Hip Hop Heritage in Houston

Watershed Lit: Center for Literary Engagement and Publishing Practice

Thursday, October 17, 2024 10:30 AM EDT
Fenwick Library, Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick Library, 4348 Chesapeake River Lane, Fairfax

Langston Collin Wilkins’ skills as a folklorist are on full display in Welcome 2 Houston: Hip Hop Heritage in Hustle Town. Wilkins provides an in-depth investigation of the hip hop scene in Houston, Texas through interviews with a variety of local rap artists, managers, and producers. Author Eric Harvey says, “Wilkins examines hip hop’s deep connections to space, place, and heritage by weaving interviews, observations, and his own Houston upbringing into a richly informative and emotionally resonant work about an essential part of Black Americana.”