Following his incarceration, T.I. not only plans on re-conquering the charts, he plans on being apart of The New York Times’ Best Seller List. Power & Beauty chronicles the lives of two long-time friends, divided by the streets of Atlanta. It hits shelves on October 18th and is expected to retail for $27.
Last night, The Kang took to Ustream to discuss details regarding his book, co-written with David Ritz.
On goal of book:
I’m trying to give you something for your entertainment and slip a lil knowledge in there. The book is not about my life but about things that I observed in the hood.
On inspirations for the book.
I felt there was a huge void in urban fictional books. When you read one urban book you have read them all. A bunch dope, cars and killing. I am trying to do something different. I’m trying to give you that excitement, that edge and some education at the same time.
Do you think your book will be inspiring to others?
I definitely hope so. I hope people pull from is that there are going to be different things in life from being a teenage to approaching adulthood, there are going to be things in your life where things appear to be good but turn out to be incredibly bad and sometimes things that appear incredibly bad at first turn out extremely good and .. as long as you stay true to who you are and don’t compromise your integrity, morals standards or principles. your heart will navigate you through those circumstances and lead you to the right place. Rather it seems to be good or bad you’ll always end up in the right place. That is what people will pull from power and Beauty.. In that way I hope it’s inspiring.
Spotted At AskKissy
