''I Am the New Black'' is a 2009 autobiography by American

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and comedian

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, co-written with journalist

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. It was published on 22 October 2009 by Spiegel & Grau. The book includes tales about Morgan's life as a child, living in Tompkins Projects in

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, the desperation of the drug dealers' trade and how he rose to fame performing on ''

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''.

References

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