Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A culturally rich topography of Black Houston and its heritage. . . . Wilkins' work stands out for its closeness to the ground, its rootedness in the city's people and places.
Welcome 2 Houston goes well beyond the beats and rhymes, and even the cars. It's a lived-in academic portrait of a part of the city often overlooked, a community that, through trials and triumphs, is still tippin'." --
Houston Chronicle“In
Welcome 2 Houston, Langston Collin 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.”--Eric Harvey, author of
Who Got the Camera? A History of Rap and RealityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. If You Go Down to Houston
Chapter 2. Everybody Inherits the Hood
Chapter 3. Still Tippin
Chapter 4. Gotta Come Down, Gotta Rep the Hood
Chapter 5. TURNIN HEADZ
Chapter 6. One City Under God
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
