THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Angie Martinez is the โVoice of New York.โ Now, for the first time, she candidly recounts the story of her rise to become an internationally celebrated hip hop radio icon.
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In her current reign at Power 105.1 and for nearly two decades at New Yorkโs Hot 97, Angie Martinez has had one of the highest rated radio shows in the country. After working her way up as an intern, she burst on the scene as a young female jock whose on-air โBattle of the Beatsโ segment broke records and became a platform for emerging artists like a young Jay Z. Angie quickly became known for intimate, high-profile interviews, mediating feuds between artists, and taking on the most controversial issues in hip hop. At age twenty-five, at the height of the East Coast/West Coast rap war, Angie was summoned by Tupac Shakur for what would be his last no-holds-barred interviewโwhich has never aired in its entirety and which sheโs never discussed in detailโuntil now.ย
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Angie shares stories from behind-the-scenes of her most controversial conversations, from onetime presidential hopeful Barack Obama to superstars like Mary J. Blige and Chris Brown, and describes her emotional, bittersweet final days at Hot 97 and the highly publicized move to Power 105.1. She also opens up about her personal lifeโfrom her roots in Washington Heights and her formative years being raised by a single mom in Brooklyn to exploring the lessons that shaped her into the woman she is today.
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From the Puerto Rican Day Parade to the White HouseโAngie is universally recognized as a powerful voice in the Latino and hip hop communities. My Voice gives an inside look at New York Cityโs one-of-a-kind urban radio culture, the changing faces of hip hop music, and Angieโs rise to become the Voice of New York