![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Those looking for a firm timeline of events in the career arc of the hip-hop collective A Tribe Called Quest, or salacious tour stories, or extensive interviews, are not going to find them in Go Ahead in the Rain. His prose has become a mirror reflecting the zeitgeist with heart-breaking honesty. His observations and critiques of popular culture and a generation of youth entrenched in instant gratification is a pulse that is impossible to ignore, or put down. ![]() For the Columbus author it was unexpected, but for fans of Adburraqib’s poetry and essays, it was necessary. At the time of my deadline, Hanif Abdurraqib’s third book, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest, had just debuted on the New York Times’ best-seller list. ![]()
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