A couple weeks ago I heard a woman on the radio speaking with Wendy Williams about her relations and sexual encounters with some of our favorite and most popular men in hip-hop and the NBA- Jay-Z, Nas, Diddy, Allen Iverson. What a floosy! I was shocked at the number of celebrity men she had been involved with and wondered what would be the motivation for such a person to go live on the radio to discuss these private encounters. I was equally as shocked when listening further and discovering she had written a “part tell-all” book about it, ‘Confessions of a Video Vixen’ by Karrine Steffans.
A week later I was grazing the shelves and came across the cover photo of a sultry honey-complexioned seductress and realized it was the cover of the “vixen’s” book, I just couldn’t resist!
It’s by no means a literary masterpiece and is probably the quickest read ever, clocking in at just a few leisurely hours for 200+ pages. But the stories, just like the events that take place in Steffans’ life, are so exciting! The very same topics that the author hopes to warn young women of are precisely the reasons why we find ourselves indulging. This woman has done it all! (Or should I say, done THEM all!) She’s the abused ex-wife of hip-hop pioneer Kool G. Rap and lover to Ice-T, Ja Rule, Fred Durst, Ray J, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Vin Diesel, Shaquille O’Neal, Diddy, Xzibit, Bobby Brown, and Usher. Probably the most interesting relationships are the ones she describes with her pimp and Murder Inc. exec, Irv “if you really mean what you say, then show me” Gotti and “Papa”, the hip-hop mogul whose identity she protects. Why start there?
Regardless, the stories she tells of her abusive childhood which lead up to her admission of low self-esteem and the need to be “loved” struck the softer side of me. Steffans explains, “I sat down to write this book because I think my story can serve as a warning to anyone aspiring to the kind of life I have led… Where young girls once aspired to be models and ballerinas, they now aspire to be hip hop video girls, the next hot girl in the hottest artist’s video. Having led that life, I can say it’s not everything it’s cracked up to be.”
Come on, ladies! Aren’t we all smart enough to already know that?
Good intentions from a “changed” woman at the tender age of 28…
**Correction: The woman on Wendy Williams’ show was actually Carmen Bryan, mother to Nas’ child. Her book, ‘It’s No Secret‘ was released in late November. Sorry for the confusion! As one reader, “Radio Rose” commented, “Yes people, there’s more than one Hip-Hop-Ho with a book deal!”
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I heard that interview too!! but that particular lady wasCarmen Bryan (Nas’ Baby Momma). Yes people, there’s more than one Hip-Hop-Ho with a book deal!