Overview

• Truly was released Sept. 30 by HarperOne, collecting Richie’s recollections from his life and career.
• Richie writes that Quincy Jones jokingly nicknamed Michael Jackson “Smelly” because Jackson sometimes went days without changing or washing clothes.
• He recounts lending Jackson jeans and clean underwear, later finding Jackson’s discarded garments on his living-room carpet.
• Richie says Jackson often wore the same pants until they were unwearable, citing fans keeping his items as souvenirs and noting that Jackson sometimes skipped deodorant in private.
• Coverage notes Richie and Jackson’s long friendship and collaborations, including co-writing We Are the World, as reviews describe the memoir as measured and unsensational.