Fan CastingOn the Come Up

by Angie Thomas

Story added by user_11699 on December 18, 2019

Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral . . . for all the wrong reasons.read more

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Fan Casting Emily Taylor

Role added by user_11699 on December 18, 2019

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A white journalist for Bri's local paper who writes about how "On the Come Up" incites violence and makes the world unsafe for all children. She also starts a petition asking Dat Cloud to take "On the Come Up" off of the website. Bri angrily addresses her, and others who believe as she does, on a live Instagram video after seeing that Taylor is also a major proponent of second amendment rights—but as Bri sees it, just not when black people are involved.