The Fame Game

An Insider's Playbook for Earning Your 15 Minutes

De: Ramon Hervey II

Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi

Legendary Hollywood entertainment manager and publicist Ramon Hervey II shares insightful tales of his remarkable four-decade career plotting and overseeing fame, success, crisis and spinning for seminal talents at the top of their game, from Little Richard, Bette Midler, and the Bee Gees, to Aaliyah, Rick James, and Vanessa Williams—a juicy and addictive retrospective that also traces the origins of fame and how social media is changing the rules.

Superstar manager and PR guru Ramon Hervey II has been playing the “fame game” for more than four decades, shaping, protecting, and sometimes rehabilitating the reputations of some of today’s biggest celebrities. Throughout his career, Hervey has mined, molded, and managed, mopped up messes, and mounted major celebrity comebacks.

The Fame Game is his uncensored, behind-the-scenes look at rich and famous celebrities as they are rarely seen. Hervey shares the hilarious, the absurd, the disappointing, and the surprising as he recalls how he became a trusted confidant to a Who’s Who in music, comedy, film to A-listers including Richard Pryor, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Don Cornelius, the Bee Gees, Herb Alpert, Andrae Crouch, Vanessa Williams, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Luther Vandross, Rick James, Paul McCartney, Peter Frampton, Andrae Crouch, Nick Nolte, James Caan, and Muhammad Ali.

Filled with never-before-told anecdotes, cameos, and unforgettable stories, moving from the legendary disco era of the '70s and post-civil rights era to Hollywood soundstages, and viewed through his acute and trained lens, The Fame Game is an enlightening historical view of the origins of fame, entertainment and media that examines our obsession with fame and the famous, and how social media is cultivating is own fame—an irresistible, addictive and utterly fascinating exploration of our insatiable obsession with celebrity culture.

©2022 Ramon Hervey II (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers

All You Need To Know

An important deep dive into this thing called, “fame.” Great backstories, tenets, and information. It’s a must-listen.
YD

So well done!

Ramon has been a secret weapon in the entertainment industry for so many! I thoroughly enjoyed this ride!!

Aspiring artists and creators should listen to this book

I loved this book. It's filled with wisdom, insight, smart advice and some great stories. We all can learn valuable lessons from Mr. Hervey's book. Thank you for writing this gem!💗

Enjoyed book.

Learned a great amount about the works of Fame. A great guide book to keep especially in today’s world. Thank you

Phenomenal!

Shameful that I only about Mr. Hervey as Vanessa Williams spouse. He’s had an incredible career. Incredible!
I’ve always been a behind the scenes kind of girl. So I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The only thing I didn’t like was that it ended.
Mr. Hervey’s story reminds me of Clarence Avant’s story. The man behind everyone’s success. Great job! I highly highly recommend this book.