The  daughter of a legendary leader makes her late night debut

Writer, Ilyasah Shabazz, appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show as she talked about her father and promoting her second book, Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X.

She also discussed learning more about her father as she entered college at the age of 16 and how he always protected his girls from any danger.

She also address the controversy surrounding rapper Nicki Minaj using her father’s image for her song and explained the history behind the photo by saying:

That photo was taken at a time when our house was fire bombed and my dad was in his 30′s.

Her book, Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X is available in stores and online now. This is a perfect book to give to your child as a present.

-Matia (@ms_hip_hop)