Rick James was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, best known for popularizing funk music in the late 1970s and early 1980s thanks to million-selling hits.
David Ritz is a songwriter who has collaborated with stars like Janet Jackson and Marvin Gaye, as well as a renowned ghostwriter who has authored more than fifty books for some of the biggest stars in music: Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Lenny Kravitz, Joe Perry, Smokey Robinson, Don Rickles, and Willie Nelson, to name a few. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Essence, People, Art Connoisseur, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles with Roberta, his wife of nearly fifty years.
"A fast-paced memoir recounting his sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll
exploits."-- "Publishers Weekly"
"A raw and authentic accounting of Rick James' life and times."--
"USA Today"
"An engrossing portrait of his life and career."--
"Vulture.com"
"As close as we'll ever get to the real thing."--Jeff Simon, The
Buffalo News
"Intriguing as a pipe-filled motel-room breakdown."-- "Rolling
Stone"
Unflinching . . . . manages to temporarily separate the story of
the monster from the story of Rick James, the way Marvel Comics
occasionally pulls apart Bruce Banner and the Hulk.--Alex
Pappademas, Grantland
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