Angie Thomas

A teen rapper's journey from adversity to bestselling author, inspired by civil rights and hip-hop.

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48 pages· 5,060 words· Est. 34 min read

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From the streets of Jackson, Mississippi, to the pages of bestselling novels, Angie Thomas transforms her struggles with poverty and violence into powerful stories. As a teen rapper, she found her voice in hip-hop, but it was the injustices she witnessed that fueled her writing. Her debut novel, born from the Black Lives Matter movement, became a cultural phenomenon. Discover how Thomas's journey from a bullied teen to a celebrated author inspires young Black readers and writers worldwide, challenging them to find their own voices in a world that often tries to silence them.

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Angie Thomas was a teen rapper before writing the New York Times bestsellers The Hate U Give and On the Come Up. As a child in Jackson, Mississippi, Angie Thomas was surrounded by civil rights history. But instead of the equality her elders had fought for, she grew up amid poverty and gun violence. When she didn’t see herself in books, she developed a love of hip-hop music and even wrote her own rhymes. Going to a mostly white, affluent college showed her just how different her upbringing was from that of her classmates.As Thomas grew into adulthood, she became more and more frustrated with the frequent news stories of police officers killing Black men and boys. The Black Lives Matter movement was growing, and Thomas channeled her anger into fiction. Her first book, The Hate U Give, resonated with young people across the country and became an award-winning movie. Explore Angie Thomas’s journey from bullied teenager to famed YA author who inspires young Black readers and writers around the world.

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