Will Smith lends his star power to controversial author Sister Souljah as she launches her latest book
He in not known for his love of the written word.But this did not stop Will Smith attending an event where author Sister Souljah paraded her latest work in Philadelphia on Saturday.
The jolly Men in Black star looked thrilled to be attending the event at the Temple Performing Arts Centre as they posed together on the red carpet before the discussion event.
On parade: Will Smith looked thrilled to be posing with Sister Souljah in Philadelphia on Saturday
She was discussing her latest book A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story, a coming of age tale about a girl who is a 'natural-born hustler' which is said to be marching off the shelves.
She shot to fame after Bill Clinton criticised her remarks about race in the United States during the 1992 presidential campaign.
Following the infamous Los Angeles riots that year she said: 'If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?
She knows the drill: Souljah made sure she brought her new book, which she was about to discuss with Will
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'So if you're a gang member and you would normally be killing somebody, why not kill a white person? Do you think that somebody thinks that white people are better, are above and beyond dying, when they would kill their own kind?'
As
well as her writing, Sister, born Lisa Williamson, was also previously
the executive director of Daddy's House Social Programs Inc., a
non-profit corporation for urban youth financed by Diddy and Bad Boy
Entertainment.
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