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Literary Artists speak on #HipHopinBooks at the Atlanta’s A3C Hip Hop Festival

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When it comes to Hip Hop and fiction, many often forget the origin and how it impacts our communities. From the likes of a Donald Goines, to Teri Woods, and Ashley and JaQuavis Coleman, our stories have been widespread for decades, impacting millions. This year, the A3C Festival and Conference joined forces with the AAMBC Awards and its origination to produce the Hip Hop in Books panel.

 

Moderated by Legendary LaQ’uita, the panel featured literary artists such as JaQuavis Coleman and Wahida Clark, who both have dominated the New York Times best sellers list to new age authors, Myss Shan and Booker T. Mattison. The panel also featured AAMBC Awards creator, Tamika Newhouse, who launched the AAMBC platform to advocate for literacy ten years ago.

 

The panelists spoke on the importance of storytelling and how literary artists contribute to the growth of Hip Hop. When it comes to those types of books, you often think of musical talents and perhaps the songwriter and producers, but the talent, often forgotten about are those who pen novels. With an ever-changing industry, it was much-needed to hear from these talents, and the best part was getting signed books during the wrap-up session.

 

The AAMBC Literary Awards is a platform that celebrates black books and black writers in a star-studded ceremony each summer. Their partnering with A3C only encourages the mission that we read and that we create! They made reading seem fun, powerfully, and the fact that we can create our stories for millions to read is pretty dope to me.

 

Check out some images from the Hip Hop in Books panel.

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Ruth Eckerd Hall Announces New On-Sales: Goose, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Pat McGann and Behind The Strings

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October 31, 2026

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The entrance of Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida, framed by palm trees.

Ruth Eckerd Hall has shared its Coming Events calendar as of October 28, 2026, with new shows going on sale this week.

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 30 at 10 am for:

Behind The Strings with Shaun Hopper and Chris Barbosa on December 18 at the Murray Theatre at Ruth Eckerd Hall.

Joanne Shaw Taylor with special guest Ally Venable on March 10 at the Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre.

An Evening with Goose on April 18 at The BayCare Sound.

Pat McGann on April 23 at the Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre.

The full Ruth Eckerd Hall Coming Events calendar is available at rutheckerdhall.com/pr-coming-events.

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