Never Drank the Kool-Aid
eBook - ePub

Never Drank the Kool-Aid

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  1. 424 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Never Drank the Kool-Aid

Essays

About this book

His name is Touré--just Touré--and like many of the musicians, athletes, and celebrities he's profiled, he has affected the way that we think about culture in America. He has profiled Eminem, 50 Cent, and Alicia Keys for the cover of Rolling Stone. He's played high-stakes poker with Jay-Z and basketball with Prince and Wynton Marsalis. In Touré's world, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. sits beside Condoleezza Rice who sits beside hip-hop pioneer Tupac Shakur, and all of them are fascinating company.
Never Drank the Kool-Aid is the chronicle of Touré's unparalleled journey through the American funhouse called pop culture. Its rooms are filled with creative, arrogant, kind, ordinary, and extraordinary people, most of whom happen to be famous. It is Touré's gift to be able to see through the artifice of their world and understand the genuine motivations behind their achievements--to see who they truly are as people. This is a searingly funny, surprisingly unguarded, and deeply insightful look at a world few of us comprehend.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1. I’m Audi
  8. Chapter 2. Sensitive Thugs
  9. Chapter 3. Big Willies
  10. Chapter 4. Icaruses
  11. Chapter 5. Almost Famous
  12. Chapter 6. Get Up, Get Out and Get Involved
  13. Chapter 7. Microphone Fiend
  14. Chapter 8. Strange Fruit
  15. Chapter 9. Somehow, There’s Love in the Hiphop Nation
  16. Chapter 10. Boys Will Be Boys
  17. Chapter 11. Who Do You Think You Are?
  18. Chapter 12. I Can’t Take It