Lil’ Wayne Gears up for Memoir

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Lil Wayne is sharing with fans and the world his behind bars experience in his upcoming memoir Gone Til’ November: A Journal of Rikers Island, which details his time in lock-up.

According to Billboard,  he speaks on a number of issues even citing that he officiated a gay marriage while behind bars.

“I got the Bible and I’m like, we gathered here today,” he writes in the book. “We even had a reception, which everybody brought something for the couple.”

Although it wasn’t an official wedding, Wayne says the event was treated like it was. It even included a festive soundtrack. “Everybody was running about that bitch with headphones listening to the same station,” he writes. “Straight up jamming!” “The shit was too funny,” he writes. “Imagine seeing grown-ass men in jail hanging tissue for wedding decorations…AND one of them is Lil Wayne…Crazy!”

Wyclef Reveals That Lauryn Hill Told him that her Firstborn was his….

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In his new autobiography Wyclef John says he and Lauryn Hill broke-up because she lied to him about the paternity of her firstborn child.

From The NY Post

Although he was married when they carried on a torrid affair, Fugees founder Wyclef Jean says it was bandmate Lauryn Hill’s lies about the paternity of her child that doomed the ’90s hip-hop trio.

In his autobiography out tomorrow, Jean claims Hill tricked him into believing her firstborn son was his, when, in fact, the father was Bob Marley’s son Rohan.

“In that moment something died between us. I was married and Lauryn and I were having an affair, but she led me to believe that the baby was mine, and I couldn’t forgive that,” Jean writes in “Purpose,” at which The Post got a first look yesterday.

The Haitian-born Jean says the betrayal by Hill led to the band’s 1997 breakup. “She could not longer be my muse,” he wrote. “Our love spell was broken.”

 

Amidst Controversy Stacey Dash Penning A “How-To” Book About Herself

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Actress Stacey Dash must have nine lives because every time we think she’s hit rock bottom, she bounces back.

After leaving the VH1 show, Single Ladies, Dash is penning a how-to book. Stacey Dash announced her plans by posting on her blog. Dash posted:

“I’m writing a “How To” book. It’ll be about me, my daily ritual and what I do every day to be Stacey Dash. It’ll be about what I’ve done in the past, the mistakes I’ve made and the lessons I’ve learned. The mistakes that I continue to make that drive me to moments of madness. I want to share what I’m going through in real-time to correct,  reconcile and reinvent. You see I’m on a quest to live in love and joy come hell or high water. So, I’ll be writing about my future and how I’m moving forward in life using the knowledge I’ve gained from my past and wisdom I’m finding now. Also, I want to teach women and girls how to take care of themselves…and most importantly, how to love themselves. I believe that… is truly what is most important in life. In the process of writing, I’m hopeful that while I’m teaching you I’ll also be teaching myself.”

Lil Wayne to Publish Prison Memoir Later this Year

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According to Billboard.com, Lil Wayne will be releasing a book about his 8 month prison stint. The book will be released through Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, and will be called Gone Till November, and will be a compilation of the rapper’s diaries that he kept.

The book is set to be released on November 28th, and will offer a firsthand account of Lil Wayne’s experience in prison.The journals will detail his thoughts and feelings, the people he met, his past and even his future.

“We are thrilled to be publishing Wayne’s prison memoir, he kept detailed journals of his inner and outer life while he was on Rikers Island, and they certainly tell a story. They are revealing.”

Sister Souljah Releasing Follow Up To ‘Coldest Winter Ever’

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Author/rapper/activist Sister Souljah has completed “Midnight and the Meaning of Love,” the follow-up to her critically acclaimed best-seller, The Coldest Winter Ever.

The latest installment from Sister Souljah is the third book the series of books.

The first installment was “The Coldest Winter Ever,” which was originally released in 1999 and has sold over a million copies.

Sister Souljah’s last release was 2008’s “Midnight, A Gangster Love Story,” which was the prequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever.”

“Midnight and the Meaning of Love” is set in Japan, Brooklyn and Korea.

Sister Souljah  lived in Japan for three years while researching her new book.

Sister Souljah is a graduate of Rutgers University, where she earned a degree in American History and African Studies.

She also attended the Cornell University Advanced Placement Studies, and studied abroad in Europe at the University of Salamanca.

She recently returned home from Zimbabwe, were she was working in a medical center with refugee children in Mozambique.

As a recording artist, Sister Souljah was featured on several tracks from Public Enemy with Chuck D and Flava Flav and became of the member of the group in 1992.

Sister Souljah’s new book “Midnight and the Meaning of Love” is due in stores on April 12th, via Atria Books/Simon & Schuster.

JAY-Z MAKES NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST WITH NEW BOOK, ‘DECODED’

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Jay-Z’s new book Decoded is now on the the New York Times bestseller’s list.   Jay-Z is known for topping Billboard charts but now the rapper’s literary work is on the New York Times bestseller’s list. His first book Decoded currently holds the third spot on the list. The top two spots are held by former president George Bush and his autobiography and Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken. 

Decoded gives fans insight into Jay-z’s lyrics and his life. The book was included on Oprah’s ‘Favorite Things’ show last week and is in the top ten sellers on Amazon.com.  The New York Times says, “Decoded gives the reader a harrowing portrait of the rough worlds Jay-Z navigated in his youth, while at the same time deconstructing his lyrics.”

Congrats to Hov.