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1) Will
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, and a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind, in this memoir, one of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life.
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson opens up about his ... comeback--from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable's highest-paid executive--in this unique self-help guide ... In his early twenties [he'd risen] to the heights of fame and power in the cutthroat music business. A decade ago the multi-platinum selling rap artist decided to pivot. His ability to adapt to change was demonstrated when he became the executive producer and star of Power,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Lizzo started singing and rapping with musical groups in her hometowns of Houston and Minneapolis. With her fun lyrics, danceable beats, and positive message, she's become one of the biggest solo musicians in the world"--
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A cultural portrait of the Pulitzer Prize-winning rap superstar documents his coming-of-age as an artist, his genius as a lyricist, and his profound impact on today's racially fraught America.
Moore provides a definitive account of Lamar's coming-of-age as an artist, his resurrection of jazz, his profound impact on a racially fraught America, and his emergence as the bona fide King of Rap. Through his confessional poetics, his politically charged...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
JAY-Z: Made in America is the fruit of Michael Eric Dyson's decade of teaching the work of one of the greatest poets this nation has produced, as gifted a wordsmith as Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Rita Dove. But as a rapper, he's sometimes not given the credit he deserves for just how great an artist he's been for so long. This book wrestles with the biggest themes of JAY-Z's career, including hustling, and it recognizes the way that he's always...
10) Will Smith
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Actor and rap star Will Smith is profiled with a discussion of his life as a child and teen, his career paths in music and acting, and his life as a family man.
12) The way I am
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A self-portrait by the controversial music artist shares his private thoughts on everything from his inner struggles to his relationship with his daughter, in an account complemented by drawings, hand-written lyrics, and previously unseen photographs.
13) Eminem
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Author
Publisher
One World/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The hip-hop artist and television star shares the story of his early life, marked by the deaths of his parents, his involvement in gangs, and the single-minded work ethic that enabled his rise to international fame.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A biography of rapper Tupac Shakur that covers his upbringing, move to Baltimore with his family when he was young, and rise to fame and stardom as a musician and actor before his untimely death in 1996.
16) 50 Cent
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of 50 Cent, the rap musician.
17) Will Smith
Author
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Highlights the personal life and successful musical and acting career of the Grammy-winning rap singer and star of his own television series and such hit movies as "Independence Day" and "Men in Black."
18) Jay-Z
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of rap musician and businessman, Jay-Z.
19) Un-ashamed
Author
Publisher
B&H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Two-time Grammy winning rap artist, Lecrae, learned the lesson "if you live for people's acceptance, you'll die from their rejection" through more than his share of adversity--childhood abuse, drugs and alcoholism, a stint in rehab, an abortion, and an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Along the way, Lecrae attained an unwavering faith in Jesus and began looking to God for affirmation. Now as a chart-topping industry anomaly, he has learned to ignore...
20) Decoded
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Decoded ... a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time--Dust jacket.
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