✨“Thoughtful reading for Houston fans and music historians alike.”— Kirkus Reviews ✨“Particularly impactful is Kennedy’s work to locate Houston’s legacy in a historical-cultural context”— Booklist ✨“[Kennedy] both celebrates the legendary singer’s inimitable talent and offers a rousing critique of oppressive systems still at work today. This is a must-read for fans.”— Publisher's Weekly, *starred* review ✨“A collection of unsparing, deeply personal essays on the singer’s life and career that arrives 10 years after her death...Kennedy’s book, unlike so many before it, is not a gossipy biography but a collection of often powerful meditations on Whitney’s life and the culture that failed her.”— The Washington Post ✨“A candid exploration of Houston’s talent, dysfunction and fame beyond the tabloid headlines...It seriously considers her impact on music, pop culture, race and the author’s own life as a queer Black man.”— Los Angeles Times ✨“A decade after Houston’s death, journalist Gerrick Kennedy celebrates the music legend’s triumphs in a judgment-free exploration of her life following a foreword by Brandy.”— InStyle ✨“By contextualizing her career, this book is far from a simple biography or tell-all, and feels like, what Wills described as ‘a collective apology’ to a beloved icon.”— The Grio

✨“Tackle Didn’t We Almost Have It All...and you can expect to see things you already know, but you can also expect to be delighted. It’s a fan’s book, for sure, and reading it might be the greatest love of all...There’s a lot of introspection in it, as well as a shift in how we think about our celebrities.”— Jacksonville Free Press The paperback edition of my new book, DIDN’T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL: IN DEFENSE OF WHITNEY HOUSTON, is on sale April 18, 2023. Preorder 🔗 in bio. gerrickkennedy.net/whitney for more info💫 . . . . #DidntWeAlmostHaveItAll #InDefenseOfWhitneyHouston #whitneyhouston #brandy #books #blackbookstagram #wellreadblackgirl #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #popmusic #randb