Ruthless - Signed and inscribed

Jerry Heller, with Gil Reavill

ISBN 10: 1416917926 / ISBN 13: 9781416917922

Published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, NY, 2006

About this Item

Simon Spotlight Entertainment, NY, 2006, 325 pgs. First edition/ First printing in Fine/Very Good+ condition, with minimal edgewear to book, and a bit of shelf/edgewear and rubbing to dj. Otherwise tight, square, clean, and unclipped $24.95 price present.(please review photos). The author has Signed and inscribed to previous owner on the title pg. Heller helped found Ruthless Records, and played a role in the emergence of West Coast rap music. Discovered, signed, or managed NWA, and the Black Eyed Peas and others. All books bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. Black boards with red lettering. Seller Inventory # 2020038

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ruthless - Signed and inscribed

Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, NY

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First/First.

About this title

Synopsis:

"PAYBACK'S A BITCH, JERRY."

The words scrawled crudely across Jerry Heller's bedroom mirror that afternoon meant the rap wars had suddenly escalated. In the battle of his life over the ragingly successful music label he had helped found, Ruthless Records, Heller had seen death threats, strong-arming, and beatings. Now the violence had come home when his enemies burglarized his house, jacked his Corvette, and left behind this sneering piece of graffito.

Heller didn't get mad; he got even. Ruthless tells the explosive story of Jerry Heller's alliance with Eric Wright, aka Eazy-E, one of the legends of rap music and a founding member of N.W.A., "the world's most dangerous band." As a longtime music industry superagent, Heller had the skill and insight necessary to guide N.W.A.'s cometlike rise to the top of the charts. Along the way there were raucous nationwide tours, out-of-control MTV pool parties, and X-rated business meetings. Heller held on through the brutal shocks and reversals of the Ruthless Records era, which saw the label being targeted by the FBI, and its principal artists locked in bitter conflict, until a final turnaround placed Ruthless at the top of the heap once more. Always in the middle of the whirlwind were Jerry and Eazy, an odd-couple pairing that represents one of the deepest and most appealing stories in American music.

You don't have to be an N.W.A. fan to love Ruthless. Heller turns the music industry inside out, exposing its strange logic and larger-than-life personalities. Ruthless provides keen insight into the popular music scene, with an unforgettable portrait of its rollicking excesses, life-churning drama, and multimillion-dollar highs.