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On the Come Up

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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—she has 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.

 

十六歲的Bri希望成為有史以來最偉大的說唱歌手之一。或者至少贏得她的第一場戰鬥。作為一個地下嘻哈傳奇的女兒,他在他擊中之前就已經死了,Bri有大量鞋子要填補。

但是當你在學校被貼上流氓標籤時,而在你媽媽失去工作後,你家裡的冰箱也是空的,你很難得到你的幫助。因此,Bri將她的憤怒和沮喪傾注在她的第一首歌中,這首歌已經流行開來了...因為所有錯誤的原因。

Bri很快發現自己處於爭議的中心,被媒體描述為比MC更加威脅。但是一個驅逐通知讓她的家人失望了,Bri不只是想做到 - 她必須這樣做。即使這意味著成為公眾讓她成為現實的東西。

一個有見解、不屈不撓的、充滿了勇氣的人,是一個最有影響力的文學聲音之一的嘻哈歌。這是為你的夢想而奮鬥的故事,即使你面臨重重困難,特別是對於年輕的黑人來說,言論自由並不總是自由的。

(譯者/徐琍沂)

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