{"product_id":"one-day-itll-all-make-sense-9781451625882","title":"One Day It'll All Make Sense","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the hip hop icon, Hollywood star, and \"a true artist and writer of deep talent\" (James McBride, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Water\u003c\/i\u003e)--a candid, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir ranging from his childhood on Chicago's South side and his emergence as one of rap's biggest names.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCommon has earned a reputation in the hip-hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of love and struggle in his songs. His journey toward understanding is rooted in his relationship with a remarkable woman, his mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Common holds nothing back in this gripping memoir, both provocative and funny. He tells what it was like for a boy with big dreams growing up on the South Side of Chicago. He reveals how he almost quit rapping after his first album sold only two thousand copies. He recounts his rise to stardom and talks about the challenges of balancing fame, love, and family. Through it all, Common emerges as a man in full. Rapper. Actor. Activist. But also father, son, and friend. His story offers a living example of how, no matter what you've gone through, one day it'll all make sense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommon \u003c\/b\u003ewas born Lonnie Rashid Lynn in Chicago March 13, 1972. Best known as a star recording artist and actor, he has also independently published children's books. He has a daughter Omoye Assata Lynn, born in 1997.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Bradley \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eBook of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-editor of Ralph Ellison's \u003ci\u003eThree Days Before the Shooting...\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYale Anthology of Rap\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Boulder with his wife.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634856268050,"sku":"9781451625882","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aff71f19-1808-48f4-b1b0-9abeecee1ccd.jpg?v=1732823357","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/one-day-itll-all-make-sense-9781451625882","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}