![]() ![]() ![]() The plot charts Bri’s rise alongside the gradual realisation of the consequences of her fame: violence, friendships lost and the hopes of her local community who want her, like her father, to show them a way out. Soon she has gained notoriety as the dangerous, angry black girl from the projects – a persona that, according to her father’s old manager, could make her serious money. All the clips on my hips change my figure” she is challenging the hoodlum stereotype, but the public see it as a boast. When she raps “Strapped like backpacks, I pull triggers. ![]() She has the lyrics, the knowledge and the passion. Often, the family has to choose between gas, electricity or food.īri has talent. Her beloved Aunty Pooh sells drugs, while her paternal grandmother is disdainful of Jay’s ability to care for Brianna and her brother, Trey. Her mother, Jay, has been clean of crack for eight years, but Bri constantly fears a relapse. Her rapper father was shot dead 12 years previously by a rival gang. The follow-up focuses on another 16-year-old, Brianna “Bri” Jackson, who is trying to lift her family out of poverty with her rapping talent. ![]() A ngie Thomas’s bestselling 2017 debut The Hate U Give was the story of a 16-year-old who witnesses the police shooting of a friend. ![]()
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