\nA hip-hop coming-of-age tale is heading to Paramount Plus, and we have a first look at the upcoming movie. “On the Come Up,” an adaptation of Angie Thomas’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, is billed as a “love letter to hip-hop” that follows a young girl, Bri (Jamila C. Gray), and her dream to take the battle-rap scene by storm. <\/p>\n
The 30-second teaser trailer, which premiered during this year’s BET Awards, offers a brief glimpse of the inspiring music story. To honor the legacy of her late father \u2014 an underground hip-hop legend killed by gang violence \u2014 Bri tries to pick up where he left off after her first hit goes viral “for all the wrong reasons.” In an effort to give her family a better life, she’ll find herself torn between staying true to who she is and conforming to a “false gangsta role” that the music industry forces on her.<\/p>\n
“On the Come Up” \u2014 which marks Sanaa Lathan’s directorial debut and Angie Thomas’s second book-to-movie adaptation following “The Hate U Give” \u2014 has a stacked cast that includes Method Man, Lil Yachty, Mike Epps, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, GaTa (aka Davionte Ganter), Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Titus Makin Jr., and Michael Anthony Cooper Jr. <\/p>\n
The film has yet to set a premiere date, but Paramount Plus confirmed that it’s “coming soon.”<\/p>\n
Watch the trailer for “On the Come Up” above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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