If I Ruled the World Format:Hardcover and crops—the labor of tobacco

and crops—the labor of tobacco picking and hog killing—of the eastern North Carolina lowlands where he grew up

but the performers knew the rapturous applause was obscuring the truth: there was a good chance someone was going to get killed at any moment

conjuring an aura upon those willing to follow their hearts’ desires

” —The Atlantic

If I Ruled the World Format:Hardcover and crops—the labor of tobaccoA fast paced, juicy debut novel that peeks behind the curtain at the cutthroat world of hip hop music and the glamorous magazine scene in the late 1990s, written by the ultimate insider It's 1999, and Nikki Rose is the only Black editor on the staff of a prestigious fashion magazine she once thought would be her ticket to becoming a respected editor in chief. But after being told one too many times by her boss that Black girls dont sell magazines, she