Hiding in Hip Hop: Confessions of a Down Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry

by Terrance Dean
Hiding in Hip Hop: Confessions of a Down Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry
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50 ratings, 2.54 average rating, 17 reviews (more data...)
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published
May 13th 2008 by Atria

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Hardcover, 256 pages

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1416553398    (isbn13: 9781416553397)

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Everyone wants to know the truth about their favorite celebrities' heart's desire. Within the masculine culture of Hip Hop and Hollywood, there is a w...more




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Bruh
11/26/08
Bruh rated it: 3 of 5 stars

If you hope, by reading this, you will find out
the "scoop", on who is and is not SGL, in the
entertainment industry, you might be slightly
disappointed. What he reveals is so cryptic,
that it may puzzle you further, than confirm
those you may already suspect. Even when
he speaks about someone, and you go, "Aha!",
he later says something else about the person,
that makes you think, "Well, ok, that couldn't
have been Missy E...more
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Ebony
07/13/08
Ebony rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in July, 2008
There were lots of excuses about why Dean had as much sex as he had. He felt like he had never been loved and God had abandoned him. I admit that my heart hurt to read him talk about how his family died of AIDS because God was punishing him for being gay. I hated that no one talked about his childhood molestation. I hated that the church people failed to deliver him and yet he still believed that God hated him. I wish he had worked that out in the book but maybe that's the point. That kind of...more
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Cate
05/12/08
Cate rated it: 1 of 5 stars

Read in November, 2008
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Kyle
02/13/09
Kyle rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Read in February, 2009
At its best, this book reads like a light-hearted soap opera with a few obligatory "I considered suicide" moments. There's little that is remarkable here, and, frankly, the story is nothing new. The writing is average at best with very little attention given to repetitive phrases and words much less repetitive chapters.
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Erica
08/24/08
Erica rated it: 2 of 5 stars

A rather lackluster memoir to say the least with the usual "I grew up the poor son of a crack-ho and then a mean guy touched me and then I liked dudes" song and dance. It gives kind of a dark view of the entertainment industry based on who you know who you are will to bang to get ahead. I could sympathize a bit with Terreance as a fellow Queer black but for the most part I just wanted him to stop talking about the various dudes he was banging and drop some names. If you too plan on pic...more
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Michael Davidson
05/17/09
Michael Davidson rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2009
Great book. Just did not like the ending. And if you are going to name names. give us the real names of people.
I still think Terrance is still hiding in hip hop
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Ghym
09/13/08
Ghym rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in August, 2008
This book has the wrong title. It's not really an expose of gay men in hip-hop. It's a memoir of Terrance Dean himself. He's lived a complicated life--came from a broken home, there was AIDS, drugs, a struggle to climb up the corporate ladder, too much casual sex and not enough love. Here and there Dean treats us to blind items of who might be gay in hip-hop. It's hard to guess who he's talking about half the time, though. Some are obvious guesses though. Not always well-written (there are sever...more
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Veronica Olivo
06/25/09
Veronica Olivo rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2009
Moves kinda slow and hops around time frames, but it makes you wonder!
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Sy
05/13/08
Sy rated it: 2 of 5 stars

bookshelves: black-expressions
Read in September, 2008
The book was interesting. Made me really question all the men I have dated in the past. Even though of course they aren't in the industry or anything. What I liked about the book is stopping and thinking what actor or rapper he was speaking on in the book. I don't know if I was wrong in my thoughts but I was pretty shocked at what faces popped into my head as possible down low brothers. What I didn't enjoy too much is he was constantly repeating himself over and over. Or even contradicting himse...more
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Nathan Rabin
12/24/08
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An utterly maddening tell-none
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Cheryl
10/30/08
Cheryl rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in November, 2008
This may not be the best written memoir ever, but Dean is able to be very candid about his life, the problems he had with his family growing up, and what it's like being a down low man. I got great insight into the world of hip hop, and what it's like to be gay or down low in that world. The most intriguing thing about this book were the intriguing hints about famous people on the down low. Some were obvious, others impossible for me to guess!
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Seven
06/13/08
Seven rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in June, 2008
OMG this book is off the hook. He just puts it out there on all the down low men in the hip hop world. The only thing he does not give out there real names of who these actors and hip hop artist are. But he gives you hits here and there on which they might be. And if you are into hip hop you can guess who they are. Women you got to watch you back, shit after reading this. I had to say god how many more down low brothers are there. HMMMMMM!!!.........
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Purrfitfit
07/21/08
Purrfitfit rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in July, 2008
It was off to a slow start. I had to put it down for a moment but I did meet the author at the Harlem Book Fair...he has a new book coming out and said he has been touring and receiving good reviews. A wonderful, warm and friendly personality. I also met the model on the cover of the book and he is coming out with a calendar real soon!

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Meridith
01/15/09
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bookshelves: library-book
Read in January, 2009
This books was both salacious and touching. I'm a sucker for memoirs, particularly bawdy ones.
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Mothership
09/17/08
Mothership rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
I'm currently reading this. A more thorough review to come after I've finished.
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Nicole
06/02/08
Nicole rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
I still want to know....who's the gay rapper?
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Cookie
05/25/08
Cookie marked it as to-read

bookshelves: to-read
I hope I spy Missy in here...
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Dominique
07/04/09
Dominique rated it: 2 of 5 stars


Jillian
07/04/09
Jillian rated it: 2 of 5 stars


Aeubrey Talks
06/25/09
Aeubrey Talks rated it: 1 of 5 stars

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