Houston White Jr.
is the founder of Houston White goods and gathering spaces, The Get Down Coffee Company, FRESH by Houston White, the Be The Change golf tournament, Camdentown Flats, and many other ventures. He is also the author of Culturemaking published by Penguin Random House in 2023 and host of the Culturemaking podcast.
As a designer, entrepreneur, author, and community leader, Houston is dedicated to building a more intercultural world, one creative act at a time. From fashion and beauty to coffee and community spaces, Houston remixes different cultural viewpoints and influences in everything he does.
As a kid in North Minneapolis, Houston White began selling t-shirts from his backpack and cutting hair for cash. He was a young entrepreneur, hustling hard to create a future all his own.
Today, Houston is a creative powerhouse who brings people, cultures and communities together to elevate one another.
In 2007, Houston founded Houston White Men’s Room, a barbershop in the Camdentown neighborhood of North Minneapolis. While this sacred space began as a barbershop, it quickly transformed into a mecca for the inclusive celebration of Black culture, human excellence and the power of community at its best.
Our community is made up of people of all identities, races, beliefs, backgrounds and neighborhoods. People who believe a more intercultural future is not only possible, but urgently necessary. People who believe that our differences make us dope and that we are here to usher in a new era of humanity where we are all united in living our highest good, together.