Shea Serrano's 'Rap Yearbook' Documentary Series in the Works

The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed is, if you are unaware, a great book by Grantland writer Shea Serrano, the title of which explains exactly what you're getting when you begin reading it. It also made The New York Times Best Seller list. This detailed look at the world of hip-hop leading up to 2014 is apparently about to be turned into a documentary series, according to the author's Twitter page. If this is true, depending on what network of production company picks up this series, fans of hip-hop are in for quite the treat in the near future.

Serrano was clearly excited about this news, taking to Twitter to basically live-tweet his signing of a contract to turn his book into a documentary series, according to The Smoking Section. Check out all of the details on this deal right here:

AYYYYYYYYYYYYE listen to this a real actual production optioned TRYB they're gonna try and make it into a documentary series oh shit oh shit
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 21, 2016

the production company was hella cool they got all kinds of awards and whatnot they flew me out to NY and we hung out it was real dope — Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 21, 2016

i just signed the contract today this shit is nuts shoutout everyone who bought TRYB y'all made so much noise you got everyone looking at us
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 21, 2016

i wish i had more details for y'all but it was kinda hard to read the proposal or hear what anyone was saying cuz i was crying so much — Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 21, 2016

Pick up a copy of The Rap Yearbook over at Amazon right here!

Considering the success that other documentary series have had thanks to streaming services and premium cable networks, this could be an historic music event.

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