The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur [TRADE PAPERBACK]

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The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur

TRADE PAPERBACK [1999] MTV BOOKS 

Reads perfectly.  Cover has some spot stains and discoloration on back.  Name of orig. owner visible on underside of cover.

Acclaimed for his writing on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as his passionate defense of black youth culture, Michael Eric Dyson is known as the "hip-hop intellectual." With his Blackboard best seller Holler If You Hear Me, Dyson has reached his widest audience to date, bringing to life the hopes and dreams of slain hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur.

Dyson helps us to understand why a twenty-five-year-old rapper, activist, poet and actor looms even larger in death than he did in life. With his trademark skills of critical thinking and storytelling, Dyson examines the significance of Tupac Shakur for black youth, assessing the ways in which different elements of Shakur's persona-thug, confused prophet, fatherless child-are both vital and destructive. Deeply personal and sharply analytical at the same time, Dyson's book offers a wholly original way of looking at Tupac Shakur that will thrill those who already love the artist and enlighten those who want to understand him.