Just got this today. I was a huge Transmetropolitan fan, so I’m down with Vertigo. I eagerly await this.

Dear Producer/Editor,

Hip-Hop is a culture that can bring a community together with youth outreach and block parties or divide a neighborhood with violence and gangs. It’s a world built of DJs, Emcees, Writers and B-Boys, a world that grew from the streets. In SENTENCES: THE LIFE OF MF GRIMM, first-time graphic novel writer Percy Carey, a legend in underground Hip-Hop, provides an all access pass into his life and his community.

Carey’s memoir is a profoundly moving coming-of-age story of turf wars and emcee battles that begins in a most unexpected place “the set of “Sesame Street,” where a young Carey had his first taste of celebrity. Years later he recorded with MF Doom and performed with Tupac Shakur, the Dogg Pound and Snoop Dogg. Once again, celebrity seemed imminent.

Carey’s life then took an unexpected turn. On his way to a promising meeting with Atlantic Records, he was gunned down by rival drug dealers” an attack that left him paralyzed from the neck down. To this day, Carey remains confined to a wheelchair. After serving time and beating a life sentence for conspiracy to distribute narcotics, Carey has reclaimed his life and his music, founding Day By Day Entertainment and releasing a series of Hip-Hop albums.

In his first literary work, Carey collaborates with artist Ronald Wimberly (Swamp Thing, Lucifer) to create a book that is at once shocking, moving and inspirational. Wimberly’s striking black-and-white artwork perfectly captures Carey’s life providing a sharp-focused lens into the Hip-Hop world.

On sale this September from Vertigo, SENTENCES: THE LIFE OF M.F. GRIMM is intensely sincere and insightful, providing a griping look at a life lived fully and fervently. A highly charismatic individual, Carey is available for interviews to discuss this seminal piece of work.

Best,

David Hyde | Director of Publicity, DC Comics