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Book SynopsisThis book is a love letter to women longing to break free of the boxes their postcode, skin colour, gender and bank balance put them in. Its title is a rebel yell to ambitious women and girls hungry for more.
Growing up on the whitewashed Central Coast in the 1980s and attending an elite school as a scholarship student from the wrong side of the tracks, Lebanese-Cypriot Simone Amelia Jordan felt like an outcast among her peers for years. Her lifeline was hip-hop, then in its golden age. From girlhood, Simone recognised the art form''s pro-Black consciousness, and the rappers'' resonant words inspired her to embrace her own identity and back herself.
From founding Australia''s most successful hip-hop and R&B publication to moving to New York City and interviewing the biggest stars of the time as the editor of the world''s most beloved rap magazine; falling in love and getting her heart broken; grappling with her family ties to culture; and struggling t
