Hold My Gold: A White Girl's Guide to the Hip-Hop World

by Albertina Rizzo and Amanda McCall

Every night there is a white girl crying herself to sleep somewhere in America, listening to Ludacris and wishing she could be part of that gold-rimmed, Cristal-soaked hip-hop dream. Hope has arrived in the wise counsel given in Hold My Gold: A White Girl's Guide to the Hip-Hop World. From "Da Basix: Vocab, Grammar, and Translation" to "How to Be a Video Ho or "Just look Like One," authors McCall and Rizzo deliver a comprehensive education...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743264606
• ISBN13: 9780743264600
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

silly and hilarious

i beg all those who take themselves too seriously to lighten up. this book is satire at its finest and should not be taken as a white woman's honest view of black people in general or their culture. to even consider that is even more ridiculous than the book itself. thanks to the authors for making me laugh the entire train ride home from work today, and from one silly bitch to anotha....HOLLA!

Silly, ironic and good for people with ACTUAL sense of humor

I read this book and, in reading a few of the reviews it saddens me to think that we have lost a sense of humor and irony in this country. It is a witty satire that makes fun of girls, which I, as a girl, find refreshing. The reviews that I see that are written by people who seem so offended by this book (and claim, wrongly, that it is racist) seem to be written by people who probably haven't actually read it and are reviewing on impulse. At it's core, this book is silly and strangely sweet, as it is clearly a parody of two very lost characters trying to fit in. I reccomend it for anyone who ACTUALLY has sense of humor.

Unusally funny

At first I thought the book was going to make fun of the Hip Hop Community but it gave me a good lauph!!!

Yo Girl, Crunkest Book Ever

This is a hilarious book. I bought it for a friend and we had the whole party reading it out loud. Very clever and funny. I highly reccomend it. If you want a good laugh, and to be more crunk, buy this book!

Dis is da bomb

I bought this as a gag gift and it's hilarious. Complete with tests and every single move to become a ho, its highly entertaining. You can be a hip hop hater, a neutral hip hop person or even like hip hop to appreciate the humor and uniqueness of this phat guide....