“As traumatic as it was for me to live with her,” he writes, “I can only imagine what it’s like for her to live with herself….Someone who’s sick the way my mother was sick is held captive by.this other side of themselves. Though he says he no longer speaks to her, Hall has some understanding for his abusive mother he believes she suffered from bipolar disorder. The brutal details of the physical and emotional abuse he suffered at the hands of his parents are wrenching, though the author takes pains to offer explanations for some of their behavior.

It’s not a spoiler to say Hall’s cheerily titled memoir has a happy ending fans of the 31-year-old chart-topping rapper, known as Logic, likely already know much of his story, which is remarkable in many ways. Heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting, this book completes the incredible true story and transformation of a human being who, against all odds, refused to be broken.Nonfiction debut from the multiplatinum hip-hop artist. His songs would touch the lives of millions, taking him to dizzying heights of success, where the wounds of his childhood and the perils of Internet fame would nearly be his undoing.Ī landmark achievement in an already remarkable career, This Bright Future looks back on Bobby's extraordinary life with lacerating humor and fearless honesty.

In the message boards and livestreams of this brave new world, Bobby became Logic, transforming a childhood of violence, anger, and trauma into music that spread a resilient message of peace, love, and positivity. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and-with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education-he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and uncharted wilderness of the social media age. This Bright Future is a raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist of our tumultuous age.Ī self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall I, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father.

An explosive memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 bestselling author of Supermarket.

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