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BET reality star Toya Carter of 'Tiny and Toya' fame is gearing up to release her debut memoir 'Priceless Inspiration' next February.On her top-rated television show, viewers followed the New Orleans native, born Antonia Johnson Carter, as she began writing her first tome.
According to its publisher, the inspirational book will speak candidly to young women on love, sex, motherhood and relationships and serve as a cautionary tale of how not to make some of the same mistakes she made, like becoming pregnant at age 14.
The father of Carter's daughter, Reginae,is Dwayne Michael Carter, better known as Grammy Award-winning rap star Lil' Wayne. The couple did not tie the knot until seven years after their daughter's birth and their marriage lasted only two years and serves as a subject in the 'Priceless.'
"That relationship has brought me a lot of love and a lot of pain," Carter said.
Still, the two remain close friends.
Wayne, who is finishing up his gun possession jail sentence at Riker's Island, has supported her new venture and even penned the foreword for 'Priceless Inspiration.' The publisher says the debut literary effort's primary message to girls is "Don't do it my way."
Carter's mother is also a drug addict and spent most of her life being passed from family member to family member as her mother could not care for her. Those stories are documented along with other private moments that she penned in journals as a teen.
Carter is now creating a children's clothing line and her new BET show will premiere on BET in 2011.
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By: gerald on 10/29/2010 12:54AM
Now what are we going to do?
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By: Deborah on 10/29/2010 9:55AM
I am such aToya fan. She is beautiful. God bless, stay clean, be a good mother and walk with God.
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By: trettrettr on 10/30/2010 10:37AM
Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Off-topic, promotional or otherwise inappropriate comments will be removed.
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By: John F. C. Taylor on 10/31/2010 7:41AM
No person associated with a reality show is a star. At best, they can be called celebrities. Unless that person has already made a name for themselves on TV or on stage or in the movies. Basically, all reality shows are a waste of TV air time and should be banned from tv entirely.
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By: Stace on 10/31/2010 8:07AM
Who give's a crud about another nobody!!!
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By: robert on 10/31/2010 9:26AM
oh, yawn.....
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By: sheila on 10/31/2010 11:03AM
STAR????? PLEASE - they put themselves on tv and people call them a star. Another tell all that no one cares about, and all you that will write and say that I must care about her or I wouldnt have written, I didnt write because I CARE about her, I wrote because I wanted to express my thoughts on how stupid this topic is.
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By: nolen nunley on 10/31/2010 1:24PM
THANK YOU FOR THAT MY GOD I'M SO TIRED OF ALL THESE SO CALLED STARS NOTHING MORE THEN JUST WANTABES GIVE ME A BREAK
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By: Dean on 10/31/2010 1:19PM
There is not now nor has there ever been any such thing as reality tv.It is all scripted and the out come is known from the get go.
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By: Kare' on 10/31/2010 9:32PM
I wish her well. She is a good person with a kind heart. Just because she did not come out and make a fool of herself does not make her a "nobody". I think her life-story can be inspiring to many other young women. Even if she is a "nobody" her testimony can possibly bring hope to someone.
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