Episode 556: Jonathan Abrams, Author of The Come Up

Author and journalist Jonathan Abrams returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about his latest book The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop.

Audio courtesy of Random House from The Come Up by Jonathan Abrams, read by a full cast. Excerpt read by Dion Graham.

Fifty years is old, but it’s relatively young in the grand scheme of things, so there’s still a lot of the pioneers and bricklayers and innovators who are still around to be able to tell their story in birthing this genre.
— Jonathan Abrams

To learn more about Jonathan Abrams, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 267.