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Author: Vall Owens Publisher: Visualize One Inc ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 38
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"Who Killed Rich Homie?" offers a raw, unflinching look at the rise and tragic fall of hip-hop star Rich Homie Quan. Author Vall Owens, a former aspiring rapper turned Activist, Spiritual advisor and independent journalist, provides an insider's perspective on the dark underbelly of the music industry. This gripping account traces Quan's journey from the streets of Atlanta to the top of the charts, and his subsequent battle to stay at the top. Owens exposes the systemic issues within the hip-hop world that contribute to the downfall of countless artists - from predatory record labels to the glorification of drug culture. More than just a biography, this book serves as both a cautionary tale and a call to action. Owens challenges the music industry, pharmaceutical companies, and the media to take responsibility for the lives they exploit in pursuit of profit. With quotes and references to exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes insights, and meticulous research, "Who Killed Rich Homie?" paints a vivid picture of an artist struggling to maintain his identity in a world designed to commodify his talent and pain. This is essential reading for music fans, industry insiders, and anyone concerned with the human cost of fame. Provocative, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, "Who Killed Rich Homie?" demands we look beyond the glitz and glamour to see the real lives at stake in the music we love. It's a story that will stay with you long after the last page is turned.
Author: Vall Owens Publisher: Visualize One Inc ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 38
Book Description
"Who Killed Rich Homie?" offers a raw, unflinching look at the rise and tragic fall of hip-hop star Rich Homie Quan. Author Vall Owens, a former aspiring rapper turned Activist, Spiritual advisor and independent journalist, provides an insider's perspective on the dark underbelly of the music industry. This gripping account traces Quan's journey from the streets of Atlanta to the top of the charts, and his subsequent battle to stay at the top. Owens exposes the systemic issues within the hip-hop world that contribute to the downfall of countless artists - from predatory record labels to the glorification of drug culture. More than just a biography, this book serves as both a cautionary tale and a call to action. Owens challenges the music industry, pharmaceutical companies, and the media to take responsibility for the lives they exploit in pursuit of profit. With quotes and references to exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes insights, and meticulous research, "Who Killed Rich Homie?" paints a vivid picture of an artist struggling to maintain his identity in a world designed to commodify his talent and pain. This is essential reading for music fans, industry insiders, and anyone concerned with the human cost of fame. Provocative, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, "Who Killed Rich Homie?" demands we look beyond the glitz and glamour to see the real lives at stake in the music we love. It's a story that will stay with you long after the last page is turned.
Author: Rob Kenner Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1982140305 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 464
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"The first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvy-before he was tragically shot down in the very neighborhood he was dedicated to building up"--
Author: Randall Sullivan Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN: 1555847439 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 385
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A journalist’s story of corruption in the LAPD and hip-hop’s most infamous murders—“the most thorough examination of these much-publicized events” (Renée Graham, The Boston Globe). Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan follows Russell Poole, a highly decorated LAPD detective who, in 1997, was called to investigate a controversial cop-on-cop shooting, eventually to discover that the officer killed was tied to Marion “Suge” Knight’s notorious gangsta rap label, Death Row Records. During his investigation, Poole came to realize that a growing cadre of outlaw officers were allied not only with Death Row, but with the murderous Bloods street gang. And incredibly, Poole began to uncover evidence that at least some of these “gangsta cops” may have been involved in the murders of rap superstars Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Igniting a firestorm of controversy in the music industry and the Los Angeles media, the release of LAbyrinth helped to prompt two lawsuits against the LAPD (one brought by the widow and mother of Notorious B.I.G., the other brought by Poole himself) that may finally bring this story completely out of the shadows.
Author: Greg Boyle Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439153159 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 256
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How do you fight despair and learn to meet the world with a loving heart? How do you overcome shame? Stay faithful in spite of failure? No matter where people live or what their circumstances may be, everyone needs boundless, restorative love. Gorgeous and uplifting, Tattoos on the Heart amply demonstrates the impact unconditional love can have on your life. As a pastor working in a neighborhood with the highest concentration of murderous gang activity in Los Angeles, Gregory Boyle created an organization to provide jobs, job training, and encouragement so that young people could work together and learn the mutual respect that comes from collaboration. Tattoos on the Heart is a breathtaking series of parables distilled from his twenty years in the barrio. Arranged by theme and filled with sparkling humor and glowing generosity, these essays offer a stirring look at how full our lives could be if we could find the joy in loving others and in being loved unconditionally. From giant, tattooed Cesar, shopping at JCPenney fresh out of prison, we learn how to feel worthy of God’s love. From ten-year-old Lula we learn the importance of being known and acknowledged. From Pedro we understand the kind of patience necessary to rescue someone from the darkness. In each chapter we benefit from Boyle’s wonderful, hard-earned wisdom. Inspired by faith but applicable to anyone trying to be good, these personal, unflinching stories are full of surprising revelations and observations of the community in which Boyle works and of the many lives he has helped save. Erudite, down-to-earth, and utterly heartening, these essays about universal kinship and redemption are moving examples of the power of unconditional love in difficult times and the importance of fighting despair. With Gregory Boyle’s guidance, we can recognize our own wounds in the broken lives and daunting struggles of the men and women in these parables and learn to find joy in all of the people around us. Tattoos on the Heart reminds us that no life is less valuable than another.
