{"product_id":"straight-from-the-source-an-expose-from-the-former-editor-in-chief-of-the-h-9781451656947","title":"Straight from the Source: An Expose from the Former Editor in Chief of the H","description":"\u003cb\u003eKim Osorio had a front-row seat for the biggest beefs, battles, and blow-ups in hip-hop. As the first female editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Source\u003c\/i\u003e, she had come up.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom her corner office, Kim got the goods on hip-hop's hottest names: Jay-Z, Nas, 50 Cent, Lil' Kim. She developed close--sometimes intimate--relationships with the artists she exposed to the public. But \u003ci\u003eThe Source\u003c\/i\u003e couldn't hide its own dirty laundry for long. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Behind the scenes, the magazine's volatile owners puppeteered every issue--even coveted honors like the 5-mic album rating and the Power 30 list of industry heavy-hitters. Then \u003ci\u003eThe Source\u003c\/i\u003e declared war on Eminem and began the notorious assault that would send the magazine into swift decline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a culture dominated by men, Kim rose to the top, and after years in the magazine's pressure cooker, she hit send on a two-sentence e-mail that would thrust her from the sidelines of the scandalous world she reported on to the center of one of the most explosive scandals in hip-hop history. \u003ci\u003eStraight From the Source\u003c\/i\u003e is the Book of Kim, the tell-all memoir only she could write about her influential years at the Bible of Hip-Hop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451656947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Kim Osorio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41635406446773,"sku":"9781451656947","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a80abd8f-4fad-4841-9076-38d617a5b0cb.jpg?v=1645500976","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/straight-from-the-source-an-expose-from-the-former-editor-in-chief-of-the-h-9781451656947","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}