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Trained in literature and entrepreneurship, Rainey is the founder of Glasstire, the online magazine of visual art in Texas and the oldest online-only art magazine in the country. In 2019, she stepped down as publisher after over 18 years at the helm.

She is currently editing a book about the Rice Gallery and writing for magazines.

Rainey has spoken or written about arts journalism at Emory University, the USC Annenberg School, the El Paso Museum of Art, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, College Arts Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other places. She has also spoken about caregiving at Houston Methodist Hospital. She lives in Houston.

Trained in literature and entrepreneurship, Rainey is the founder of Glasstire, the online magazine of visual art in Texas and the oldest online-only art magazine in the country. In 2019, she stepped down as publisher after over 18 years at the helm.

She is currently editing a book about the Rice Gallery and writing for magazines.

Rainey has spoken or written about arts journalism at Emory University, the USC Annenberg School, the El Paso Museum of Art, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, College Arts Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other places. She has also spoken about caregiving at Houston Methodist Hospital. She lives in Houston.

Trained in literature and entrepreneurship, Rainey is the founder of Glasstire, the online magazine of visual art in Texas and the oldest online-only art magazine in the country. In 2019, she stepped down as publisher after over 18 years at the helm.

She is currently editing a book about the Rice Gallery and writing for magazines.

Rainey has spoken or written about arts journalism at Emory University, the USC Annenberg School, the El Paso Museum of Art, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, College Arts Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other places. She has also spoken about caregiving at Houston Methodist Hospital. She lives in Houston.

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37. Snoop Dogg, Gin and Juice

Rainey Knudson

Mar 171 min read

Twenty years from now, if not sooner, Snoop Dogg will be the new Dolly Parton, an American icon beloved by all. His brilliantly unlikely collaborations with Martha Stewart, his color commentary at the Olympics, openly sobbing as a coach on the talent show The Voice—he is a legitimate father of West Coast rap who has transcended hip-hop to occupy a unique sphere in our national consciousness. More than anything, he has unrepentant joie de vivre. Snoop is completely, unapologetically himself—the genuine, pot-smoking, gin-swilling article. He doesn’t have to pretend to be anything for anybody else. Just like Dolly.

Snoop Dogg, “Gin and Juice,” performed 2015. Written by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Steve Arrington, Mark Adams, Ray Turner, Steve Washington & Daniel Webster, 1993.

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