Okay so a lot of you may or may not know who Karrine Steffans a.k.a. Superhead is. To give a quick rundown she use to be a video ho or video vixen, a euphism that people seem to like to use these days. I'll use video ho because she was a ho. Her first book she named about 10-15 singers/rappers among others that I can't remember, to name a few: Bobby Brown, DMX, Ja Rule, Usher, Irv Gotti, etc. She got the alias 'Superhead' because Jadakiss made the rhyme "I got a chick name Superhead/She give superhead/I called the super up, she even gave the super head" or somethin' like that. I think it was Jada who gave her that name with the rhyme...or was it Ja Rule? That's besides the point though. The point is she's written a couple of books talking about her adventures with these famous names, and has even come out with a third book 'The Vixen Manual' (read the title in the picture above), garnering moderate to pretty good success.
Now I'll be honest, I read her first book and some of her second book. The way she wrote it (let's just give her the benefit of the doubt and say she wrote it), it's written in such a way that the reader feels sympathetic towards her. Almost...empathetic when she talks about certain experiences in the book. However the fact remains that she's a ho. Ain't no ways about it that's what she is considering all the men she's been with past-present-(possibly)future. Nevertheless, I been indifferent to her...that is until I've seen her in interviews. Oh boy...where do I begin with this girl.
First off the thing about Karrine is that she's trying so hard to come off smart and professional, but she's not. In two separate interviews, she fell apart because she took offense to a question or comment the interviewer made. Just getting out of pocket for NO reason whatsoever. Now it's one thing to get frustrated if the person's being antagonistic but they just ask one question or say one thing and it's "You didn't read the book!" or "You're not doing a good job!". Really Karrine? That's the best you can do? Seriously where is this girl's publicist? Does she even have one? It just seems like she goes into these interviews thinking 'I'll just talk like I had maybe one or two years of college and people will take me seriously'. Did nobody tell her that most of the public views her as a ho and will not change their views of her anytime soon until she actually shows legitimate signs of intelligence?
What stood out to me the most is that in a radio interview, the interviewer was actually being pretty decent. He started to ask her about her past as a video ho to give his listeners some background information on who she is, fair enough right? Miss Karrine didn't think so. She went off stating that she's offended and the radio DJ lost it a little and said that nobody would know her if it weren't for her video ho experience. Can you believe this idiot said that they would? So not only is she an idiot but she's delusional. Who in the hell told this girl she was a celebrity on her own strength? Last I checked she used to suck and fuck dicks for a living. What has she done besides that, that would make her known to people? Go here for the radio interview.
To make matters worse she had another interview with the CW. The interviewers weren't being mean but things got ugly so fast it's not even funny. Karrine was there promoting her third book which, according to one of the CW interviewers, has actual sexual positions and descriptions within in it (I'll get to this in a minute). Once the interviewer started asking real questions about the book, this fool (Karrine) decides to turn on her bitch switch: 'You didn't read the book!' with this 'tsk tsk' look on her face (not surprising in a interview for her first book, when people actually asked questions about the content in the book she said the same exact line, coincidence? I think not). This leads to the other interviewer cutting the interview short and calling her 'a rumpshaker in a video'. Great job Karrine. Not only have you done nothing to further your image as a legitimate author, you just managed to give somebody (a white man btw) an excuse to demean you on tv because of your past. Yeah thought that one all the way through huh? Go here for the CW interview. *covers face in exasperation at this fool*
Now onto her actual books, the first one 'Confessions of a video vixen' was actually written in such a way that it made her look like a woman who had no other option to do what she did (suck and fuck to stay afloat, especially because she has a son). I didn't feel too bad about her until I saw and heard her in interviews. She was just coming off fake and stupid, sadly I see not much has changed. The second book I read a little of it when I was bored one day, but I didn't get a chance to get into anything really interesting. The third book I have not read but I think it's a dumb idea. 'How to find, seduce, and keep the man you want' is the title she chose for this wonderful little book. Seriously Karrine? Somebody enlighten me as to when she became a relationship expert. The way her first book was written, she made it seem like some of those men cared for her and maybe they did, but they damn sure did not respect her. In other words, a lot of them used her, I wouldn't be surprised if her shit was like throwing a hot dog down a hallway now. Keeping in mind all this, especially the fact that the man she said she's married to (remember Eddie Winslow from Family Matters?), is now soundly renoucing her and denying most of what she's said about them; who in the hell will seriously buy this book with the intent on getting tips from Karrine Steffans a.k.a. Superhead? She could maybe give you tips on how to tighten up your sex game (hey ain't no better teacher but experience) but beyond that, I'm lost. Excuse me for a moment *clears throat* Bitch what the hell?!...sorry sorry.
Enough about the books, let's talk about the actual impact she's had on the hip-hop community. For the most part it's been negative. There have been a few who have said more power to her because those rappers used her; I was one of them until I heard her speak and realized that most of what she says is scripted and when you ask her something outside of her script you see she's really a damn idiot but I digress. The people she's named in the book have either kept silent or very publicly denied her shit. This is why it is NO surprise that there is a documentary called 'Kiss and Tail', a hate-fest narrated by none other than radio personality and now tv host Wendy Williams (she's a topic all by herself). In it are a variety of people that Karrine has 'wronged' and 'falsely accused'. Keep in mind I don't have anything to say about the content because only God and her know the truth, so it's whatever that these people are coming forward all hurt and what not. Here's the trailer to 'Kiss and Tail'. OH before I forget, peep Darius McCray (Eddie Winslow)'s part in Kiss and Tail here, he makes a good point about her son and the sound's not quite in sync (looks like a badly dubbed martial arts foreign movie) but watching the vid ain't that important, just listen.
Why am I ranting about Karrine Steffans? It's not because she's a ho or because I think she's a liar or whatever. The debate of whether or not she's lying about anything she's put in her books is a whole other post that I will NOT get into. What I do have a problem with is the way she conducts herself. I'm all for bettering one's self and/or having a good hustle, etc etc etc, but is it too much to ask that she actually do the homework behind looking like an intelligent being and not a 'I'm just try'na get paid' ho? The way she acts I'm beginning to think so. It's like she's compelled to do shit to give people an excuse to call her a ho. What makes it worse is that she's self-righteous. I have seen her in many interviews defending what she's doing, which is fine, but it's almost as if she thinks because she wrote a book that makes her a legitimate author so people have to respect her. If only life were that easy. Basic human respect is what everyone is entitled to but respect for the person you are...well that's not so easy to come by. So if she thinks putting on a nice little front for Oprah and all these media people will work, she better come again.
In conclusion, if I were in Karrine's place I wouldn't feel any real remorse for putting all those niggas on blast. HOWEVER, I'd own up to my past and not get offended when someone calls me on or asks me about it. It's the truth right? I wouldn't act like I'm this good clean young lady who's honor you're defiling by bringing up all that shit. I'm not saying she can't keep the good girl act, I'm just saying she needs to stop acting like a fake dumb ho. Unfortunately, I think what I'm asking is beyond Karrine's power. I think I'm done, however my homie Freeze a.k.a. Zero a.k.a. whatever else he or somebody else feels like calling him, did a video on Superhead because of a video she did saying 'my life is not any of your business' *smh*. Need I say more? Just watch his video, appropriately titled 'Stupid Head':
Until next time. I know I'm not following any of the guidelines I set in my last blog but I don't care. My blog, my rules bitches.
Sha
