Bling ~ Erica Kennedy ~ SC

In the world of hip-hop Lamont Jackson is a major player. He's CEO of
Triple Large Entertainment and he's won his considerable reputation by
signing some of the most successful and controversial young rappers in
the business. But now he needs to find an R 'n' B crossover artist to
prove to himself and his paymasters that he should succeed his mentor,
Irv Greene, as head of Augusta Music. He thinks he's found it with
half-Haitian, half-Italian Marie-Jean Castiglione. Stunningly
beautiful, with a voice to match, Lamont intends to mould his discovery
into the perfect ghetto fabulous superstar. Before long Mimi, as she's
now to be known, is seduced by the clothes, the fame, the sophisticated
lifestyle she could only dream of as a naive young girl growing up in
Toledo. But as her career gathers momentum, she finds herself losing
control of her life.