Antonia “Toya” Carter is making her own mark on entertainment…and now in the publication world.  The former wife of multi-platinum rapper Lil Wayne, mother of Reginae Carter, and reality show tv star, Toya Carter has now released her first book ‘Priceless Insipirations’.  

According to HarpersCollins:

On her hit television show ′Tiny and Toya′, Antonia ′Toya′ Carter seems to be living the good life: she has a beautiful home, good friends, and is pursuing her dreams in fashion design. But hers has been a life of peaks and valleys. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she was passed from family member to family member as her mother sank deeper into her drug addiction. Feeling unloved and unwelcomed, Toya fell into the arms of a 15-year-old rising musical star-Dwayne Michael Carter, known these days as the rapper ′Lil Wayne′– and ended up pregnant at the tender age of 14.

In Letters to My Younger Self, Toya takes the reader through the pain of being a teenage mother struggling to raise a child while still a child herself-without the benefit of the guidance of her own mother. Using the words she recorded in the journals she kept as a teen-and the wisdom she has gained in the years since-Toya bares her own struggles, using them to offer young women real and heartfelt understanding and advice about sex, relationships, motherhood and growing up.

Sounds like this is a good read. We are going to have to check it out!

In related news, make sure to watch Toya’s new show “Toya: A Family Affair“.  The reality show will peep into the life of Toya and her family. The show premiers on BET,  Tuesday, April 19 at 10pm EST.