The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop lgbtq artist/musician and co-founder of Talking

artist/musician and co-founder of Talking Heads David Byrne--who has relied on a bike to get around New York City since the early 1980s--relates his adventures as he pedals through and engages with some of the world's major cities

heady moment in music history

his songs never leaving the charts

” —Rolling Stone

Now New Yorker contributor Jonathan Gould offers an authoritative

The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop lgbtq artist/musician and co-founder of TalkingThe essential oral history of hip hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reign as the most powerful force in pop culturefrom the award winning journalist behind All the Pieces Matter, the New York Times bestselling oral history of The Wire The Come Up is Abrams at his sharpest, at his most observant, at his most insightful.Shea Serrano, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hip Hop (And Other Things) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF