Böcker av David Ritz

The definitive biography of the Queen of Soul from acclaimed music writer David Ritz.

Includes David Ritz's moving account of "The Last Days of Brother Ray" and an updated discography

Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist, producer, and actor T.I. proved himself a powerful storyteller as well with the publication of his debut novel Power Beauty. Now he follows up with his second riveting street-lit epic, Trouble Triumph.T.I.s explosive sequel picks up the story of Paul Power Clay and Tanya Beauty Long, as Power takes over his mentor-turned-arch-enemys street empire, looking to turn it legit, while Beauty rises ever-higher in a glamorous world of fashion and celebrity. An authentic voice of the street, in the vein of Sistah Souljah and other successful authors of contemporary African-American commercial fiction, T.I. is a rap music legend who has lived at every strata of society, and whose hard life experience adds truth and fire to Trouble Triumph.

Powerful, inspirational, and raw, Queen Pin is the story of Jemeker Thompson-Hairston, who ran one of the country's most profitable drug cartels in the 80s and 90s.

Felicia Pearson, star of the acclaimed TV series The Wire, reveals her incredible, hard-knock life story, one that dramatically parallels her tv character

The luminous biography of the jazz singer Jimmy Scott-"a moving, startling tale."Kirkus Reviews (starred)