Growing up on the Southside of Chicago, Sesali Bowen learned early on how to hustle and stay on her toes as she navigated Blackness, body-shaming, friendships, sex work, and more. In her memoir, Bowen recounts how she forged her own path in hip-hop journalism, where she interviewed game-changing artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, and Janelle Monáe—and then decided to change the game herself.