The first biography of superstar rapper DrakeAt a time when album sales were plummeting, Drake’s 2010 debut album, Thank Me Later, went platinum, hit number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and spawned numerous Top 10 hits including “Over,” “Best I Ever Had,” and “Find Your Love.” His sophomore release, Take Care, also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, went platinum, and has been downloaded at a record pace.In Far From O...

101 thought-provoking basketball stories and trivia to delight fans.From sneakers to salacious tidbits, Dalton Higgins offers takes on age-old issues and debates:Can white men jump now?Have three-pointers become the new layup?Should traditional ten-foot rims be raised?Who is the GOAT?Why is Canada a basketball hot spot?Is the WNBA the next big thing?Are hip hop and hoops kissing cousins?...

Some of Canada's most acclaimed multicultural personalities public figures intellectuals entertainers athletes and activists share stories memories insights and revelations about fatherhood from the comic to the tragic. Through critical essays first-person musings interviews conversations spoken word and dub poetry this collection examines the place where cross-cultural fatherhood intersects with the worlds of technology hip hop and hipster culture a cool diverse dads movement! As an Afric...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • “A must-read...Phoebe Robinson discusses race and feminism in such a funny, real, and specific way, it penetrates your brain and stays with you.”—Ilana Glazer, co-creator and co-star of Broad CityA hilarious and timely essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from comedy superstar and 2 Dope Queens podcaster Phoebe Robinson**Being a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh a...

David Spade is best known for his harsh “Hollywood” Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy, and his seven-year stint as Dennis Finch on the series Just Shoot Me. Now, with a wit as dry as the weather in his home state of Arizona, the “comic brat extraordinaire” tells his story in Almost Interesting.First Taking fans back to his childhood as a wannabe cool younger brother and recounting his excruciating road-tour to fame—when he was regularl...

"You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherf*****s on the planet. His musical knowledge, for all practical purposes, is limitless." --Robert ChristgauA punch-drunk memoir in which Everyone's Favorite Questlove tells his own story while tackling some of the lates, the greats, the fakes, the philosophers, the heavyweights, and the true originals of the music world. He digs deep into the album cuts of his life and unearths some pivotal moments in black art...

A musical tale of collegiate a cappella filled of high notes, high drama, and high jinks that inspired the hit films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2.Get ready to be pitch slapped.The roots of unaccompanied vocal music stretch all the way back to Gregorian chants of the Middle Ages, and collegiate a cappella is over a century old. But what was once largely an Ivy League phenomenon has, in the past twenty years, exploded. And it’s not what...

"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The AtlanticThere’s a reason today’s ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore—they’re designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider’s look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters—alongside industry heavy-hitters like Katy Perry, Rihanna, Max Martin, and ...

"A truth-riot of a book!"—Shonda RhimesThe New York Times BestsellerThe Washington Post #1 BestsellerA Redbook 20 Books By Women You Must Read this FallA Good Housekeeping 17 New Best New Books to Read This FallA BookRiot 100 Must-Read Hilarious BooksFin...

When 21-year-old Jay Mohr moved from New Jersey to New York City to pursue his dream of stand-up stardom, he never thought the first real job he'd land would be on Saturday Night Live. But, surprisingly, that's just what he did. What followed were two unbelievable, grueling, and exciting years of feverishly keeping pace with his talented cohorts, out-maneuvering the notorious vices that claimed the lives of other cast members, and struggling at all costs for the holy grail of late...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Extremely powerful’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Game-changing’ COSMOPOLITAN‘Admirable’ INDEPENDENTAfter a series of escalating sexist incidents, Laura Bates started the Everyday Sexism Project, inviting women to write in with their experiences.The response was astounding. Stories poured in from all around the world and the project quickly became one of the biggest soc...

From $10,000 tweets to making money in the afterlife, a recovering gossip columnist explores the business lessons that power the Hollywood Industrial ComplexWhy do celebrities get paid so much more than regular people to do a job that seems to afford them the same amount of leisure time as most retirees? What do Bush-era economics have to do with the rise of Kim Kardashian? How do the laws of supply and demand explain why the stars of Teen Mom are...