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		<title>STR8 TALK: CAN HOES BE INSPIRATIONAL? AMBER ROSE THINKS SO&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LexAve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetLate last night while surfing the net I came across some news claiming Amber Rose&#8217;s stardom is about to reach new height. Not only is she working on a reality show with VH1 called &#8220;Behind Her Shades&#8221; but she&#8217;s also penning an &#8220;inspirational&#8221; book. The show will showcase Amber as an open book and depict [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[            <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="" data-text="STR8 TALK: CAN HOES BE INSPIRATIONAL? AMBER ROSE THINKS SO&#8230;" data-via="" data-url="http://str8nyc.com/2011/04/22/str8-talk-can-hoes-be-inspirational-amber-rose-thinks-so/" >Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p><center>Late last night while surfing the net I came across some news claiming Amber Rose&#8217;s stardom is about to reach new height. Not only is she working on a reality show with VH1 called <em>&#8220;Behind Her Shades&#8221;</em> but she&#8217;s also penning an &#8220;inspirational&#8221; book. The show will showcase Amber as an open book and depict almost all aspects of her life as well as detailing the opening of her new sunglasses store. As for the upcoming book, Amber claims it to be an inspirational read for all young girls.<br />
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<blockquote>“I&#8217;m working on writing a book, it&#8217;s gonna be an inspirational book. A lot of people don&#8217;t know about my life and the people that do a lot of young girls can relate to my past and how I grew up.”  </p></blockquote>
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<center> It&#8217;s no question Amber has really mastered the art of stretching 15 minutes of fame and has really capitalized. But I couldn&#8217;t help but wonder before I went to bed, can hoes really be inspirational? &#8220;Hoes&#8221; and &#8220;inspiration&#8221; in the same sentence&#8230;sounds more like an oxymoron. Now I&#8217;m not blatantly calling Amber Rose a &#8220;hoe&#8221; but if the shoe fits&#8230;.well ya know where I&#8217;m going with this, lol. But seriously Amber isn&#8217;t the first and definitely won&#8217;t be the last to capitalize on their sexual image. That&#8217;s just the age we live in. Sex sells and there will forever and always be a demand for it. But for Amber Rose to claim to want to inspire young girls&#8230;really, inspire them to do what?? That&#8217;s the real question. There&#8217;s nothing inspirational about tonguing chicks down and bed hoping from one rapper to the next. Now I&#8217;m not knocking Amber&#8217;s hustle. Get Money! But why target young girls? And why call this upcoming book something of inspiration? If its about how her past and how she grew up and got to where she is today, that sounds more like an autobiography&#8230;.very far from inspirational. So once again I ask &#8220;Can Hoes Be Inspirational?&#8221;&#8230;you tell me. </center></p>
<p>Props <a href="http://hiphopwired.com/2011/04/21/amber-rose-writing-%E2%80%98inspirational%E2%80%99-new-book-video/">HHW</a></p>
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		<title>KARRINE &#8220;SUPERHEAD&#8221; STEFFANS BACK WITH NEW BOOK!</title>
		<link>http://str8nyc.com/2010/09/30/karrine-superhead-steffans-back-with-new-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cola Janneti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetLooks like Karrine &#8220;Superhead&#8221; Steffans is done exposing rappers and is more focused on teaching the ladies how to unleash their inner &#8220;Superhead&#8221; in the bedroom. The famed video vixen is dropping her fourth book, titled SatisFaction: Erotic Fantasies for the Advanced &#38; Adventurous Couple, which according to her is a work of &#8220;faction&#8221;, a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[            <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="" data-text="KARRINE &#8220;SUPERHEAD&#8221; STEFFANS BACK WITH NEW BOOK!" data-via="" data-url="http://str8nyc.com/2010/09/30/karrine-superhead-steffans-back-with-new-book/" >Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p style="text-align: center;">Looks like Karrine &#8220;Superhead&#8221; Steffans is done exposing rappers and is more focused on teaching the ladies how to unleash their inner &#8220;Superhead&#8221; in the bedroom. The famed video vixen is dropping her fourth book, titled <em>SatisFaction: Erotic Fantasies for the Advanced &amp; Adventurous Couple</em>, which according to her is a work of &#8220;faction&#8221;, a titillating blend of fact and fiction. Each chapter explores and exposes the seedy underbelly of erotic fantasies and fascinations, then provides examples of how to bring each tantric desire to life. &#8220;SatisFaction: Erotic Fantasies for the Advanced &amp; Adventurous Couple&#8221; is slated for an August 2011 release.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Damn, Superhead is still on her grind! Can&#8217;t say porn and videos aren&#8217;t a stepping stone for any career choice. If ya ask me, Kat Stacks could learn a thing or two from her.</p>
