Roy Christopher

Roy Christopher is an aging BMX and skateboarding zine kid. That’s where he learned to turn events and interviews into pages with staples. He has since written about music, media, and culture for everything from self-published zines and personal blogs to national magazines and academic journals. His books include 'The Medium Picture' (University of Georgia Press), 'Post-Self: Journeys Beyond the Human Body' (Repeater Books), 'Boogie Down Predictions: Hip-Hop, Time, and Afrofuturism' (Strange Attractor Press), and 'Dead Precedents: How Hip-Hop Defines the Future' (Repeater Books). He holds a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.