ROY CHRISTOPHER is an aging BMX and skateboarding zine kid. That’s where he learned to turn events and interviews into pages with staples. His books include Dead Precedents: How Hip-Hop Defines the Future; Boogie Down Predictions: Hip-Hop, Time, and Afrofuturism; and Post-Self: Journeys beyond the Human Body. He holds a PhD in communication studies from the University of Texas at Austin and writes regularly at roychristopher.com.