Bobby Shmurda‘s life story will soon come to you in both hard copy and paperback. Hitting Instagram, Shmurda revealed that he has a memoir on the way and when penning his story he began to cry.
“I was writing a chapter in my book yesterday and I found myself crying,” Shmurda said. “Like I dropped a tear. And I don’t even cry. I found myself dropping a tear and I said, ‘Damn, I ain’t write in so long.’”
Bobby Shmurda‘s life story will soon come to you in both hard copy and paperback. Hitting Instagram, Shmurda revealed that he has a memoir on the way and when penning his story he began to cry.
“I was writing a chapter in my book yesterday and I found myself crying,” Shmurda said. “Like I dropped a tear. And I don’t even cry. I found myself dropping a tear and I said, ‘Damn, I ain’t write in so long.’”
When anyone who respects and understands the culture of Hip-Hop refers to Rakim as “The God MC,” there’s never any real debate to challenge that bestowment. The reason? He literally is the greatest lyricist of all time and would have no problem proving that today in or out the booth, on or off the stage, at the wise age of 51 years old.
However, if you still need a crash course on his legendary stature in the rap game, all you have to do is read his new memoir, Sweat The Technique: Revelations On Creativity From The Lyrical Genius, which The Source is exclusively unveiling the cover for today.
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As the official description states, Sweat the Technique is a “part memoir, part writing guide” penned by the rap pioneer alongside seasoned journalist Touré. The book details how Rakim influenced and even changed the way rappers actually rhymed, his intrinsic skills that helped make a certified classic debut album alongside Eric B. with their 1987 magnum opus Paid in Full and ultimately his journey from a young Black man hailing from Long Island with nothing but a dream and talent into the most respected MC of his era.
So, why now? Sure there’s a market for rap memoirs at the moment — JAY-Z’s classic Decoded, Common’s eye-opening Let Love Have the Last Word and My Famous Life by the late Prodigy of Mobb Deep are all gems — but what makes this moment so special for Rakim? We’ll leave it to the man himself to tell it via this exclusive quote he gave us to go with the cover reveal:
“Why now for ‘Sweat The Technique‘? There’s been a lot of points of reflection in my life over the last couple of years. I turned 50; my first album turned 30. I’ve welcomed some new editions to my family and lost some beloved ones. I got back together with my partner Eric to tour and release a box set and, while we were doing interviews, the same questions all seemed to come up. A lot of those questions were rehashes of some issues that I wanted to finally speak about and, more importantly, almost none of them covered what my fans and supporters are always asking….which is pretty much ‘How do you do it?’ It made sense to put a little focus on the craft and where I, and hopefully the readers, can search for inspiration. After over three decades of being an artist who mostly speaks through his music, the time felt right to pull back the curtain.”
Get your reading glasses out — this one definitely sounds like it will make for a good read! Sweat The Technique: Revelations On Creativity From The Lyrical Genius, the prolific new memoir by Rakim, goes on sale starting September 24.
Take a #ThrowbackThursday moment with us by watching our Source TV interview with The God MC from 2010 below:
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Harvey are dealing with some unfortunate news. Marjorie Harvey‘s ex-husband has reportedly written a tell-all book, that RadarOnline calls a “memoir that threatens to blow the lid off their marriage and run-ins with the law.”
Marjorie’s drug lord ex, Jim Townsend, tells the gossip site he wrote two-thirds of the book in prison and “had reservations” about sharing these stories, because of his kids, but decided to move forward with them anyway.
“I have no allegiance to Marjorie, she showed her hand,” he said, according to RadarOnline. “I’m going…tell my story. It don’t matter [if she knows about it]… I’m pouring my heart out. No one knows what happened but me and Marjorie.”
The FBI and DEA were reportedly investigating Marjorie as far back as the ’90s while she was married to Townsend. Her ex-husband would later be indicted and sentenced to life in prison, although he was pardoned in 2017 by President Barack Obama.
Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming sold over 10 million copies, and is on the verge of being the best-selling memoir ever!
Our Forever First Lady is the writer of one of the most popular books of the decade. The CEO of the parent company of publisher Penguin Random House, German media powerhouse Bertelsmann, Thomas Rabe announced Barack Obama’s numbers along with his predictions.
“We believe this could become the most successful memoir ever,” Rabe told reporters in Berlin, according to Bloomberg.
The Obama family has been bringing in great business to the Bertelsmann powerhouse. Barack’s book was the company’s highest selling book in more than a decade, raking in $20 billion in total sales last year.
This week, Rick Ross took to social media to announce his memoir Hurricanes. Highly anticipated, and expected to tell his coming of age story amid Miami’s crack epidemic, Rozay’s book will most likely join the ranks of some of rap’s best memoirs.
We’re talking Jay-Z’s Decoded, LL Cool J’s I Make My Own Rules, and more. See our favorite memoirs and autobiographies from Hip-Hop below and cop Rozay’s book September 3.
Michelle Obama is hitting the road this fall for upcoming tour for her memoir, Becoming.
The fans will be able to see the former First Lady up close-and-personal for $30-$3,000. But according to the ticket sales, the $30 tickets are sold out. Depending on your city some the lowest prices for tickets are above the $30 minimum. For example Inglewood, CA, the lowest is $125.
The book is set to be in stores November 13th, the same day that her tour kicks off. The cheapest single ticket you one of the tours are $850, that’s if you are in Washington on Nov. 25th. Some of the packages can sell up to a whopping $3000 if you’re trying to go VIP.
The exclusive packages – that ranges from $2,500 – $3000 includes a meet-and-great packages with the former first lady and it’s only a limited amount so get on it ASAP.
Here are some of the fans thoughts of the prices.
I guess us normals can't buy tickets to see Michelle Obama here in NorCal. Allegedly ticket prices went as low as $26 but the cheapest that popped up on Ticketmaster were $450.
I need the people complaining about Michelle Obama’s ticket prices to stop. 1. ALWAYS have a strategy for popular events. 2. Log on early. Of course no reasonable prices show up now when they went on sale at 10 am. 3. More tickets will be on sale tomorrow. Today was presale.
The fans that pay the top dollar to see Michelle for the VIP special will get a photo opportunity, a signed book, and other VIP essentials.
Michelle Obama is doing a 10-date tour stop to major cities including Chicago, New York, and Washington DC. Obama plans to donate 10% of the ticket sales to charity.
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