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July 14, 2005
An open letter to Sean "Puffy" Combs
From E! Online:
Meanwhile, Diddy encountered his own difficulties with his proposed memoir along the way. In 2001, he sued Gilmore for allegedly accepting a $325,000 paycheck and subsequently exiting the project.
Dear Diddy,
I read about the problems you've been having with the ghostwriter of your autobiography. That is indeed a shame. However, good things can come from bad (even for a "Bad Boy" such as yourself!) which is why I'd like to offer my editorial services. Here is a sampling of what I could bring to the project:
-- The ability to deal sensitively with emotional subjects, such as the gangland-style slayings of fellow rappers.
-- A willingness to gloss over embarrassing topics, for instance being dumped by a prominent singer/actress.
-- The subtlety to describe your rise from intern to producer to rapper to mogul without it sounding like you're full of yourself. Unless that's what you want, which would be easy enough to do.
As far as payment goes, I have to admit that your first ghostwriter may have been "playing you," in hip-hop parlance (see, I know the lingo). Frankly, $325,000 seems awfully steep. Half that would be fine.
Anyway, let me know.
Tom
Posted by teb at July 14, 2005 10:33 AM