Author: Justin Adams Burton Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190235470 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 177
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Posthuman Rap listens for the ways contemporary rap maps an existence outside the traditional boundaries of what it means to be human. Contemporary humanity is shaped in neoliberal terms, where being human means being viable in a capitalist marketplace that favors whiteness, masculinity, heterosexuality, and fixed gender identities. But musicians from Nicki Minaj to Future to Rae Sremmurd deploy queerness and sonic blackness as they imagine different ways of being human. Building on the work of Sylvia Wynter, Alexander Weheliye, Lester Spence, LH Stallings, and a broad swath of queer and critical race theory, Posthuman Rap turns an ear especially toward hip hop that is often read as apolitical in order to hear its posthuman possibilities, its construction of a humanity that is blacker, queerer, more feminine than the norm.
Author: Natasha Gregson Wagner Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1982111208 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 304
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The “graceful, loving,” (The New York Times Book Review), never-before-told story of Hollywood icon Natalie Wood’s glamorous life, sudden death, and lasting legacy, written by her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner. Natasha Gregson Wagner’s mother, Natalie Wood, was a child actress who became a legendary movie star, the dark-haired beauty of Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story. She and Natasha’s stepfather, the actor Robert Wagner, were a Hollywood it-couple twice over, first in the 1950s, and then again when they remarried in the 70s. To Natasha, she was, above all, a doting, loving mom. But Natalie’s sudden death by drowning off Catalina Island at the age of forty-three devastated her family, turned Robert Wagner into a person of interest, and transformed a vibrant wife, mother, and actress into a figure of tragedy. The weekend has long been shrouded in rumors and scandalous tabloid speculation, but until now there has never been an account of how the events and their aftermath were experienced by Natalie’s beloved eldest daughter. Here, for the first time, is a“deeply intimate chronicle of life with her famous mother and how Wood’s death devastated the family” (Los Angeles Times). Cutting through the shadow hanging over her mother’s legacy, More Than Love is a “poignant” (The Washington Post) tale of a daughter coming to terms with her grief, as well as a “revealing new look at Natalie Wood” (Good Morning America).
Author: Jack Hamann Publisher: Algonquin Books ISBN: 1565123948 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 391
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Describes the 1944 lynching murder of an Italian POW at Seattle's Fort Lawton, the international outcry that followed, and the court-martial, the largest of World War II, that accused more than forty African-American soldiers of the crime.
Author: Amber Rose Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1501110144 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 256
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An edgy yet accessible “bad bitch” guide to life, love, and success from Amber Rose, renowned model, entrepreneur, and pop culture personality. Bad Bitch (n.): A self-respecting, strong female who has everything together. This consists of body, mind, finances, and attitude; a woman who gets her way by any means necessary. Amber Rose didn’t let her early years in the tough neighborhood of South Philly keep her from achieving her star-studded goals. From the sets of music videos, to high fashion runways and magazines, to life at home with her beautiful son, Amber doesn’t hesitate to command her personal stage with confidence, edge, attitude, and her own form of grace. For the first time, this renowned model, actress, socialite, pop culture maven, and self-proclaimed “bad bitch” is sharing her secrets on how to lead a powerful life in this edgy yet accessible guide to life, love, and success. With unparalleled candor, “Muva” pulls back the curtain on her rollercoaster of a journey from a young trailblazer to a worldwide phenomenon—and it’s this evolution that has influenced her intoxicating, authoritative outlook on life and love. Filled with expert advice and personal anecdotes, How to Be a Bad Bitch covers finances, career, love, beauty, and fashion while emphasizing confidence, positive self-acceptance, and authenticity. Above all, Amber delivers a message to all women in this fiercely fearless guide: work hard, love yourself, embrace your femininity and sexuality, and most importantly, chase the best vision of you possible.
Author: S. P. Pierce Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1665510366 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 138
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Money Lies and Betrayal is a story about Richie Bandz, a young man who has the world at his feet, a hustle guaranteed to make him rich and a weakness for women. In his pursuit of chasing money, Rich makes a series of bad choices and encounters numerous setbacks. When Rich meets K-Murder, all bets are off. She is infamous in the DMV area and known for putting in the work. Together Rich and K-Murder run up the bag and terrorize the community. Everything is love until Rich and his street family is victims of a home invasion causing K-Murder to seek street justice. No one will be safe in the streets until K-Murder gets pay back. “On God” The colorful relationships between the characters will leave you wanting more. www.sppiercebooks.com
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