Other than that, however, On the Come Up and Bri, the protagonist, forge their own path and tell their own story. On the Come Up has some small connections to the events that happen in THUG as it takes place after Starr’s story and it is also set in Garden Heights. It’s no small feat following up The Hate U Give. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you of the struggle to become who you are and not who everyone expects you to be and of the desperate realities of poor and working-class black families. On the Come Up is Angie Thomas’s homage to hip-hop, the art that sparked her passion for storytelling and continues to inspire her to this day. With bills piling up and homelessness staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it-she has to make it. But now that her mom has unexpectedly lost her job, food banks and shutoff notices are as much a part of Bri’s life as beats and rhymes. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Bri’s got big shoes to fill. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time.
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