Kathy Iandoli
{{Short description|American author and journalist (born 1979)}}
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Kathy Iandoli (born February 24, 1979) is an American author and journalist. She has written for Vibe, The Source, XXL, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, The Guardian, Vice, and many other publications. She has held editorial positions at top Hip Hop/urban entertainment websites which include AllHipHop.com, HipHopDX.com and BET.com.{{Cite web|title=Kathy Iandoli|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/kathy-iandoli|access-date=2020-10-11|website=HarperCollins|language=en}} Iandoli is a professor of Music Business at New York University and has appeared across the media, on radio and in television and panels discussing Hip Hop and gender.
Education
Iandoli is a graduate of New York University, earning her M.A. in Music Business from NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Literary career
In 2016, Iandoli co-wrote Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook with Hip Hop artist Prodigy. It featured a foreword by chef and food personality Eddie Huang and was published by Infamous Books.{{Cite web|title=Commissary Kitchen|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29363395-commissary-kitchen|access-date=2020-10-11|website=www.goodreads.com}}
God Save The Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop{{Cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/god-save-the-queens-kathy-iandoli/1129913046|title = God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop|Paperback}} was published in 2019 by Dey Street Books. God Save the Queens pays tribute to the women of Hip Hop from the early work of Roxanne Shante, to hitmakers like Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott, to the superstars of today like Megan Thee Stallion, while exploring issues of gender, money, sexuality, violence, body image, feuds, and objectification.{{Cite web|title=God Save the Queens|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/god-save-the-queens-kathy-iandoli|access-date=2020-10-11|website=HarperCollins|language=en}} NPR listed God Save The Queens as one of their Favorite Books of 2019.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=NPR's Book Concierge|url=https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=list&year=2019|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-11|website=apps.npr.org}}
On August 17, 2021, Atria Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) published Iandoli's Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah, a biography that draws on interviews with singer and actress Aaliyah's friends, mentors and family, and it documents how her career influenced a new generation of artists. It has not been authorized by the Haughton family.{{cite web |last1=Lamarre |first1=Carl |title=Here's When 'Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah' Book Will Be Released |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/baby-girl-better-known-as-aaliyah-release-date-book-9471719/ |website=www.billboard.com |publisher=Billboard|date=October 23, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=FitzPatrick |first1=Hayley |date=August 17, 2021|title=New details of late R&B star Aaliyah's life revealed in 'Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/details-late-rb-star-aaliyahs-life-revealed-baby/story?id=79496866 |website=www.billboard.com |publisher=ABC News}} She is the co-author of Eve's memoir Who's That Girl?{{Cite web |title=Grammy Award-Winner Eve to Publish New Memoir: 'Who's That Girl?' (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/singer-eve-to-publish-new-memoir-exclusive-8559738 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}
Personal life
Iandoli lives in Northern New Jersey and is of Italian descent. {{Cite web|date=2012-10-03|title=Is it Safe to be an NJ Italian Again? Saying Goodbye to the Pain of Jersey Shore|url=http://xappeal.net/the-word/is-it-safe-to-be-an-nj-italian-again/|first=Kathy |last=Iandoli|access-date=2020-10-11|website=Xappeal|language=en-US}} She is the daughter of Anna Acquaviva Iandoli, a professor who taught at Montclair State University and William Paterson University. In honor of her mother's passing in 2019, Iandoli organized a scholarship through e-tech company Yellowbrick called Annie's Daughters, which provides young women an opportunity to take part in Yellowbrick's Music Industry Essentials Program in conjunction with New York University.{{Cite web|title=Scholarships {{!}} Kathy landoli|url=https://www.yellowbrick.co/anniesdaughters/|access-date=2020-10-11|website=Yellowbrick|language=en-US}} Iandoli also had a school named in her mother's honor in their hometown of Paterson, New Jersey called The Anna Iandoli Early Learning Center. Anna Iandoli taught in Paterson for over 30 years and developed curricula around the world, as well as was an advocate for the importance of early childhood literacy.{{cn|date=November 2022}}
Works
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- {{cite book| title=Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook (with Albert "Prodigy" Johnson)| publisher=Infamous Books| year= 2016| isbn=978-0997146233}}
- {{cite book| title=God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop| publisher=Dey Street Books| year= 2019| isbn=978-0-062-87850-2}}
- {{cite book| title=Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah| publisher=Atria Books| year= 2021| isbn=978-1-982-15684-8}}
- {{cite book| title=Can I Mix You A Drink? (with T-Pain)| publisher=Kingston Imperial| year= 2021| isbn=978-1954220003}}
- {{cite book| title=Who's That Girl? (with Eve)| publisher=Hanover Square Press| year= 2024| isbn=978-1335081155}}
References
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