HOUSTON – Houston rapper Bun B will make an appearance during Saturday’s “Reading With A Rapper” interactive exhibition, bringing literacy awareness to Houston students. The exhibition will take place at Prauper, located at 218 Westcott near Memorial Drive. Bun B will engage in an artist talk with attendees while they also engage in interactive classrooms that will place them directly in a simulation using AR. In celebration of the RWAR & Beats By Dre partnership, @legendsdolive presents “The RWAR House”. Ad“Reading With A Rapper” will take place this Saturday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Tickets for the event are sold out.

The founders of a local non-profit think they have the answer -- blending culture into the classroom. Since it’s inception in 2018, Small has been on a mission to make “Reading With A Rapper” much more mainstream. Right before the pandemic, organizers launched a new campaign called “Turn Texas Yellow” to get the program in as many schools in Texas as they can by raising money. “I think that’s the whole point of why we created education in schools in the first place. If you’d like to learn more about “Reading With A Rapper” or donate to the “Turn Texas Yellow” Campaign, click here.