NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER-“Oneofhip-hop’sgreatestMCs,unpackinghisharrowing,remarkablejourneyinhisownwords,withenoughinsightsfortwolifetimes.“--Lin-ManuelMiranda,award-winningsongwriter,producer,director,andcreatorofIntheHeightsandHamiltonFromoneofourgeneration’smostpowerfulartistsandincisivestorytellerscomesabrilliantlycraftedworkabouttheart--andwar--ofbecomingwhoweare.AROLLINGSTONEBESTBOOKOFTHEYEARupcycleverbup-cy-cleˈəp-ˌsī-kəltorecycle(something)insuchawaythattheresultingproductisofahighervaluethantheoriginalitemtocreateanobjectofgreatervaluefrom(adiscardedobjectoflesservalue)TodayTariqTrotter--betterknownasBlackThought--istheplatinum-selling,Grammy-winningco-founderofTheRootsandoneofthemostexhilaratinglyskillfulandprofoundrappersourculturehaseverproduced.Buthisstorybeginswithatragedy:asachild,Trotterburneddownhisfamily’shome.Theyearsthatfollowarethestoryofalifesnatchedfromtheflames,forgedinfire.InTheUpcycledSelf,Trotterdoesn’tonlynarratearivetingandmovingportraitoftheartistasayoungman,hegivesreadersacourageousmodelofwhatitmeanstoliveanexaminedlife.Invividvignettes,hetellsthedramaticstoriesofthefourpowerfulrelationshipsthatshapedhim--withcommunity,friends,art,andfamily--eachacomplexweaveoflove,discovery,trauma,andloss.Andbeyondofferingthecompellinglypoeticaccountofoneartist’screativeandemotionalorigins,Trotterexploresthevitalquestionsweallhavetoconfrontaboutourformativeyears:Howcanweseethestoryofourownyounglivesclearly?Howdoweusethatstorytounderstandwhowe’vebecome?Howdoweforgivethepeoplewholovedandhurtus?Howdowerediscoverandhonorourfirstdreams?And,finally,whatdowetakeforward,whatdowepasson,whatdoweleavebehind?Thisisthebeautifullybluesystoryofaboygenius’scoming-of-agethatilluminatestheredemptivepoweroftheupcycle.
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