This event is part of the Black Ticket Project and is a collaboration between Impact Hub Birmingham and Birmingham Hippodrome. Their stories are never told… I want to give those kids more books to see themselves in.” On the Come Up also draws on Angie’s experiences as a teen rapper. Angie says: “ Kids like Bri, who are facing homelessness and poverty, become statistics and numbers. Inspired by Angie’s mom losing her job when Angie was a teenager, On the Come Up sheds light on child poverty in the US. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be. And with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it – she has to. But when her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Bri finds herself at the centre of controversy and portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. The award-winning author of The Hate U Give returns with a powerful story about hip hop, freedom of speech – and fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you.īri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. On the Come Up is the highly- anticipated second novel from one of the literary voices of a generation. New York Times and Amazon UK bestselling author Angie Thomas is back in Birmingham! Angie Thomas in conversation with Rakeem Omar and live performances from Lady Sanity and Afro Queen.
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