Never Drank the Kool-Aid: Essays

His name is Touré--just Touré--and like many of the musicians athletes and celebrities hes profiled he has affected the way that we think about culture in America. He has profiled Eminem 50 Cent and Alicia Keys for the cover of Rolling Stone. Hes played high-stakes poker with Jay-Z and basketball with Prince and Wynton Marsalis. In Tourés world Dale Earnhardt Jr. sits beside Condoleezza Rice who sits beside hip-hop pioneer Tupac Shakur and all of them are fascinating company.. Never Drank the Kool-Aid is the chronicle of Tourés unparalleled journey through the American funhouse called pop culture. Its rooms are filled with creative arrogant kind ordinary and extraordinary people most of whom happen to be famous. It is Tourés gift to be able to see through the artifice of their world and understand the genuine motivations behind their achievements--to see who they truly are as people. This is a searingly funny surprisingly unguarded and deeply insightful look at a world few of us comprehend.