From the stage to the bookstore, Rihanna is poised to make her literary debut in 2010! Thanks to a deal with Rizzoli, Rihanna will release a book in June. While details surrounding the project, titled ‘Rihanna: The Last Girl on Earth,’ are limited, sources say the 144 page book will likely end up being a mixture of photographs and short words written by Rihanna and Simon Henwood. News of Rihanna’s forthcoming project with Rizzoli, follows the release of Kanye West’s debut literary project, also released by Rizzoli, titled “Kanye West Glow In The Dark”.

 
Looks like Rihanna is taking notes from Kanye. Continue to see how you can pre-order the book which will retail for $50 U.S.
 

 
Rihanna
The Last Girl on Earth
Written by Rihanna, Contribution by Simon Henwood
144 pages
Pub Date: June 2010
Format: Hardcover
Category: Music – Popular
US Price: $50.00
CAN Price: $60.00
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3511-9 (0-8478-3511-1)
Publisher: Rizzoli
Trim Size: 10 x 13
Also available as a trade paperback.
 
You can pre-order it here at Amazon.
 

50 Cent and author Robert Greene promoted their book “The 50th Law of Power” at Barnes & Nobles 5th avenue yesterday in New York City. If you don’t already know this, Robert Greene is the author of “The 48 Laws of Power” which is a book all of you should own. It’s probably one of the reasons 50 cent is so damn rich right now. Make sure you all pick up both of these books. Click here for more info on the book and to see how 50 cent spoke to Robert Greene for strategic approach when it comes to rap beef.
 
 

VIBE.com: How did The 48 Laws of Power become such a rule of law with the hardest rappers and the most serious street cats?
Robert Greene: I think Jay-Z was the first rapper I ever heard quoting the book. Then it just started taking off. VIBE magazine was interviewing me. To be quite honest I’m not hugely knowledgeable about hip hop. I’m a little older. But then I started trying to find out what happened.

I talked to people like Busta Rhymes, or people who worked with Jay-Z or 50 himself. I feel like some of these managers like [50 Cent's manager] Chris Lighty got the book. Timing wise, I got kinda lucky. Because I was at a point were rappers were venturing hardcore into business. I think the book appeared at that moment and it struck a cord. Because if you’ve ever been in the music business before, its just brutal. Machiavellian to the 10th degree.

So the book allowed some of these managers to deal with the intense game playing that was going on. I think through them, it filtered down to the artists. Busta Rhymes told me he was doing a movie. I think it was Scary Movie, in 1999. His acting teacher actually gave him the book. I just think it resonated somehow. From 5 different directions it kinda converged onto the urban scene and took off. The book tells it like it is. I’m saying that this is the way the world has been for thousands of years.

How did you team up with 50 Cent for your latest book The 50 Law?

Well, I met him in 2006. I know his literary agent here in LA. He contacted me. 50 had some beef goin’ on with Game. Offensively 50 and his guys wanted to meet me to discuss a strategy about Game. I had read From Pieces to Weight, his autobiography. I liked it. Its not your typical celebrity hack job. Its so much better than the movie.

I went to NY and I met him in this back room. Things were intense. There was still a little bit of weirdness going on. I really liked him. We got along really well. He looks you in the eye when he speaks. He’s very down to earth. You don’t have to stroke his ego. He’s just really into certain things. War, strategy and that kinda stuff. So we talked about the Game, and I gave him my advice.  The problem was that I didn’t really know enough about what was going on. If I had known a lot more I probably would have said something a lot more intelligent.

Anyway, from that we kinda just kept in touch. He was gonna be doing some kind of business/success book with someone else. They ended up not liking the writer. They came to me. Instead of ghost writing a book, I’d collaborate with him directly.