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Graphic History of Hip-Hop

Saturday, August 10, 2024

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

A MUST NOT MISS EVENT !

Gulf Coast Cosmos Comics and Texas Southern University’s Center for Africana Futures are excited to present DIESELFUNK Studios illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator TIM FIELDER !

With several activities available, network with other creatives in the artist masterclass led by Tim, or stay the entire day for the artist Q & A book signing featuring his latest work THE GRAPHIC HISTORY OF HIP-HOP.

Brilliantly blending music, history, research, and art, The Graphic History of Hip Hop takes you on a journey of the music revolution that changed the world over the last half-century. From its roots in The Bronx to today’s game-changing artists, this beautiful one-of-a-kind graphic novel intertwines hip hop’s storied history, massive global appeal, and its extensive influence on culture, politics and economics.

The Graphic History of Hip Hop brings together a powerful blend of music, art and history with over sixty years of research from hundreds of professional historians and other scholars from the humanities and social sciences. The curriculum is uniquely designed to engage students as they will see, hear and experience how the world of Hip Hop evolved in response to the rapidly changing political and environments from the 1970s through the 2000s.

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Location
UH Technology Bridge, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Innovation Center, Building 4