releases-limited-art-of-lettering-book/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/13/game-drops-first-book-detailing-the-making-of-the-r-e-d-album-makes-history/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/13/game-drops-first-book-detailing-the-making-of-the-r-e-d-album-makes-history/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:08:54 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=45776 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 book in the same week. "I always set out to make history," Game said. "But having a #1 album and a Top 5 book in the same week is something bigger than I could have ever imagined. The R.E.D. Album is like all of my albums in one...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/13/game-drops-first-book-detailing-the-making-of-the-r-e-d-album-makes-history/feed/ 6 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/25/jay-z-gets-the-im-the-white-guy-treatment-from-writer-soren-baker/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/25/jay-z-gets-the-im-the-white-guy-treatment-from-writer-soren-baker/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:08:25 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=44916 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 Jay-Z in 1996 and has interviewed him twice, once in 2000 and once in 2002. I'm The White Guy: The Jay-Z Edition includes Baker's full interview with Jay-Z from 2000...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/25/jay-z-gets-the-im-the-white-guy-treatment-from-writer-soren-baker/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/16/common-set-to-drop-autobiography-about-his-life-entertainment-career/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/16/common-set-to-drop-autobiography-about-his-life-entertainment-career/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:01:34 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=44502 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 almost quit rapping after his first album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?, sold only two thousand copies. He recounts his rise to stardom, giving a behind-the-scenes look...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/16/common-set-to-drop-autobiography-about-his-life-entertainment-career/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/09/odd-future-planning-the-release-of-a-book-titled-golf-wang/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/09/odd-future-planning-the-release-of-a-book-titled-golf-wang/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:38:31 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=44166 Golf Wang, was "created entirely by the music group Odd Future and their circle of friends," says the book's description. And, will feature Odd Future's own...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/09/odd-future-planning-the-release-of-a-book-titled-golf-wang/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/07/28/def-jam-to-publish-book-about-iconic-labels-first-25-years/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/07/28/def-jam-to-publish-book-about-iconic-labels-first-25-years/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:16:03 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=43647 Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label, is a 304-page tome, written by legendary hip-hop critic/biographer Bill Adler and writer Dan Charnas, as well as prefaces by Def Jam titans Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons, Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles. "In the streets, the Def Jam logo was more potent than a police badge," Liles says...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/07/28/def-jam-to-publish-book-about-iconic-labels-first-25-years/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/09/superhead-admits-that-her-books-were-all-fabricated-kool-g-rap-responds/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/09/superhead-admits-that-her-books-were-all-fabricated-kool-g-rap-responds/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:09:25 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=41459 Confessions of a Video Vixen, in which she discussed her sexual escapades with various celebrities. It made her a celebrity herself, but also made many other rappers weary of getting close to her. Apparently, according to a recently released video clip promoting her new book Satisfaction, Steffans reveals that...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/09/superhead-admits-that-her-books-were-all-fabricated-kool-g-rap-responds/feed/ 9 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/06/rap-journalist-soren-baker-chronicles-adventures-with-tech-n9ne/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/06/rap-journalist-soren-baker-chronicles-adventures-with-tech-n9ne/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:40:07 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=41293 I'm The White Guy - The TECH N9NE Editon. The book is the first in the series, which documents the life of white rap journalist Soren Baker, who has a clipsheet of more than 2,200 articles published in esteemed publications such as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribute, and Rolling Stone to name a few. The first release is "The Tech N9ne Edition"...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/06/rap-journalist-soren-baker-chronicles-adventures-with-tech-n9ne/feed/ 1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/05/03/cash-money-content-to-re-release-iceberg-slims-classic-pimp-autobiography/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/05/03/cash-money-content-to-re-release-iceberg-slims-classic-pimp-autobiography/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 22:17:38 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=39910 Pimp: The Story of My Life. The book is the debut novel from Iceberg Slim (real name: Robert Beck), which was first released in 1969, and emerged as the definitive chronicle of street life, selling 2.5 million copies. The book is the first-ever look inside the underground world of black pimps, a world still alive and well today...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/05/03/cash-money-content-to-re-release-iceberg-slims-classic-pimp-autobiography/feed/ 2 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/04/29/prodigy-book-excerpt-50-cent-cuts-off-g-unit-banks-storms-out-of-meeting/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/04/29/prodigy-book-excerpt-50-cent-cuts-off-g-unit-banks-storms-out-of-meeting/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:56:33 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=39747 My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy. In it, he goes over a lot of things that happened in his career, good and bad. While some situations he wrote about ruffled a few feathers, P said in a recent interview that everything he says "is the truth", like it or not. DiverseHipHop.com just released a new excerpt from the new book...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/04/29/prodigy-book-excerpt-50-cent-cuts-off-g-unit-banks-storms-out-of-meeting/feed/ 5 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/28/a-look-at-jay-zs-450-million-empire-by-author-zack-omalley-greenburg/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/28/a-look-at-jay-zs-450-million-empire-by-author-zack-omalley-greenburg/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:07:37 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=38294 Forbes recently revealed he was the #2 "Wealthiest Artist" in hip-hop ... and his $450 million dollar empire is being documented in a new book by journalist/author Zack O'Malley Greenburg, called Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office. In an interview with Yahoo! Finance, Greenburg talks...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/28/a-look-at-jay-zs-450-million-empire-by-author-zack-omalley-greenburg/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/17/la-company-drops-420-page-luxury-large-format-book-on-hip-hops-history/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/17/la-company-drops-420-page-luxury-large-format-book-on-hip-hops-history/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:10:30 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=37752 Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey. The book boasts 420 pages and acts as a tribute to the hip-hop culture, says the company. It includes never-before-seen photos and interviews with the genre's pioneers, players and legends and "brings to life the birth, evolution and global impact...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/17/la-company-drops-420-page-luxury-large-format-book-on-hip-hops-history/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/08/mainos-brother-jermel-coleman-set-to-re-release-debut-novel/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/08/mainos-brother-jermel-coleman-set-to-re-release-debut-novel/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:12:09 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=37291 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/08/mainos-brother-jermel-coleman-set-to-re-release-debut-novel/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/02/black-eyed-peas-taboo-readies-book-detailing-his-rise-to-fame/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/02/black-eyed-peas-taboo-readies-book-detailing-his-rise-to-fame/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:20:10 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=35923 Fallin' Up: My Story. In detailed accounts of his missteps and mistakes, including drunken episodes during and after concerts, he shines an unforgiving light on himself and recalls with love and thanks the critical support he received from his wife...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/02/black-eyed-peas-taboo-readies-book-detailing-his-rise-to-fame/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/01/12/cash-money-leaps-in-book-game-preps-first-release/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/01/12/cash-money-leaps-in-book-game-preps-first-release/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:01:19 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=35185 RAW LAW...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/01/12/cash-money-leaps-in-book-game-preps-first-release/feed/ 0