"the Dedan Tolbert Show" - Celebrating 10 Years!

"The Dedan Tolbert show" is now 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

Please join me Thursday February 26th on The Dedan Tolbert Show as I welcome National Best Selling Author Dwayne Joseph! Living in Maryland with his wife and three children, Dwayne S. Joseph is the author of several novels: The Choices Men Make, The Womanizers, Never Say Never, If Your Girl Only Knew, In Too Deep, Til It’s Gone, Home Wrecker, and If It Isn’t Love (slated for June 09’ release). He is also a contributing author to several anthologies: A Dollar And A Dream, Around The Way Girls I & IV, and Gigolos Get Lonely Too. Writing has been a passion of his since he was thirteen. In 2001 he saw his dream of becoming a published author realized due to a timely layoff. He is currently working on his next novel, titled Betrayal due out in October of ‘09. His novel Home Wrecker is currently being optioned for a film.

Please join me on The Dedan Tolbert Show Wed February 25th as I welcome best selling author, Monica Marie Jones. Monica Marie Jones is an author whose published works include The Ups and Downs of Being Round, Taste My Soul and FLOSS. She is also a contributing author in Chicken Soup for the Girls Soul, New Directions for Youth Development and several publications and youth development training materials for the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. She has worked as a columnist and freelance writer for the Michigan Front Page Newspaper and is an active member of the Motown Writer's Network. Monica received her Bachelor’s Degree and teaching certificate in Elementary Education from Eastern Michigan University. She also received her Masters of Social Work from the University of Michigan. In addition to writing Monica is a professional dancer, dance teacher, kickboxing instructor, motivational speaker and a trainer and field consultant for the Center for Youth Program Quality which is a joint ventu

"The Dedan Tolbert show" has moved TO 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

"The Dedan Tolbert show" has moved TO 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

"The Dedan Tolbert show" has moved TO 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

Please join me on Thursday February 19th at 9:00 PM ESTon The Dedan Tolbert Show as we celebrate the life of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. I will be joined by Ronald Lopes and Reigndrop Lopes (Left Eye’s Siblings). We will be discussing Lisa’s new album, Eye Legacy and the Lisa Left Eye Lopes Foundation. Eye Legacy is the first “much anticipated’’ solo album being released in the U.S for Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. Executive Producers are The Heavy Weights, Marcus Siskin and Surefire Music Group. Co-Produced by Wanda Lopes (Left Eye’s Mother), Ronald Lopes and Reigndrop Lopes. Guest artists include Missy Elliot, T-Boz, Chilli, Lil Mama, Bobby Valentino, Chamillionaire, and many more. The first official single, "Let's Just Do It," was released on January 13, 2009 and features Missy Elliott and TLC. The album includes a bonus DVD of never before seen footage of Left Eye. The album booklet will also contain fan messages that were collected through the Eye Legacy official MySpace page. A percentage of the proceeds

Please join me me on “The Dedan Tolbert Show” as we celebrate the life and album release of Lisa “left Eye” Lopes”. Tonight, I’ll be joined by the soulful group, Egypt, who was mentored by Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. Egypt was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pa. The band members include Joy Lonon, Katrina Gibson, and Sophia Gibson. These Three girls formed a group fresh out of elementary school, and it's their amazing talent and friendship that keeps their chemistry flowing. Egypt writes and produces most of their music and they are open to other writers and producers as well. The group also plays live instruments and has a distinct heart felt sound which sets them aside from many other groups. Egypt is also known for their smooth harmonious, creativity, and acting skills in addition to their silly, bubbly, and humble personalities. Listen live at www.askdedan.com Call in with questions to 646-200-0366

"The Dedan Tolbert show" is now 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

Please join me for our racial profiling debate. I will be joined by radio show host Dr. Chuck Williams and author Royal Flyness. Join my new online community, "Dedan's Place". Visit www.askdedan.ning.com

"The Dedan Tolbert show" is now 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

Please join me Thursday February 12th for my Valentine’s Day Special with National Best Selling Author, Miasha! Having been in the book industry for only two years Miasha has five novels under her belt plus a short story in an anthology. She’s caught the attention of major media outlets such as BET, The Wendy Williams Experience, CBS, and CN8 and has been featured in an array of national magazines from Essence to Vibe Vixen. Known for having extravagant release parties and being one of the game’s top hustlers, this best selling author established quite a name for herself. On The Dedan Tolbert Show, we will be discussing the one-night only return of her hit play “Secret Society” on May 9th! In the stage adaptation of the controversial, best-selling urban literature novel Secret Society, Celess and Tina are two fly, flashy females who hustle men for money and material possessions, but they have a dark, twisted secret that, once revealed, proves fatal. "Secret Society-the stage play-was phenomenal. It defin

In 2002 K’wan hit the scene with his debut novel Gangsta, under Triple Crown Publications. What started as a therapeutic release went on to become a part of urban-lit history and an Essence bestseller, as well as drawing rave reviews overseas. After penning his second novel, Road Dawgz, K’wan drew the attention of St. Martin’s press. The literary powerhouse quickly signed K’wan to a multi-book deal, the first of which being Street Dreams. K’wan’s titles also include Hoodlum (2005), Eve (2006), Hood Rat (2006),Flexin & Sexin: Sexy street tales vol. 1 (2007), Blow: A G-unit novella (2007) and Still Hood (2007). Through his work, K’wan has helped to empower thousands of young people not only to discover the wonderment of the written word, but to seek positive routes in reaching their goals. Since his insertion into the publishing world K’wan has been featured in Vibe Magazine, Pages, King, Felon, Big News, The New York Press and Time Magazine, to name a few. He was also interviewed by MTV news for a feat

"The Dedan Tolbert show" is now 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

"The Dedan Tolbert show" is now 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

"The Dedan Tolbert show" is now 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

Please join me on The Dedan Tolbert Show, Thursday at 9pm EST as I welcome National Best Selling Author, Eric Pete! Hailed as one of contemporary fiction's rising stars, Eric Pete is the national best-selling author of many novels including: Blow Your Mind, Lady Sings the Cruels, Don't Get It Twisted, Gets No Love, Someone's In the Kitchen and Real for Me as well as a contributor to On the Line, After Hours, and Twilight Moods. His new release is the emotionally intense STICKS AND STONES. He currently resides with his family in Texas where he is working on his next bestseller. Sticks and Stones Synopsis: Ten years. A decade. Time enough for a high school graduate from a small, sleepy southern town to move on and become something. But what? And is it enough time to forget? Trayce, an internet entrepreneur, has moved on. Chicago is where she dwells, where she has been hired to manage the very company she founded. Is ten years enough time to heal the emotional scars she's suffered? Scars inflicted from stu

"The Dedan Tolbert show" is now 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.

Please join me tonight on The Dedan Tolbert Show as I welcome filmmaker , Jillian Bullock. Her first book, entitled "Killing Of Innocence," will be published in 2008. The book tells of Jillian"s upbringing as an African-American girl, who was raised by her white stepfather. How he, who was also a member of the Italian Mafia, influenced everything aspect of Jillian’s life from criminal activity to relationships.

"The Dedan Tolbert show" is now 5 NIGHTS A WEEK (Monday-Friday)!!! "The Dedan Tolbert Show" airs nationwide Monday-Friday at 9:00pm EST and is hosted by award-winning author and advice columnist , Dedan Tolbert. In addition to giving expert advice on dating and relationships, he also will be interviewing the hottest celebrity guests. Call in live with questions and comments to 646-200-0366.