Type Books is proud to present an evening with Lance Scott Walker, author of Houston Rap Tapes.

The Houston, Texas, neighborhoods of Fifth Ward, Third Ward and South Park have grown to be hallowed ground for modern rap culture, populated with celebrities, entrepreneurs, support networks and a micro-economy of their own. For Houston Rap, photographer Peter Beste and writer Lance Scott Walker spent nine years documenting the most influential style in twenty-first-century hip hop and the vibrant inner city culture from which it stems, profiling noted artists such as Bun B of UGK, Z-Ro, Big Mike, K-Rino, Willie D of the Geto Boys, Lil' Troy and Paul Wall, alongside reflections on the lives of departed legends such as DJ Screw, Pimp C and Big Hawk. Houston Rap Tapes, the companion book to Houston Rap, further explores and documents the Houston Hip Hop community, providing an astonishing and important insight into a great American cultural narrative, and features in-depth oral histories conducted by Walker, with exclusive interviews with producers and MCs such as Bun B., Willie D., Paul Wall, Z-Ro, Big Mike, DJ DMD, K-Rino, Salih Williams, and Lil Troy, accompanied by a selection of Bestes black and white photography.

Author Talk & Book Signing

Saturday, July 26 8pm

Type Books

883 Queen Street West

FREE LIMITED SEATING

Lance Scott Walker is a native of Galveston, Texas and has written for Houston Chronicle, Houston Press, 002 Houston, Wondering Sound, Free Press Houston, OutSmart, Fader, Dazed And Confused, Vice, Orlando Weekly, Portland Mercury, San Diego Fahrenheit, San Diego Union-Tribune, USA Today, GOOD and RollingStone.com. In 2007, he co-produced the VBS documentary "Screwed In Houston" along with photographer Peter Beste, and is the host of Houston Rap Tapes Radio. Houston Rap and Houston Rap Tapes, both collaborations with Beste edited by Johan Kugelberg, are his first books.