Exclusive is my debut adult novel. Its based on my experiences as a hip hop journalist… For six years, I was Editor-In-Chief and Publisher of Mad Rhythms magazine. Mad Rhythms was a college circulated entertainment magazine. We focused on hip hop artists, actors and the like. I interviewed Diddy, Jay-Z, Martin Lawrence, Brandy and a bunch of other folks for the mag. It was a lot of work but a whole lot of fun as well.

Here’s a letter from an Exclusive reader and my response….

This latest shout out comes from Tanasha, a teen from New Jersey. I get around!!

I appreciate all kinds of love so here’s the email:

I am leaving this comment just to tell you how wonderful you are! The first time I heard you speak was at a Planned Parenthood Teen Conference at William Paterson University. That was also when I received your book Exclusive. After reading it over my Winter Vacation I am addicted to your writing. Not only was I intrigued by the plot of the story, it stood out to me from the typical gang related, shoot em up, reigning drug lord story i was used to reading. I had actually stopped reading so much because i was tired and frustrated with the type of books i described above. Thanks to you, I am back in the reading game again. So keep the good work and thanks again for writing such a great novel.

P.S. I am searching for Privacy! I am sure that it is just as great as your other creations!

-Tanasha D.

I want to thank Tanasha for taking the time to write me. Exclusive is the book that is closest to my hip hop heart–in that it was inspired by the years that I ran Mad Rhythms magazine. If you read Exclusive, you’ll understand why I love hip hop culture no matter what. Peace to all the readers out there of Exclusive as well as the peeps who used to read Mad Rhythms.

Much love.