Explicit Content: A Black Artemis Novel

by Sofia Quintero

When G Double D, the founder of the gangsta rap label Explicit Content, seduces her singing partner, Leila "Fatal Beauty" Aponte, into splitting up their act to pursue solo stardom, Cassie Rivers is driven to find her own path to success, but her competitive nature could lead to danger when she uncovers dark secrets about G and his Explicit Content company.

A first novel. Original.

Genres: Fiction, African American

Audible Audio

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Sofia Quintero is the author of several novels and short stories that cross genres. Born into a working-class Puerto Rican-Dominican family in the Bronx., the self-proclaimed Ivy League homegirl earned a BA in history-sociology from Columbia University in 1990 and her MPA from the university's School of International and Public Affairs in 1992. After years of working on a range of policy issues from multicultural education to HIV/AIDS, she decided to pursue career that married arts and activism. Under the pen name Black Artemis, she wrote the hip hop novels Explicit Content, Picture Me Rollin and Burn. Sofia is also the author of the novel Divas Dont Yield and contributed novellas to the chica lit anthologies Friday Night Chicas and Names I Call My Sister. As an activist, she co-founded Chica Luna Productions (chicaluna.com), a nonprofit organization that seeks to identify, develop and support women of color who wish to create socially conscious entertainment. She is also a founding creative partner of Sister Outsider Entertainment, a multimedia production company that produces quality entertainment for multicultural audiences. Sofia is presently working on her first young adult novel Efrains Secret which will be published by Knopf in 2009. To learn more about Sofia and her work, visit blackartemis.com, sisteroutsider.biz or myspace.com/sofiaquintero."

Reviews

[Jodie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think the reference to Wu-Tang caught my eye on this one & made me pick it up. It was an interesting read. Very different than what I normally read, but sometimes it's good to mix up reading choices. I do remember talking with a slang for a few hours after finishing the book. haha!

[Agas · Rating 4 out of 5]

So why hasn't this been made into a movie yet? Cast Adrienne Bailon as Leila and everything will be fine. Honestly, though, I thought this was going to be an inconsequential read. It turned out to be one of the best I've read this year.

[wordLife · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hip hop lit that's intelligent as it is entertaining. This is the type of stuff our young people need to be reading! Black Artemis writes book that urban youth can relate and respond to.

[Page Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whew! So much happened in this book. I recently started watching the television show "Queens" and though this book was out before the show, and has nothing to do with the tv show, I could not help but to relate some of this with Brandy's character. I appreciated the bird's eye view into these artist's lives and the struggle to get on top. Both for women, and for artists in this business. I was on the edge of my seat through a lot of it. Good read.

[Diva Dina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was not impressed. This one bored me.

[junia · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHERE DID MY REVIEW GO ?

this was a really fun book. The audiobook was bad because the reader couldn’t speak Spanish and there are a lot of random Spanish phrases.

But I thought this was a well-written, fast-paced read. I read it with my kid who had to read this for a class on women in hip hop. I loved the throwback to different artists in the industry at the time, the growth in the heroine and ultimately a realistic friendship.

[Latoria Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

good read

[Regular John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Couldn't put it down