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		<title>STYLES P TRADES THE MIC FOR A PEN&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://str8nyc.com/2010/03/07/styles-p-trades-the-mic-for-a-pen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J&#39;More</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetRapper Styles P is trying to make it on the New York Times Best-Seller List, trading in his beloved mic for a pen. Styles has been keeping busy outside of the booth working on his first book entitled &#8220;Mr. Invincible&#8221; set to drop this summer. He says, &#8220;I never really took the time out to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[            <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="" data-text="STYLES P TRADES THE MIC FOR A PEN&#8230;" data-via="" data-url="http://str8nyc.com/2010/03/07/styles-p-trades-the-mic-for-a-pen/" >Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p style="text-align: center;">Rapper Styles P is trying to make it on the New York Times Best-Seller List, trading in his beloved mic for a pen. Styles has been keeping busy outside of the booth working on his first book entitled <em>&#8220;Mr. Invincible&#8221; </em>set to drop this summer. He says,</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;I never really took the time out to give it a shot, it&#8217;s just something I always wanted to do. I got a love for books and reading. Actually, what happened, I was getting on the plane and I forgot my book but I wanted to read so I decided to give it a shot, did a few pages, ended up messing with Random House.&#8221; Adding, &#8220;(It&#8217;s an) action packed mystery, very climactic ending, dramatic, basically that&#8217;s it. Just sometimes you got to chase your dreams or they chase you.&#8221;</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Definitely can&#8217;t knock this brotha&#8217;s hustle! I just hope the book isn&#8217;t trash.<em><br />
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		<title>TRACY MORGAN &#8220;IS THE NEW BLACK&#8221;, A DAMN FOOL &amp; WE LOVE HIM!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LexAve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Now that Tracy is on twitter and saying all kinds of randonmess all for the promotion and publicity of his new autobiography I Am the New Black &#8230;we can all rejoice in laughter. Check out these new greeting cards Tracy&#8217;s come out with&#8230;HILARIOUS! Word is he&#8217;s even dishing dirt on some of his former [...]]]></description>
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<center> Now that Tracy is on twitter and saying all kinds of randonmess all for the promotion and publicity of his new autobiography <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0385527772?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=str05-20&#038;linkCode=am2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0385527772">I Am the New Black</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=str05-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0385527772" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
&#8230;we can all rejoice in laughter. Check out these new greeting cards Tracy&#8217;s come out with&#8230;HILARIOUS! Word is <a href="http://gawker.com/5380598/tracy-morgan-on-two-former-snl-colleagues-fk-em">he&#8217;s even dishing dirt on some of his former SNL cast members and how they did him dirty, to which he responds &#8220;F*ck &#8216;Em&#8221;</a>&#8230;OUCH! </center><br />
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		<title>MARK CURRY EXPOSES DIDDY AKA &#8220;THE DEVIL&#8221;&#8230;WOW!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LexAve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Gyant Unplugged TV &#8211; Episode 01 from Gyant UnpluggedTV on Vimeo. Gyant scored an exclusive interview with &#8220;Dancing With The Devil:How Puff Burned The Bad Boys Of Hip Hop&#8221; author, Mark Curry&#8230;where he dishes on the Diddy&#8217;s gay and wrong doings. WOW! Mark exposes mad dirt&#8230;crazy! &#8220;Biggie was already on his way out the [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6898961">Gyant Unplugged TV &#8211; Episode 01</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2381982">Gyant UnpluggedTV</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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<center> <a href="http://gyantunplugged.com/gyant-interviews/gyantunplugged-tv-author-mark-curry-blows-the-lid-off-puff-combs-the-notorious-big-mase-clive-davis-others-in-an-explosive-sitdown/">Gyant </a>scored an exclusive interview with <em>&#8220;Dancing With The Devil:How Puff Burned The Bad Boys Of Hip Hop&#8221;</em> author, Mark Curry&#8230;where he dishes on the Diddy&#8217;s gay and wrong doings. WOW! Mark exposes mad dirt&#8230;crazy! </p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Biggie was already on his way out the door&#8230;Biggie Smalls made Bad Boy, Bad Boy is Biggie Smalls!&#8221;</em><br />
