Karrine Steffans Biography". HarperCollins Speakers Bureau. December 12, 2006. Archived from the original on August 18, 2009. David Peisner (July 31, 2015). "Former Video Vixen Karrine Steffans on Kissing and Telling 10 Years After Her Tell-All Memoir: 'The Truth Is Never Regrettable' ". Billboard. The biggest discrepancy that I found really hard to swallow was relating to her realtionship with Kool G Rap. She states initially that she was 'wed' to him under her alias Yizette Santiago with a fake age, ID, etc, ergo, the marriage was not actually binding (supposedly unbeknownst to Kool G). But later on she goes into detail about how her credit was ruined as a result of Kool G misusing her accounts during their time together. How would he have been able to do that if he didn't even have access to her real name???? I made a brand new bookshelf, Trash, just for this book specifically. Hands-down this is the worst "book" in existence and I include such self-published treasures as BIRTH CONTROL IS SINFUL IN THE CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES and also ROBBING GOD OF PRIESTHOOD CHILDREN!!in that statement.

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Steffans, Karrine; Hunter, Karen (2005). Confessions of a Video Vixen. New York: Amistad. ISBN 978-0-06084-242-0. Steffans, Karrine (2013). How To Make Love to a Martian. Los Angeles: Steffans Publishing. ISBN 978-0-61576-890-8. However, there was something about this book that didn't do it for me. Normally, I'm one of those people who will defend this author until I'm blue in the face when it comes to her storytelling as I believe she has an amazing talent for that aspect. However, I feel like she's finally hit that point where her creative juices and groundbreaking prose has run out. She's run out of steam, unfortunately. Steffans was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and moved to Florida when she was 10 years old. She has written about her troubled childhood: she grew up in poverty, suffered emotional and physical abuse at the hands of an alcoholic mother and indifferent father, and was raped when she was 13. She ran away at 16, and began working as an exotic dancer. She lived on the streets for a month. She lived in New York and Arizona, and then moved to Los Angeles in 1999. She currently resides near Hollywood. [3] When she was 17, Steffans moved in with rapper Nathaniel Wilson, better known as Kool G Rap, with whom she had a son. Their relationship was "tumultuous", and Steffans says she left for Los Angeles to protect her son after physical abuse landed her in the hospital. [5] Career [ edit ] Model [ edit ] Karrine 'Superhead' Steffans is a former video vixen who has a long and storied history with messing with various rappers in the industry. In her book Vindicated, she described how Method Man was one of her "conquests."

I thought of how awful it would be if I died in the bathroom at Mr. Chow. I thought of the irony of it all--of the paparazzi waiting outside for Nicolas Cage and LL Cool J, who were both in the dining area eating with friends. I thought of how pretty and rich I looked, yet my life had become ugly and poor. But the most prominent thought was of my son, Naiim. My nanny hadn't heard from me in months and had no idea how to find me. No one even knew my real name or where I lived or who my family was or where I came from. To them, my name was Yizette, a name that I had made up when I was sixteen, during my years as a stripper. I think that she achieves what she set out to do in telling her cautionary tale. Moreover, I do think it took some courage to start calling out the music industry and naming names so long before the media was at all receptive to these stories. For a decade, Confessions of a Video Vixen author Karrine Steffans and the details of her private life have been the subject of debate and scrutiny. But, as gossipmongers and critics speculated, assumed, and manufactured tall tales about the New York Times bestselling author, Karrine hid herself and her truth from the world, imprisoned by an abusive marriage and the judgments of society.

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So her names are like pen names. She enjoys creating a character, making it huge and then disappearing and she’s always done it. Even in high school, Steffans told Milan. While we're not sure if, in fact, Method Man cheated on his wife with Wendy Williams or his wife's doctor, he's definitely a messy boots! hadn't heard of her, so all the allusions to what I must think of her, the ups and downs of fame, etc. didn't mean much.October 2001. I was lying on the hard, cold floor in the bathroom of the famous Chinese bistro Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills. It is one of the most upscale and renowned restaurants in the world, yet I was at the lowest point of my life. With my head next to the toilet, I was alone, in debt, with no friends and no hope. a b c d Nia-Malika Henderson (July 29, 2005). "A Bawdy Lifestyle, and How to Shake It". The Washington Post. After reading these confessions, I will never judge anyone who follows in her footsteps. Everyone has a story to tell and most times its not so neat. it’s a wildly uneven book. It’s like the equivalent of reading a trashy novel. She gives her philosophy of life which feels like dime store wisdom.