Take It Like a Man : The Autobiography of Boy George

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This gave Culture Club the distinction of being the first group since the Beatles to have three Top 10 hits in the US from a debut album. He was raised in a working-class Irish Catholic family; his father was born in England of Irish descent and his mother was from Dublin. George wrote an autobiography titled, Take It Like a Man,which was published by Harper Collins in 1995.

He has one older brother Kevin, as well as two younger brothers Gerald and David and a younger sister Siobhan. His parents were Irish whereas he was a follower of the New Romantic movement which was popular in Britain in the early 80s. As a solo artist, Boy George has released nine studio albums, five compilation albums and forty-eight singles.He has performed with Culture Club in reunion shows since 1998, and began his career as a DJ in the late 1990s. Richard Clayton QC, representing the Probation Service, said George's participation would pose "a high level of risk" to the service's reputation. Its singles ‘Church of the Poison Mind’ and ‘Karma Chameleon’ became number one hits in 16 countries.

A track was done with Groove Armada, named "Innocence is Lost", but was only released on a promo 12" in 1999. In 2007, he toured as a DJ, visiting many venues in locations such as Stuttgart, Rotterdam, Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Dubai, Montreal, Toronto, London, Blackpool, Coventry, Munich, Lyon, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Brussels and Moscow. In 1986, keyboardist Michael Rudetsky, who co-wrote the song "Sexuality" on Culture Club's From Luxury to Heartache album, was found dead of a heroin overdose in George's London home. Determined to save Boy George's life, his younger brother David made an appearance on UK national television and discussed Boy George's drug habit, which Boy George had been publicly denying at that time. In the autobiography, he stated that he had secret relationships with punk rock singer Kirk Brandon and Culture Club drummer John Moss.His solo hit songs include " Everything I Own", " Bow Down Mister", " Generations of Love" and " Love Is Leaving" and " The Crying Game", from the soundtrack for the film of the same name. In 1992 and later on, he also established his own boutique and made dresses for the top fashion models as well as a diva and introduced himself as being a fashion designer. Karma is the definitive autobiography from the incomparable Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of Culture Club and LGBTQ+ vanguard: Boy George. It was during his ‘Culture Club’ days that George was recognized world over for hit singles like ‘Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?