It's No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from Seduction to Scandal--a Hip-Hop Helen of Troy Tells All | 
| Author: Carmen Bryan
Publisher: MTV
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Sales Rank: 51895
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1416537201
Dewey Decimal Number: 790
EAN: 9781416537205
Publication Date: November 6, 2007
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"Carmen Bryan is no stranger to the rap world. Not only did she work at Def Jam and Capitol Records but she shares a daughter with hip-hop superstar Nas - a relationship made extremely public through Nas's celebrity status, rap lyrics, and the ever-present media. Now, in It's No Secret, a strong, resilient Carmen bares all, telling her side of the story and leaving no detail unturned - with the true candor and raw emotion of someone who has been there, done that, and survived. From a clandestine relationship with Nas's biggest rival, Jay-Z, that stirred up the biggest feud in hip-hop history, to seeing her reputation in tatters and a once loving relationship with Nas fall apart, Carmen depicts her trying journey to become the strong woman and mother she is today. After years of turmoil that included drugs, sex, greed, and violence - and abandoning what she had always prized above all, her freedom - Carmen took a stand, focusing on herself. After years of pursuit by the media, Carmen sets the record straight in It's No Secret - and has no regrets. "
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 its good November 21, 2008
if you like to get to the bottom of rumors or just want to know about carmen bryan this book will do it for you. she shines a light on some things. everything that shines ain't gold
 I tried to be nice here October 17, 2008
Before I read this book, I read all the reviews that others wrote on this book here, and I so wanted to write a positive review of it. But I couldn't, not for ANY OTHER REASON than this book was really poorly written.
Carmen tries to use big words and descriptive sentences that just don't work. She jumps time frames which make it hard to follow the story. Eventually, I just started reading chapters where I found names I wanted to know about. My problem with the other reviews of this book is that the negative ones don't tell me about the book, they just tell me their opinion of her character. Personally, I really don't care what you think about her character, because whether she is a ho or not is not going to make me pick up the book (I'm sure there are quite a few hoes out there that will tell a great story...remember all those HBO specials we loved to watch). I give this book 2 stars for the things that so many others hate about it. It gets 2 stars for the details that I didn't know before I read it, or the humor in just knowing that Beyonce may actually need a tic tac.
Carmen, if you are reading this, my advice to you is to get a better ghost writer, because as far as wanting to read a story from you, the readers were interested and that's the bottom line.
 Sad sick and sorry September 22, 2008
I feel sorry for theses women's children (Carmen & SuperHead). Why are they putting their kids names & pictures out here for everyone to see. It's not a good look. I maen I didn't really beleive 50% of this story. I don't beleive that she had a realtionship with SC for 5 years and they never went out or took pictures. She just sounds like an idiot. I mean the book kept me reading because I thought it would get better I guess, but I was very disappointed.
 Any Gold Digger can write a book September 15, 2008
After reading Carman Bryan's book, I honestly saw that this woman did nothing but spend her time being promiscuous with anyone that seemed to be in the business while Destiny ,her and Nas'daughter, was constantly being watched by Sha Sha, Nas' mother, and anyone else that would agree. It saddens me that this woman, who had at least 4 abortions in this book, felt the need to drag everyone's character through the mud.She constantly blamed her behavior on something that Nas' father said about not committing because they were not married. Besides having a hard time sympathizing with Bryan, I had a hard time sorting out the friends that she kept throwing into the book. It seems like she talked more about her travels and her random friends then how she had attempted to better her daughter's life. Her mother, whom she calls Sha Sha, was the only rational person in this immature woman's life. I believe that she should have let Sha Sha raise her daughter to give the girl a normal life. This woman moved all over the place without the regard of her young daughter.
I can go on and on about how bad this book was, but I just want to say that if you are going to be promiscuous, own up to it! Stop blaming others, ladies. If you have a child, raise him/her. Stop chasing these good for nothings; you have someone else to think for/about besides your shallow self. If you are constantly being burned by a man (she claimed Nas beat her, went through her things, lied to her, cheated on her,on and on and on) then LEAVE. Stop using him as a crutch, so you can act a damn fool. Get a job! Stop waiting on your monthly check! Lastly, stop writing these tell-all books about full of lies to make yourself feel better.
Next time, I will stick to Eric Jerome Dickey when I want a little African American Literature.
Don't waste you time on this one!
One star because I couldn't give it 1/2 a star September 5, 2008
If I could this book would have recieved 1/2 a star that is only because there were some interesting photos in the middle of the book, otherwise this was a poor excuse for a tell all. First of all, I don't believe much of what was written should have been written, is Carmen completely unaware of the fact that her daughter will have to live with this for the rest of her life. What child do you know wants their mother's sexual escapades splashed in a book for the world to read. Secondly so many of her words toward the end of the book tended to be cheap shots at the women who won the hearts of the men who just used her. It seemed like alot of sour grapes. I mean does anyone really believe that she kept Jay Z at arms length? All in all, this was a pathetic attempt.
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