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Loading... Confessions of a Video Vixenby Karrine Steffans
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Sherri28 | Dec 25, 2007 |    How did this book get on the best sellers list? I thought it was corny (  )Nasbooks | Dec 18, 2007 | Video Vixen was actually much better than I initially expected. The author was very forthcoming with her life story and acknowledges that she didn't necessarily make the best choices. She pretty much confirms what many already suspect about the rap / hip hop video industry, i.e., impressionable young women, adultery, etc. Others have criticized the author for writing a kiss and tell book however it seems to me that she and the rap artists both used one another for their own means. (  )aleshel | Sep 18, 2007 | Ilistened to the 6 cd set of this book. WOW. I after listening to each cd, I could not decide if I needed a cold shower or needed some illegal stimulant to unjangle my nerves. Karin does a excellent job of putting her experince into verbal format. Even if you know nothing about rap, hip hop or the NBA, this is a book (or cd) that you will have a hard time puttting down. (  )seki | Nov 6, 2006 | 0.044 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060842423, Hardcover)Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry—from the physical and emotional abuse that's rampant in the industry, and which marked her own life—to the excessive use of drugs, sex and bling. Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists, such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly and LL Cool J, sell millions of albums with her sensual dancing. In a word, Karrine was H-O-T. So hot that she made as much as $2500 a day in videos and was selected by well-known film director F. Gary Gray to co-star in his film, A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the film and music video sets, swanky Hollywood and New York restaurants and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only touches the surface of Karrine Steffans' life. Her journey is filled with physical abuse, rape, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness and single motherhood—all by the age of 26. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticised industry and help young women avoid the same pitfalls she encountered. If they're already in danger, she hopes to inspire them to find a way to dig themselves out of what she knows first-hand (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:54 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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"An easy, entertaining read... a cautionary tale that contains a timeless message to a new generation of women." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
"art tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry—from the physical and emotional abuse that's rampant in the industry, and which marked her own life—to the excessive use of drugs, sex and bling.
Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists, such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly and LL Cool J, sell millions of albums with her sensual dancing. In a word, Karrine was H-O-T. So hot that she made as much as $2500 a day in videos and was selected by well-known film director F. Gary Gray to co-star in his film, A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the film and music video sets, swanky Hollywood and New York restaurants and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only touches the surface of Karrine Steffans' life.
Her journey is filled with physical abuse, rape, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness and single motherhood—all by the age of 26. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticised industry and help young women avoid the same pitfalls she encountered. If they're already in danger, she hopes to inspire them to find a way to dig themselves out of what she knows first-hand
to be a cycle of hopelessness and despair" (Amazon)