An XL Life: Staying Big at Half the Size by Big Boy (Kurt Alexander).
Cash Money Content, 2011.
Autobiography/memoir, 237 pages.
Not leveled.
The autobiography of Los Angeles radio personality Big Boy, once known for his size as much as the music he played.
This book opened with Alexander talking about the father he never knew and how he didn’t feel that contributed to his weight at all. It’s a marked contrast to the last biography of a black man I read, Un-Ashamed.
On the other hand, Alexander was greatly impacted by constantly moving around as a child. His stories about homelessness and frequent moves reminded me more of Janet Mock’s Redefining Realness, although he wasn’t moving from relative to relative. His mother must have been truly remarkable, because his six siblings stayed with the family through various moves and hardships, even after they were adults.
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