Touré is a TV host, a podcaster, and the author of eight books including, Nothing Compares 2 U, an oral history of Prince. He is a host and Creative Director at TheGrio. He is also the host of the podcast “Toure Show” which has had over three and a half million downloads. He was the co-host of MSNBC’s The Cycle and a host at MTV and BET and a correspondent at CNN and a writer for Rolling Stone, the New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two kids.

Cliff Evans attended a storied New England prep school and an Ivy League university, and when he finished, he turned to… professional counterfeiting. He and his team sought ways to make money illegally – by photocopying it. Why would someone with all the opportunities in the world turn to a life of crime?
 
In the Scribd Original The Ivy League Counterfeiter, author and TV host Touré dives into how Evans built his operation and how it all fell apart. Touré and Evans were not just classmates – they were also friends. This true, gripping story goes deep inside Evans’s roller-coaster life. It’s built on court documents and interviews with Evans, his mother, and his friends, who reveal that Evans was enamored with the street life – partly because he looked up to his older brother, a serial bank robber. His brother taught him the code of the street, but did he help bring down Evans?
 
The Ivy League Counterfeiter is a harrowing, heart-thumping journey that takes us from the streets of Chicago to the hallowed halls of Columbia University and into the criminal underworld. This provocative, unforgettable story encompasses the wild, chaotic ride of someone who just couldn’t stay away from the street life.

Available December 7 as both an ebook and audiobook narrated by the author.