And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big
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Very funny and a little bittersweet. I think it's good that Karp waited awhile to write about this time of his life–you can tell he's still a little sad and angry about how things turned out for him, but ultimately has the perspective (and other career success) that he can enjoy reminiscing about this really wild story. I also appreciate his perspective on the homophobia in rap & hip-hop and how gross it sounds to him now–I will warn that this book includes some homophobic rap lyrics (with apologetic footnotes about how he hates those lyrics now but feels like he should own up to them by including them with the rest of the songs). For the audiobook he said he was too embarrassed to read his old raps himself so he hired a dignified Shakespearean actor to read them and it's a pretty good gimmick.