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- Age at time of book publication: 29
- Dropped out of school in seventh grade
- Previously worked as a stripper
- Has seven-year-old son with Saukrates
- Married to Mos Def in 2005
- Her childhood included sexual abuse
- Early boyfriends also abused her
- Performed in Snoop Dogg's Drop It Like It's Hot video
- Couple separated since October 2006
- Financial settlement was $115,000
- Divorce is not final because Mos Def won't sign the papersTheStar.com: Scenes from a hip-hop marriage (June 29, 2008)
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Quotes
"I don’t believe that his intent was to hurt me, I believe that he was trying to prove a point. But I had shared and cried with him many nights about my past (abusive) situation and I asked of him not to do that, because it brings back memories; so I found it to be more disrespectful, because he knew what I had been through."—Alana Wyatt-SmithTheStar.com: Scenes from a hip-hop marriage (June 29, 2008)
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Alana Wyatt-Smith Questions
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Can you recommend any good, free online resources for finding research? (other than Mahalo.com of course) :) 14 AnswersGoogle Book Search is really amazing and now includes magazines http://books.google.com/ Amazon.com also allows searching inside of books. Librarians; I... read more
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