Wendell Jamieson worked for four New York newspapers as everything from copy boy to metro editor. He is the coauthor, with Joshua A. Miele, of Connecting Dots: A Blind Life, published in March by Grand Central. Visit his website here.
Now held on a variety of criminal charges, the hip-hop star first made news when he organized a charity basketball game that ended in a deadly stampede. The tabloids raced to cover it.
