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Mister Wallace (born Erik Lamar Wallace II) is a Chicago native rapper, DJ, actor, and founder of independent label FUTUREHOOD. Their first solo offering came in the form of 2016’s FAGGOT EP. Combining hip-hop motifs with commanding dance riddims, Mister Wallace’s dynamic music celebrates queer culture and history both in its sonic spirit and in its provocative lyrical content.
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
Columbia College Chicago
City
Chicago
Keywords
House Music, Chicago, Illinois, rapper, disc jockey, FUTUREHOOD
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Disciplines
African American Studies | Gender and Sexuality | History | Latina/o Studies | Music | Regional Sociology
Recommended Citation
Salkind, Micah, "Interview with Erik 'Mister' Wallace" (2014). Chicago House Music Oral History Project. 15.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/house/15
Comments
This interview is part of the Chicago House Music Oral History Project held at Columbia College Chicago and was captured for Do You Remember House? Chicago's Queer of Color Undergrounds authored by Micah Salkind and published in 2019. The work integrates histories of music, production, DJing, dance, fashion, and slang and addresses movements that led to the development of Chicago's house music.