Books on tyler perry biography

Tyler Perry is telling his life story in a new documentary.

Tyler Perry Biography: A Story of Faith, Resilience, and Triumph.

Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life.

Higher Is Waiting.

Tyler Perry: Media Mogul (Blue Delta Books).

Tyler Perry: A Short Unauthorized Biography.

On Tuesday, Prime Video released the trailer for Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, which dives into the details of the 54-year-old's upbringing and path toward his growth into one of the most successful filmmakers of his generation.

The documentary's trailer opens with a clip from Perry's 2010 appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes, noting that, at the time, five of Perry's movies had opened at the top spot at the domestic box office in the four preceding years.

The trailer then dives into how Perry, born Emmitt Perry Jr., changed his name due to his difficult relationship with his father and abusive childhood. Personalities interviewed in the film note that Perry "broke every rule" in Hollywood when he broke out with 2005's Diary of a Mad Black Woman and 2006's Madea's Family Reunion.

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