Bun B is of course best known as being one of the pioneers of Southern Hip Hop, but the Houston emcee doesn't want to be painted with just one brush.
Besides rapping, Bun has lectured at Rice University, and now he's looking to try his hand at something surprisingly different -- coloring book curator.
Titled, "Bun B's Rap Jumbo Coloring And Rap Activity Book," the book is a collaboration with music writer and illustrator Shea Serrano. The project started out as a Tumblr page, but has since grown into a 42-page book that will feature pictures of 45 rap celebs, including T.I. and Drake. The book will include connect-the-dots games and lyric ad-libs as well.
Bun will be curating the project while Serrano handles the illustrations.
“He just lends some credibility (to the book),” Serrano told The Daily Californian. “I’m not black, and I didn’t want people to think, ‘Oh, he’s just making fun of black people’.”
Despite the seemingly adolescent format of the book, Serrano insists it's not geared toward children.
“It’s for adults,” contends Serrano. “Kids shouldn’t listen to rap music and definitely shouldn’t listen to the rappers that we (include)… If it lands in a kid’s lap, then cool; he’s going to like it… but we’re kind of making this for rap fans.”
With Bun being one of the most respected artists in the game, he was the perfect choice to co-sign the project.
“[Bun] wanted to do a project to show people that rappers, in private, were a funny group of people,” said Serrano. “Everybody loves him, so it sort of worked out.”
You can check out some of the activities to be featured in the book above.
Source: allhiphop.com
