K-Rino Hip Hop music collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0720

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Content Description

Recordings and posters featuring K-Rino, as well as one Houston Chronicle (September 10-16, 2015) edition featuring Houston's Hip-hop History, one "Rap by Design: Conspiracy to Revelation" book, with foreword written by K-Rino, and one unopened "Stories from the Black Book" cassette tape.

Dates

Creation: 2008-2017

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through Woodson Research Center. K-Rino holds the copyright.

Biographical / Historical

K-Rino (Eric Kaiser) is a hip-hop / rap artist based in Houston, TX. His rap career began in 1983. In 1987, his group, Real Chill, released the single "Rockin It," one of the first rap records coming out of Houston. Also in 198y, he founded the South Park Coalition, which is a "coalition of Houston hip hop rappers which K-Rino started in 1986, wanting to unite the talent in his South Park neighborhood and the city of Houston." (www.southparkcoalition.net) In the early 1990s, he released several solo albums and collaborated with many rappers from his home town, including the south park coalition, scarface, willie dee, canibus, z-ro, dj premier and many more.