Houston Rap: Photographs by Peter Beste

Author: Peter Beste, Lance Scott Walker, Johan Kugelberg, Bun B
Publisher: Sinecure Books
Year: 2013
Pages: 261
ISBN: 978-1938265051

The Houston, Texas neighborhoods of Fifth Ward, Third Ward, and South Park have grown to be hallowed ground for modern rap culture, possessing self-contained celebrities, entrepreneurs, support networks, and a micro-economy of their own. Photographer Peter Beste (True Norwegian Black Metal) and writer Lance Scott Walker spent nine years documenting the most influential style in 21st century hip-hop and the vibrant inner city culture from which it stems. Houston Rap, edited by Johan Kugelberg, profiles noted artists such as Bun B of UGK, Z-Bo, Bike Mike, K-Bino, 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. 

The book also features community leaders, rappers, producers, businessmen, and family members, all providing an astonishing nad important insight into a great American cultural narrative.