@jpdabrams writes on his firsthand understanding of Tupac Shakur’s legacy, and the moment when grand jury testimony offered an official account of Shakur’s murder. nyti.ms/3FKFDBa

EXCITED my first spoken word poetry album with music is now available on streaming platforms: GROCERY SHOPPING WITH MY MOTHER. I am humbly asking you listen closely, share with others, please. Going for Grammy consideration for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.

Incredible story from Jonathan Abrams on the massive sea change coming to the world of breaking in Paris 2024 - and how a sport built on culture and expression views this huge moment: nytimes.com/2023/10/10/art…

~30 years after Tupac’s murder, new court documents — + the tell-all memoir & interviews of Keffe D — are turning decades of speculation, street gossip & internet innuendo into the most definitive account yet of how and why Tupac died...

our story nytimes.com/2023/10/05/art…

The essential oral history of hip-hop is now out in paperback!

Learn about the origins of the most popular music genre in America from the people who were there and made it happen in Jonathan Abrams's THE COME UP.

penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605156/t…

Happy to share the paperback edition of The Come Up is out on 10/3. @crownpublishing

I made this (mostly) chronological playlist of every rap song mentioned in @jpdabrams book THE COME-UP. I figured anyone reading it would want that resource.

shorturl.at/ampvS

My guest this week on the Keith Law Show is Jonathan Abrams, author of THE COME UP: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE RISE OF HIP HOP, out in paperback on October 3rd. Listen & subscribe on iTunes: bit.ly/AppleKlawPod
Spotify: bit.ly/klawpod

And ... here we go. WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL is out TODAY, available everywhere, and I hope you love it.

The Conversations Project debuting on Monday on @Hulu with co-hosts Elaine Welteroth, Chef David Lawrence and myself. Andscape

Did you know that August 11 marks the 50th Anniversary of the birth of Hip Hop? 📅 This episode of NPR's All Things Considered explores the origins of Hip Hop and its impact 🎤

Learn more about Hip Hop from THE COME UP by Jonathan Abrams (Jonathan Abrams) 🎧 n.pr/43WQOAw

Coming soon…

Celebrate 50 years of hip-hop! Panel talk: Krayzie Bone (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), author Jonathan Abrams, DJ Phatty Banks, and LaRese Purnell. Food & DJ beats in the Garden! Friday, August 11 | 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Main Library 🎫: bit.ly/3OcZf4U

this is a treasure trove.

50 RAPPERS, 50 STORIES — Lil Wayne, Cam’ron, 50 Cent, Earl Sweatshirt, Eminem, Cardi B, Gucci Mane, Lil B, LL Cool J, Scarface & many more — telling a nonlinear, hyperlocal and personal history of hip-hop

all in their own words
nytimes.com/hiphop50

Tyrell Terry walked away from the NBA and millions of dollars at just 22 years old. He said it was destroying him mentally. “If I was a garbage man and I told you I wasn’t happy with my job, what would you tell me? What’s the difference other than money?” nyti.ms/3CzguYP

Don’t miss this #deepwaterliteraryfest conversation between two brilliant journalists and writers, Jonathan Abrams and Trymaine Lee and catch the The Black Library celebration of hip-hop at 50.

Since it launched in 2018, Overlooked has been giving due to remarkable women, people of color and others whose deaths were not recognized by The New York Times. Dozens of these stories will finally be published as a book — look for it this November bit.ly/3ATmYRp

Great work, Michael Lee

“There is no utopian view here. I know the ugly side of it. I know the physical side of it. I know the nasty side of it.”— Joe Dumars on his role as the NBA’s rules enforcer

nytimes.com/2023/03/22/spo…