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Black Privilege Publishing brings potent, culturally relevant content from emerging and renowned Black voices around the world to the marketplace. It focuses on opening new doors in the publishing marketplace by amplifying Black and Brown narratives, rethinking traditional approaches to the industry, and engaging with the audience that founder Charlamagne Tha God knows best—cutting-edge, connected, and culturally aware.
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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.
“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
Get Honest or Die Lying
Why Small Talk Sucks
From Charlamagne Tha God, 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 over a decade, Charlamagne Tha God has cohosted iHeartRadio’s
For over a decade, Charlamagne Tha God has cohosted iHeartRadio’s
State of Emergency
How We Win in the Country We Built
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.
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.
My Black Country
A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future
Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents “a celebration of all things country music” (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music.
All the Smoke
All the Stars, All the Stories, No Apologies
By Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson
An in-depth and fresh celebration of the award-winning, “unapologetic, authentic, and at times unfiltered” (The Sacramento Bee) sports podcast All the Smoke hosted by NBA champions Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, featuring exclusive photographs and more never-before-seen material.
Uncommon Favor
Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three
By Dawn Staley
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
For the first time, Dawn Staley shares powerful and inspiring stories that have shaped her journey on and off the court.
For the first time, Dawn Staley shares powerful and inspiring stories that have shaped her journey on and off the court.
No Holes Barred
A Dual Manifesto of Sexual Exploration and Power
“Funny, frank, and freaky, this book—so relatable.” —Liz Goldwyn, filmmaker and author of Pretty Things
“Wild, slick, and a hell of a lot of fun.” —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author
From the hosts of the hit podcast Decisions, Decisions (formerly WHOREible Decisions), this is the unapologetic, sex-positive manifesto readers call bold, brilliant, and impossible to put down.
“Wild, slick, and a hell of a lot of fun.” —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author
From the hosts of the hit podcast Decisions, Decisions (formerly WHOREible Decisions), this is the unapologetic, sex-positive manifesto readers call bold, brilliant, and impossible to put down.
The Black Family Who Built America
The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers
With Nick Chiles
A Scientific American Favorite Book of 2025
The riveting story of the McKissack family—the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid-1800s to its thriving status today—in a moving celebration of resilience and innovation.
The riveting story of the McKissack family—the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid-1800s to its thriving status today—in a moving celebration of resilience and innovation.
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