Hip Hop Beauty Gives Texas Southern Students A Marketplace Of Their Own
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Hip Hop Beauty is bringing student-run businesses into the picture when its traveling exhibition reaches Texas Southern University this week.
Erykah Badu appears in the project’s collection through photographer Keith Major’s work. The broader venture makes photography available to collectors while pairing art with beauty services and conversations about the people behind the images.
The November 12-20 Houston exhibition includes a November 20 student marketplace, organizers announced.
“The Jesse H. Jones School of Business, the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, and all of our partners are beyond excited to partner with Hip Hop Beauty Circa 1973 during Entrepreneurship Week at TSU,” associate dean Dr. Michon Benson said in a statement. “Thembisa S. Mshaka and Ashunta Sheriff-Kendricks are the kinds of real-world experts who will encourage and inspire our students.”
The project comes from makeup artist Ashunta Sheriff-Kendricks and author Thembisa S. Mshaka. Its earlier New York Fashion Week presentation opened at Studio6 Gallery in February with photography by Major, Stacy Gray and Mazi Smazi. That stop paired the exhibition with a panel moderated by Jamila Mustafa.
Texas Southern has also been part of an Interscope initiative connecting HBCU students with the music business. That 2024 program included campus pop-ups, school-specific artwork and merchandise, with a donation to the university for each related item sold. Howard and Tennessee State were part of the same opening group.
The Hip Hop Beauty Market runs November 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the C.S. Lane Building.
