On the Come Up
Angie Thomas
- The
- YA
- love
- letter
- to
- hip-hop—streaming
- on
- Paramount+
- September
- 23,
- 2022!
- Starring
- Sanaa
- Lathan
- (in
- her
- directorial
- debut),
- Jamila
- C.
- Gray,
- Da’Vine
- Joy
- Randolph,
- Lil
- Yachty,
- Method
- Man,
- Mike
- Epps,
- GaTa
- (Davionte
- Ganter),
- Miles
- Gutierrez-Riley,
- Titus
- Makin
- Jr.,
- and
- Michael
- Anthony
- Cooper
- Jr.#1
- New
- York
- Times
- bestseller
- ·
- Seven
- starred
- reviews
- ·
- Boston
- Globe-Horn
- Book
- Award
- Honor
- BookThis
- digital
- edition
- contains
- a
- letter
- from
- the
- author,
- deleted
- scenes,
- a
- picture
- of
- the
- author
- as
- a
- teen
- rapper,
- an
- annotated
- playlist,
- Angie’s
- top
- 5
- MCs,
- an
- annotated
- rap,
- illustrated
- quotes
- from
- the
- book,
- and
- an
- excerpt
- from
- Concrete
- Rose,
- Angie's
- return
- to
- Garden
- Heights.Sixteen-year-old
- Bri
- wants
- to
- be
- one
- of
- the
- greatest
- rappers
- of
- all
- time.
- Or
- at
- least
- win
- her
- first
- battle.
- As
- the
- daughter
- of
- an
- underground
- hip
- hop
- legend
- who
- died
- right
- before
- he
- hit
- big,
- Bri’s
- got
- massive
- shoes
- to
- fill.
- But
- it’s
- hard
- to
- get
- your
- come
- up
- when
- you’re
- labeled
- a
- hoodlum
- at
- school,
- and
- your
- fridge
- at
- home
- is
- empty
- after
- your
- mom
- loses
- her
- job.
- So
- Bri
- pours
- her
- anger
- and
- frustration
- into
- her
- first
- song,
- which
- goes
- viral
- .
- .
- .
- for
- all
- the
- wrong
- reasons.Bri
- soon
- finds
- herself
- at
- the
- center
- of
- a
- controversy,
- portrayed
- by
- the
- media
- as
- more
- menace
- than
- MC.
- But
- with
- an
- eviction
- notice
- staring
- her
- family
- down,
- Bri
- doesn’t
- just
- want
- to
- make
- it—shehas
- to.
- Even
- if
- it
- means
- becoming
- the
- very
- thing
- the
- public
- has
- made
- her
- out
- to
- be.Insightful,
- unflinching,
- and
- full
- of
- heart,
- On
- the
- Come
- Up
- is
- an
- ode
- to
- hip
- hop
- from
- one
- of
- the
- most
- influential
- literary
- voices
- of
- a
- generation.
- It
- is
- the
- story
- of
- fighting
- for
- your
- dreams,
- even
- as
- the
- odds
- are
- stacked
- against
- you;
- and
- about
- how,
- especially
- for
- young
- black
- people,
- freedom
- of
- speech
- isn’t
- always
- free.“For
- all
- the
- struggle
- in
- this
- book,
- Thomas
- rarely
- misses
- a
- step
- as
- a
- writer.
- Thomas
- continues
- to
- hold
- up
- that
- mirror
- with
- grace
- and
- confidence.
- We
- are
- lucky
- to
- have
- her,
- and
- lucky
- to
- know
- a
- girl
- like
- Bri.”—The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- ReviewPlus
- don't
- miss
- Concrete
- Rose,
- Angie
- Thomas's
- powerful
- prequel
- to
- her
- phenomenal
- bestseller,
- The
- Hate
- U Give!
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