Shea Serrano

Shea Serrano is a Mexican-American writer, illustrator, New York Times best-selling author, and former teacher, best known for his work with the sports and pop culture websites, The Ringer and Grantland, as well as his rap-centered books. Writing about Serrano for GQ, Chris Gayomali said: “If you were to draw a triple Venn diagram of hoops, trunk bangers, and jokes made at the expense of J. Cole, Grantland writer Shea Serrano would be smack-dab in the center, probably wearing a Tim Duncan jersey.” Serrano’s activity and humor on Twitter have earned him referrals from GQ and other publications. He frequently mentions his three sons, known as "Boy A", "Boy B", and "The Baby." He has written for GQ, ESPN, LA Weekly, XXL, Rolling Stone, MTV, and Vice.

Serrano was born in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from Sam Houston State University.

Serrano was originally a middle-school science teacher. He taught 8th grade science at a Title 1 school in Houston for nine years.

Serrano began writing in 2007 as a way to supplement he and his then-pregnant wife’s income. After briefly writing for the Near Northwest Banner, Serrano freelanced for the Houston Press. He predominately wrote about hip-hop after noticing that the majority of the writers only wrote about rock music, despite the fact Houston is a cornerstone of southern rap music.

Serrano’s first work that drew national attention was his Houston Press piece on rapper Trae tha Truth's ban from a Houston radio station and the rapper’s subsequent lawsuit against the station. This piece allowed him to earn a place at the Houston Press’ sister publication, the LA Weekly. Serrano continued to earn national attention with his pieces about his children and stories about the songs played at his school dance and birthday party. While there, he wrote a piece describing having sex with his wife while listening to Drake.Grantland writer Molly Lambert saw the piece and passed it to her editors, who then invited Serrano to freelance for them. His first piece was about gift shopping with the rapper 2 Chainz. Serrano was hired full-time in July 2015.

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