A review by tonireads
City Kid: A Writer's Memoir of Ghetto Life and Post-Soul Success by Nelson George

4.0

I've been a fan of Nelson George since I was in college and he was a music critic for the Village Voice chronicling hip-hop as a viable art form. In fact, he was my first adult "celebrity crush" (I like 'em cerebral) and I even got to hang out with him at a basketball game (I always meet my crushes eventually - and then I don't care anymore! :) Because of his close proximity to a lot of the creators and tastemakers of that time he was able to cast an educated, critical eye on what others saw as a passing phase. This memoir is great insight into how he became the acclaimed music critic, novelist, essayist, and filmmaker that he is today.