A member of the Crowns gang, the rival gang of the Garden Disciples. He first hassles Bri and Aunt Pooh at the Ring not long after Bri releases her song, “On the Come Up,” as he takes issue with Lawless (and Bri by extension) and the gang references that Bri made in her song. He later holds Bri and Malik at gunpoint and steals Lawless's chain. He suggests when he does so that he was involved with murdering Lawless years ago.
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The Crown Character Timeline in On the Come Up
The timeline below shows where the character The Crown appears in On the Come Up. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 15
...to her. They skip the line and head for the door as usual, but a Crown member shouts at them to get in line. When the Crown and his friends catch...
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The Crown and his crew leave, but Bri asks Frank and Reggie to let her in. They...
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Chapter 21
The Camaro turns around and stops right next to Bri and Malik. The Crown steps out with a gun and tells Bri to hand over Lawless's chain. Bri can...
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Chapter 22
...Scrap. They both have their guns out and look angry. Bri explains it was the Crown who heckled them at the Ring. At this, Malik looks even more upset. Pooh's fury...
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Pooh and Scrap discuss the Crown and Bri figures they're all going to where they know he hangs out, but Pooh...
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...at Malik's and shuts herself in her room. She thinks that she did want the Crown dead, but now, she understands that the Crown will die just like Lawless did. The...
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Chapter 25
...usual, Pooh refuses to say where she's been, but she says she didn't kill the Crown or get the chain back. Bri is still worried, as she knows Pooh started something...
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