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Confessions of a Video Vixen is memoir written by Karrine Steffans which details her life as a teenage runaway who turns to stripping, hip hop modeling, and prostitution to support herself and, later, her young son. Originally published in 2005 by an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, the book is now a New York Times bestseller. (The 2006 paperback edition includes bonus material.) The book created a stir when it went on sale because of Steffans' allegations of abuse at the hands of her then-husband rapper, Kool G Rap and her claims that she had sexual relationships with numerous famous music stars and athletes, including Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Bobby Brown, Dr. Dre, DMX, Xzibit, Diddy, Usher, Shaquille O'Neal and Irv Gotti.

Quotes

• I was born in 1978 on a hot, sticky late-August day on the twenty-eight-square-mile island of St. Thomas. My mother was an eighteen year old native
• My hips have swayed and popped on MTV while I danced on tabletops and poolside in some of your favorite videos.
• My mother always made me feel like less than a person. She despised the fact that I received constant praise and she was worthy of none. Before I was born, she was the center and now I had taken her shine. We were in competition from the day I arrived.
• When I took those first couple of steps that led to the stage and the spotlight hit my body, the crowd began to cheer. It is all a blank. I performed without thought, and movement came naturally to me. I got through it. I don't know what I did, or how I did it, but whatever I did was good enough for the crowd. They went wild. The next thing I remember is holding all my money and making my way off stage.
• Within the first four months of my relationship with G, I had lost forty pounds and weighed a pitiful ninety-six pounds. The stress of the physical and verbal abuse had taken a toll on my body and spirit...Life at our house was torture. It was common to see me with bruises up and down my body.

References

1. "Turning the Tables On Rap's Player List". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-07.

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