Danteé Ross is releasing his memoir, Son of the City, later this year. He made the announcement on IG on Wednesday (3/1).

"So it's finally a reality. Worked on this for a long time," he posted. "Started it with my dad in 2009, it was originally going to be a mutual bio of sorts, father and son style. His cancer returned and we had to put it down, bigger things were at hand. He would pass in 2011 and I left it alone for 5 years. It was too heavy for me."

Dante revealed that he returned to the project after advice from one of his father's friends, did a few rewrites, hired an agent, and secured a publisher. "Like magic, I have an actual book I wrote dropping on May 24th," he said.

Ross started the music business when Tommy Boy President Monica Lynch hired him to A&R De La Soul's debut 3 Feet High And Rising. As a producer and engineer, he has worked with Brand Nubian, 3rd Bass, Korn, and others. Complex recognized him as one of the top 25 A&R representatives in Hip-Hop.

According to Barnes & Noble, " Ross pulls no punches as he details his time growing up on the pre-gentrification Lower East Side as the child of political activists, his devotion to punk rock, and his eventual discovery of a brand new art form. Ross earned a Grammy in 1998 for his production work on Carlos Santana’s Supernatural. Ross’ production work has also appeared on Eminem’s 8 Mile soundtrack, where he produced and co-wrote two songs that featured Macy Grey and Young Z. Ross has worked with artists as diverse as Korn, Incubus, Mobb Deep, Ice Cube, ODB, as well as a plethora of others."

Pre-order Son of the City here.