<em>“You gotta look at it like this, A person like Mase that comes to Puff that wants a record deal automatically is willing to do anything that he can do to get that deal. So you have to look at like this, you are willing to sell your soul for that deal. For example, they might say I’m gonna give you a $100 million dollars but before I do that, I want to take a couple pictures with you…with your shirt off…and your pants too. And you’ll be like “$100 million dollars…a shirt and no pants? hmmm, Okay, let’s do it!” So now, here go your $100 million. Now you sitting there with your girl, she got her diamonds and fur on and she look good. All of a sudden you got somebody in the background flashing those pictures at you in an envelope telling you “Come here. We need to talk to you”. You be like “Wow, now you got me by the balls”. When somebody come to you and say “I’m going to expose to your people everything you doing to get this money”, it’ll make you kill yourself”.</em></p></blockquote>
<p></center><center> Everything you thought was true about Diddy&#8230;according to Mark, IT&#8217;S ALL TRUE! </center><br />
<center> I wonder if Mark is concerned for his well being and safety. I&#8217;m just sayin&#8230;</center><br />
Spotted @ <a href="http://necolebitchie.com/2009/10/06/what-would-you-do-for-a-record-deal">NB</a></p>
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		<title>50 CENT x ROBERT GREENE PRESENT: &#8220;THE 50TH LAW OF POWER&#8221; BOOK</title>
		<link>http://str8nyc.com/2009/09/08/50-cent-x-robert-greene-present-the-50th-law-of-power-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LexAve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Hip Hop Icon 50 Cent joins forces with bestselling author Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power- 800,000 copies sold) to write a &#8220;bible&#8221; for success in life and work, by living by one simple principle: fear nothing. Check out Curtis making &#8220;Today&#8221; hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford gush over him as [...]]]></description>
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<center> Hip Hop Icon 50 Cent joins forces with bestselling author Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power- 800,000 copies sold) to write a &#8220;bible&#8221; for success in life and work, by living by one simple principle: fear nothing. Check out Curtis making &#8220;Today&#8221; hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford gush over him as he promotes his new book<em> &#8220;The 50th Law&#8221; </em>with co-author Robert Greene.</center><br />
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		<title>REV RUN &amp; WIFEY PEN PARENTAL SELF-HELP BOOK</title>
		<link>http://str8nyc.com/2009/08/25/rev-run-wifey-pen-parental-self-help-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J&#39;More</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Rapper-turned-reality TV star Rev Run and wife Justine Simmons have penned a book for parents struggling to raise decent kids in this crazy world we’re living in. The book, titled &#8220;Take Back Your Family: How to Raise Respectful &#38; Loving Kids in a Dysfunctional World&#8220;, details their fight to raise six children in a [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Rapper-turned-reality TV star Rev Run and wife Justine Simmons have penned a book for parents struggling to raise decent kids in this crazy world we’re living in. The book, titled <em>&#8220;Take Back Your Family: How to Raise Respectful &amp; Loving Kids in a Dysfunctional World</em>&#8220;, details their fight to raise six children in a world of videogames, bad TV and divorce. Rev Run says,</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“I believe something is taking your family from you; if you look at the divorce rate, nobody’s eating together anymore. I wanted to make a bold statement.”</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, Justine insists that communication is a key when it comes to successfully raising kids. She says,<span> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“We are constantly in their lives, trying to find out what they’re doing, what they wanna do.&#8221; </em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The Simmons family even has their very own motto for family life.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“We’re the family that plays together, prays together, stays together and gets paid together.”</em></p>
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		<title>TAMEKA FOSTER REPONDS TO PLAGIARISM ALLEGATIONS!</title>
		<link>http://str8nyc.com/2009/08/24/tameka-foster-reponds-to-plagarism-allegations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LexAve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Last week we reported Tameka Foster, Usher&#8217;s Baby Mama, is under fire for plagarism for her recent penned book &#8220;She’s Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl…&#8221;.We&#8217;ll as soon as the story broke, Tameka wasted no time hit up the folks at GlobalGrind and blogged her response to the &#8220;hate&#8221;. Sooo a ridiculous rumor has emerged [...]]]></description>
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<center> <a href="http://str8nyc.com/2009/08/21/tameka-foster-accused-of-plagiarism/"> Last week we reported Tameka Foster, Usher&#8217;s Baby Mama, is under fire for plagarism for her recent penned book &#8220;She’s Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl…&#8221;.We&#8217;ll as soon as the story broke, Tameka wasted no time hit up the folks at GlobalGrind and blogged her response to the &#8220;hate&#8221;. </a></center><br />
