Lee Pinkerton was born in London at the end of the 1960s, the child of Jamaican and Guyanese immigrants. After leaving home at the end of the 80s to study Sociology and Psychology at University, he became seduced by the bright lights and glamour of the music industry and spent the next decade as a music journalist, first as a freelancer for magazines such as Mix Mag, Echoes, and Hip-Hop Connection and then as the Arts Editor for The Voice –‘Britain’s Best Black newspaper’.
It was whilst in this capacity that he interviewed such Hollywood stars as Samuel Jackson, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, and Morgan Freeman. At this time he also appeared on music industry panel debates, and was a regular on-air contributor to radio stations Choice FM and BBC Radio London.
In addition to this he also wrote a book the Many Faces of Michael Jackson published by Ozone books in 1997.
But as the 90s gave way to the Noughties, and Lee entered his 30’s the glamour of the film and music industries lost some of their sheen and he yearned to do something more substantial. Not only that, but now married with children he became concerned for the welfare of his two sons up growing up in London’s poorest borough. So he left the cut and thrust of the media and the city of London taking his family to Derby in the East Midlands where they made their new home.
In 2006, he returned to University, again studying Psychology but this time at Master’s degree level and for a time was working in the area of mental health. But his passion for writing would not leave him and he has expanded the topic of his Master’s degree research project into his latest book. Drawing on his own experiences and observations working in Prisons and in Psychiatric hospitals after leaving the media, as well as extensive academic research The Problem With Black Men examines the causes of the social problems facing Black men in Britain and America today.
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