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August 2010

Latin pop star Ricky Martin's new memoir will reveal his early struggles with his music career through to his rise to fame and coming to terms with his sexuality and fatherhood.

The English and Spanish-language versions of the book, called "Me" and "Yo" respectively, will be published in hardcover in the United States on November 2 after it was recently acquired by Celebra, a division of Penguin, the publisher said on Thursday.

Martin, 38, the singer of such hits as "Livin' la Vida Loca" said he was writing the memoir alongside announcing he was gay in March, ending years of speculation. He became a father to twin sons via a surrogate in 2008 and at the time no details were given about the birth or the mother.

"Writing this book allowed me to explore the different paths and experiences that have led me to be who I am today," he said in a statement. "I've had to tie up loose ends that I'd never attempted to tie up before, to work deeply into memories that were already erased from my mind.

The singer began his career with boy band Menudo and broke out as a solo artist and teen idol in the 1990s in Spanish-speaking countries.

He released his first, English-language album in 1999, the self-titled Ricky Martin, which saw two major hits, "Livin' la Vida Loca" and "She's All I Ever Had."

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Shoulda called it Livin' la Vida Lorca

Soo happy for him and now we both have something in common, we both have books called ME where the cover was in BW.....;-D.

Looooooooooove him ....yummmmmmmy

I'm really thinking of picking this up when it is released since I always thought Ricky was a gorgeous man...

I can't wait to read the chapter detailing the degree of his affinity for giving "golden showers".

I wish it was out now because it sounds like it would really help me with my insomnia

just thinking about it

elmer said:

Shoulda called it Livin' la Vida Lorca

Or Livin' La Vida Lycra - if he's into that sort of thing.