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<blockquote>Sooo a ridiculous rumor has emerged that the recent blog entry I wrote for the Huffington Post was plagiarized. Wow!! This is an unfounded insinuation that has no basis, merit or truth. I’ve never heard of this author or her book until Thursday afternoon. African-American women struggling with complexion issues is not a novel or an original topic. It’s an issue that has been written about for ages. Numerous African-American publications and online sites have addressed this topic. Even the Tyra Banks Show devoted an entire segment to it.</p></blockquote>
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<strong>POP THE HOOD FOR MORE ON TAMEKA&#8217;S SOUND-OFF</strong><br />
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<blockquote>I shared my personal story as a dark skinned woman in America, an experience that parallels millions of other Black women. Regrettably, this other author has no copyright (or patent) on the Black female experience. While I’m delighted to discover there is a new book with a similar theme available I only wish the author would have embraced our commonality as sisters in this struggle rather than opt for such a defamatory public recourse via a disreputable gossip writer. Approach is everything. Plagiarism is a serious implication that I’m extremely disheartened and insulted by. If this author can produce the same references in her book that I made to Alek Wek, poet Khalil Gibran, an experience in Brazil, disparaging public comments surrounding living as a “dark skinned” woman as well as scrutiny regarding her marriage to an R&#038;B singer then perhaps she should seek legal counsel to handle this matter with the proper protocol.</p>
<p>Lastly I want to express my sincere gratitude to Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Alex Haley, Susan Taylor, Khalil Gibran, Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass and Zora Neale Hurston, just a few renowned authors who have touched on this similar subject and who I have indeed read and been inspired by.</p></blockquote>
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Via <a href="http://globalgrind.com/content/929015/I-Shared-My-Personal-Story-As-A-Dark-Skinned-Woman/">GlobalGrind</a></p>
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		<title>JANET JACKSON PENNING TELL-ALL BOOK?!</title>
		<link>http://str8nyc.com/2009/08/24/janet-jackson-penning-tell-all-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J&#39;More</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Janet Jackson doesn’t strike me as the type to put her business out there, but word is she’s a penning a tell-all book about her weird ass family. According to snitches,  Miss Jackson is writing the book to help cope with Michael&#8217;s death. Janet plans to pour out her emotions over Michael&#8217;s passing as [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Janet Jackson doesn’t strike me as the type to put her business out there, but word is she’s a penning a tell-all book about her weird ass family. According to snitches,  Miss Jackson is writing the book to help cope with Michael&#8217;s death. Janet plans to pour out her emotions over Michael&#8217;s passing as well as go in depth about her issues with self-esteem and weight in the pages of the book. A snitch reveals to <em>In Touch Weekly</em>,</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“She is going to talk about Michael’s death and how it’s affected her and his children and the rest of the family…A lot of it will focus on her battle with self-esteem and weight. She is a huge success. But that’s not always what she has seen when she looks in the mirror, so the book will talk about how she has coped, and about her family relationships. She wants to help other young women out there.”</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">I&#8217;m not buying this one, FYI this is the same chick who kept her marriage a secret for 10 damn years!<em><br />
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		<title>JAY-Z TO REVEAL DETAILS ABOUT BEYONCE IN NEW BOOK?!</title>
		<link>http://str8nyc.com/2009/07/30/jay-z-to-reveal-details-about-beyonce-in-new-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J&#39;More</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet After recently confirming a book deal, word is the King of New York aka Jay-Z is also in talks to pen an autobiography which will chronicle his early days hustling on the grimey streets of Brooklyn, NY to his fairy tale wedding to singer Beyonce Knowles. A snitch reveals, &#8220;It&#8217;s going to cover everything [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">After recently confirming a book deal, word is the King of New York aka Jay-Z is also in talks to pen an autobiography which will chronicle his early days hustling on the grimey streets of Brooklyn, NY to his fairy tale wedding to singer Beyonce Knowles. A snitch reveals,</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to cover everything from his days on the streets as a drug dealer to his fairytale wedding to Beyonce. Adding, &#8220;He&#8217;ll also be revealing his rapping secrets.&#8221; </em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Jay-Z’s mouthpiece has confirmed that he will be penning a book, but it currently has no title or release date.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Whatever happened to Jay and Beyonce being so private about their personal lives?!</p>
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