Welcome to Celebrity Book Club.

This is a podcast that recaps and celebrates the memoirs of badass female celebrities

who have been torn down by tabloids

dissected by social media and faced heartaches and triumphs and come out of it all

even stronger. I'm your host Chelsea Devantes. I am a comedian, TV writer, and filmmaker and this week we are book clubbing

Sheila E's memoir written in 2014 titled The Beat of My Own Drum and just such a perfect title for her.

This is a book about trailblazing, and how Sheila became one of the first female drummers

and singers to go mainstream.

And it's also a book about how to write that you were in and singers to go mainstream.

And it's also a book about how to write

that you were engaged to Prince and Carlos Santana

in a way that will make people go,

uh, what?

She wants to be. What? That was Sheila E's hit song, Glamorous Life.

That was Sheila E's hit song, Glamorous Life.

Before we get into the episode, this is our second week as an Apple spotlight pick and we are the first

podcast they've ever spotlighted so which I'm still super excited about.

So if you're new to the podcast,

I highly recommend your first episode,

be a celebrity that you adore.

And listen to that one first,

just to see how surprising these books can be.

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