Book description
This is a rare partnership between two geniuses at the top of their
crafts -- Kanye West, who was named "the smartest man in
hip-hop" by Time magazine, and Bill Plympton, an Academy
Award-nominated animator, cartoonist, and illustrator.
Through the Wire is a graphic memoir that illustrates the
lyrics of twelve Kanye West songs to tell his story, from his decision
to drop out of college to pursue his dreams in music, through his days
spent folding chinos at the Gap while struggling at night to make a
name as a producer, through the pivotal car accident that eventually
set him on the course to stardom and the epiphany of realizing exactly
who he had become:
"...They say people in your life are like seasons
And anything that happens is for a reason..."
Plympton illustrates each of the songs in detail, his vision of
Kanye's world. The songs are annotated with explanations of the
references in the songs, biographical components that illuminate the
lyrics, and their meaning on a deeply personal level.
The result is a one-of-a-kind book that initially grabs you and
stays with you forever.
“[Kanye] has always had an ability to make the
personal universal and he doesn't fail with this book….the idea,
delivery and execution of [Through the Wire] couldn't have worked out
any better.” -Amsterdam News
