Books like E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX

I wanted to read this because I've liked some of DMX's music since he came out. I'm also a huge fan of memoirs and the like and wanted to see what his childhood and family-life was like. I got my wish.Even though I did end up liking his autobiography I do have certain problems with it. My biggest problem is what while most of the time he seemed to talk (or write) straight from the heart, other times it was stilted. It was almost like he tried to make himself come off as more imtelligent when in actuality his words just ran around in circles and most of the time made no sense whatsoever. I think he'd have come off a lot better if he had kept it real and not tried to portray a certain image. Now, this is a part of his life and that's whatever but I'm an animal lover and don't like reading about dog fights. I especially don't like reading about dog fights when the person claims to be an animal lover as well. He loves his dogs. Yet he had no problem teaching them to be vicious. Hmmmm. The fact that he admitted that in the book speaks volumes to whoever is listening. He also spoke about God at certain times. Apparently, he feels that people who start out with nothing, 'in the dirt' in his words, are valued more by God than people who start out life with something or another. It really makes me wonder if this is actually thoughts of his or if he just popped off with the first thing that came to mind. That gives anything else I've ever heard a run for it's money as the most stupid thing I've ever heard (or read). In essance, God loves and values DMX more than me then. Hmmm, that sucks. Even with the parts that I had complaints against, I still liked the book- reading about his childhood was entertaining and learning about his come up in the rap world was even more so. I'd probably really only recommend his book to hardcore DMX fans, which I am not.