i see a lot of people being confused by this story in the reviews... protip: go here https://genius.com/12669513 and read the lyrics while listening to the song. this song directly inspired this book. then take a couple minutes and read the annotations. i personally did it after reading, but i imagine it works whenever.
i listened to this on audio book with Daveed Diggs narrating and highly recommend that. i did feel a bit out of my depth (lol) sometimes, but just let yourself go with the flow of the story and you'll get there (and again, the music helps).