Tuesday May 14, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
POWERHOUSE Arena
28 Adams Street (Corner of Adams & Water Street across from the Archway)
Brooklyn , NY
11201
New York City legend Rack-Lo will be in conversation with Timmhotep Aku for a celebration of powerHouse Books’ latest release “Lo-Life: The Autobiography of Rack-Lo.” A slide show/visual presentation will accompany the talk, highlighting the global brand experience and supporting the book release, followed by a book signing.
Mannequins will be placed throughout and around the POWERHOUSE Arena store, adorned with Lo-Life/Polo Ralph Lauren apparel for perusal.
About the Book.
About the Author.
Growing up in Brooklyn’s Brownsville and Crown Heights neighborhoods, Rack-Lo, or George “Rack-Lo” Billips, viewed the world at large through the lens of street life. It was on these streets where he built a legendary status that would go on to have a global impact. Credited as the “catalyst” of the Lo-Life movement, he was responsible for introducing the Polo Ralph Lauren brand to Hip Hop culture.
Rack-Lo established a fashion institution that resonates with folks of all ethnicities and racial backgrounds, and has penned numerous books based around his life and Hip Hop culture as it relates to style, fashion, community, and his role as a pioneer in leading a diversified fashion conglomerate. Once a founding member of one of Brooklyn’s most infamous teenage gangs, Rack-Lo is now a prolific writer, published author, curator, film director, model, event coordinator, stylist, creative director, editor, podcaster, webmaster, husband, father, and grandfather. He currently works as a Career Counselor at national nonprofit Jericho Project in the Bronx. He credits a similar youth program with changing his life.
About the Conversation Partner.
Timmhotep Aku is a Brooklyn-bred and based culture worker who has written and edited for Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, NPR Music, Complex, The Fader, XXL and other publications. He was the story editor on the Signal Award-winning podcast series, “The Blog Era” and a writer on the Webby Award-winning limited series “Hip Hop DNA.” His Black art-inspired radio show, “Subject To Change,” airs monthly on London’s NTS Live.