Karrine Steffans recently participated in a conference held at the Essence Music Festival on the image of women in hip hop.I’m sure most of you know Karrine from her bestseller “Confessions of A Video Vixen”, but there is so much more to this Sista than her sordid past, and we here at Brown Sista decided to try and showcase that.
While at the festival, Karrine was interviewd by the entertainment reporter Marcus Vanderberg, and the following is the conversation he had with Miss Steffans.
I Heart Karrine Steffans
So I promised you a “Super” interview and I delivered.
I had the chance to meet Karrine Steffans, aka, Superhead. I didn’t make the mistake like a certain entertainment writer I know and refer to her by her now infamous nickname.
I really had no idea what to expect from her before I talked to her. I read “Confessions of a Video Vixen” and whether you agree with what she did or not, you can never accuse of her of not being open with people. She has a charming personality and is one smart cookie. The old saying “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” applies definitely to Karrine.
Even without any liquid courage in my system, I slipped her my business card which she got a kick out of and told her to call me. She seems like the type that would actually just call me on a random Tuesday afternoon and I probably wouldn’t even know what to say.
On “Confessions…”
“As far as Confessions is concerned, the paperback comes out in October with an accompanying DVD with behind the scenes footage and clips from television shows and stuff like that.”
On her new book:
“The next book is due in next July. Also Harper Collins and that’s a book called…actually I can’t tell you the title yet. The book will be like “Confessions” but I’m not the only person in it. There are several contributing writers. I can’t tell you who or anything but there are 15 of them. Its women and men.”
On her charity work:
“In the meantime I’m working on a lot of charity stuff. I’m donating a portion of the proceeds of the next book to Amnesty International. What I’m hoping to do is partner with Amnesty and their campaign and donate from all my books to Amnesty. I would like Amnesty to allow me access to the women and stories that they have across the globe. So I can show my demographic in this country to show how related we are in other places. I think if we were to hear more stories out of Darfur, Sudan, Russia, out of Spain and South America, women will be able to see that we are so parallel.”
On the film version of “Confessions…”
“The film version of the book of course … it’s just one of those things where it’s a life story and it has to be done properly. Everyone who is involved needs to see what I see. It’s hard to get people involved who don’t want to change it. I have all the time in the world.”
Courtesy: Blackvoices