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Get Honest or Die Lying

Why Small Talk Sucks

From Charlamagne Tha God, multi-hyphenate mogul, host of the morning radio phenomenon The Breakfast Club, and founder and CEO of iHeartRadio’s Black Effect Podcast Network, a rundown on how small talk from small minds have taken over our world, and the BIG conversations needed to climb our way back.

For fourteen years, Charlamagne Tha God has been cohost of iHeartRadio’s nationally syndicated morning radio show The Breakfast Club and has proven his power as a culture mover and thought leader, by being his completely authentic self on-air, from his famous “You ain't black” moment with President Biden, to heartfelt chats with cultural icons like Sean “Jay-Z” Carter and Judy Blume, to viral classics with Kamala Harris and Soulja Boy, his incredible reach and impact on the pulse of America continues to grow.

In his new book, Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks, Charlamagne takes full command of his new perch, broadening his scope and embracing his life roles as a cultural curator, social commentator, job-creator, mental health advocate, and Girl Dad in ways we’ve never seen before. In his signature irreverent style, he looks at the world through his own lens, concluding that our divisions, our unhappiness, and our dissatisfactions stem from our failure to have meaningful conversations with each other. With lessons pulled from his past, and an eye on the future, Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks makes us laugh, cry, and think as Charlamagne’s shares his thoughts on growth, empowerment, and evolution in our fast-changing world. In short—it’s time to stop lying to each other, and ourselves.

Fame, money, social media, politics, hip-hop culture, and fatherhood, he takes it all on here. In the process, Charlamagne reveals more about himself than we’ve ever seen before. This master of seeing through the BS even calls it on himself, as he delivers his most insightful and heartfelt work yet—his call to stop the insanity while we still can.

Invisible Generals

Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black Generals

Invisible Generals recounts the lives of his trailblazing family members—Brigadier Generals Ben O. Davis, Sr. and his son Ben O. Davis, Jr.—who always maintained their belief in the American dream. Melville shares his quest to rediscover their story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe. As the inheritor of their legacy, Melville retraces their steps, advocates for them to receive their long-overdue honors and unlocks the potential we all hold to retrieve powerful family stories lost to the past.

State of Emergency

How We Win in the Country We Built

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In State of Emergency, a searing indictment of America’s historical, deadly, and continuing assault on Black and brown lives, social justice leader Tamika D. Mallory makes her demand for action. Drawn from a lifetime of frontline culture-shifting advocacy, organizing, and fighting for equal justice, Mallory makes her case for change and shares the keys to effective activism both for those new to and those long-committed to the defense of Black lives.

Shallow Waters

A Novel

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In this stirring and lyrical debut novel—perfect for fans of The Water Dancer and the Legacy of Orisha series—the Yoruban deity of the sea, Yemaya, is brought to vivid life as she discovers the power of Black resilience, love, and feminine strength in Antebellum America.

“Black Privilege Publishing is a home for the descendants of slaves impacted by Anti-Literacy Laws to forge stories that our ancestors could only dream of reading.” – Charlamagne Tha God

 

Charlamagne Tha God (Lenard Larry McKelvey), is a native of South Carolina, where it was once prohibited to teach slaves to read and write. “Now, thanks to Black Privilege Publishing, we don't just read and write—we read, we write, and we publish our own narratives.” Charlamagne, one of the most potent, influential, and authoritative voices in media today, started Black Privilege Publishing to be a safe place where unapologetically Black voices tell their unapologetically Black stories—with freedom, bandwidth, and power.

 

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