Grown

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson is a young adult novel that deals with the dark and disturbing realities of abuse, exploitation, and violence in the music industry. The novel follows Enchanted Jones, a teenage aspiring singer who gets involved with a famous R&B artist, Korey Fields, who turns out to be a manipulative and abusive predator. The novel is inspired by the real-life cases of R. Kelly and other celebrities who have been accused of similar crimes. The novel was published in 2020 and was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. The novel has received critical acclaim for its powerful and unflinching portrayal of a young black girl’s struggle to find her voice and reclaim her agency in a system that silences and exploits her.