But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose upon her. Experience the explosive performance of Cass the Band. Gray, On the Come Up is the story of Bri, a 16-year-old gifted rapper, who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm in order to lift up her family and do right by the legacy of her father – a local hip hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. Back at the historic Mendofila Park located in the heart of Castries. On the Come Up will premiere on the streaming service starting on Friday, September 23 in the U.S., Canada, Italy, and later in the year in additional international territories. The movie based on the New York Times’ #1 best-selling novel by Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give), On the Come Up is the feature directorial debut of Emmy-nominated actress Sanaa Lathan and will also hold its World Premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

So it's beautiful for me to show those roots.Paramount+ has released the trailer for their upcoming original film On the Come Up during the 2022 MTV VMAs. For all the struggle in this book, Thomas rarely misses a step as a writer. And through Bri’s mom and her aunt, we see how she becomes the person that we get a glimpse of at the very end. A rave rating based on 12 book reviews for On the Come Up by Angie Thomas. They're still growing and learning and making mistakes, and it’s a beautiful thing because it helps us become who we are. Author Angie Thomas discusses her highly anticipated second novel, On The Come Up the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked again. She acts out of that anger in increasingly explosive ways, suggesting that stereotypes are, in a sense, a self-fulfilling prophecy. We have our mothers, we have our aunts, we have our grandmothers who pour into us and help us become the women that we are, and I wanted to respect that, but I also wanted to show that these women who pour into us have their struggles sometimes too. Throughout the novel, Bri becomes angrier and more frustrated at how persistently she is misunderstood and mistreated. But then I also wanted to show the strong women who surround her and pour into her, because for so many of us that's our lifeline. And I wanted to find her power and, to find her place and to own up to, and for her to find her courage to say, “You know what, I'm enough period,” and I wanted to show that. And with the character Bri specifically, I wanted to show this young Black girl who's often told by the world that she's too much or not enough. I just wanted to reflect a few in what I write. AT: It's so important, and I will never sit here and say that I represent all Black women in everything that I do because we have so many different lives, so many different stories, so many different experiences.

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