Karen Hunter

PIMPOLOGY: The 48 Laws of the Game

by Pimpin' Ken & Karen Hunter

The names change, but the game remains the same.

The pimp has reached nearly mythical status. We are fascinated by the question of how a guy from the ghetto with no startup capital and no credit -- nothing...

A Perfect Fit

by Luther Wright & Karen Hunter

FORMER NBA STAR LUTHER WRIGHT SHARES HIS HARROWING AND UPLIFTING JOURNEY OF FINDING GOD—AND HIMSELF—WHEN HE HAD NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE.

Luther Wright had the life hoop dreams are made of. A first-round NBA...

Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar

by Karen Hunter, Donda West & Kanye West

As the mother of hip-hop superstar Kanye West, Donda West has watched her son grow from a brilliant baby boy with all the intimations of fame and fortune to one of the hottest rappers on the music scene. And...

Wendy's Got the Heat

by Wendy Williams & Karen Hunter

Known as a "shock jock diva" and "a radio gossip guru," Wendy Williams has had a following in the nation's number one media market, New York City, and across the nation from the time she became a top-rated radio...

Balancing Act

by Jonathan Plummer & Karen Hunter

Jonathan Plummer made headlines when New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan -- whose novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back is based on their romance -- filed for divorce, claiming that Plummer hid his...

On the Down Low: A Journey Into the Lives of Straight Black Men Who Sleep With Men

by Karen Hunter, J.L. King & E. Lynn Harris

A bold exposé of the controversial secret that has potentially dire consequences in many African American communities

Delivering the first frank and thorough investigation of life “on the down low” (the...

Drama Is Her Middle Name: The Ritz Harper Chronicles Vol. 1

by Wendy Williams & Karen Hunter

Shock jock extraordinaire Wendy Williams lets loose with the first in a series of novels based on her alter ego, the divalicious radio DJ Ritz Harper. Ritz puts the “s” in shock and the “g” in gossip,...

Is the Bitch Dead, Or What?: The Ritz Harper Chronicles Book 2

by Karen Hunter & Wendy Williams

DJ Ritz Harper used every trick in the book to become a media darling in Drama Is Her Middle Name, shock-jock Wendy Williams’s exposé of a life she knows better than anyone. Playing a clever trick of her...

Don't Blame It on Rio: The Real Deal Behind Why Men Go to Brazil for Sex

by Jewel Woods & Karen Hunter

There is a not-so-new, not-so-secret destination where a growing number of American black men are traveling for the kind of sex and freedom they say they can't find with black women. Thousands of unsuspecting...

Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing

by Karen Hunter

nig·gard·ly (adj.) [nig´erd-le]

1. stingy, miserly; not generous

2. begrudging about spending or granting

3. provided in a meanly limited supply

If you don’t know the definition of the word, you might assume...