Chris Thomas King

Chris Thomas King is a Louisiana blues guitarist, singer, and actor from New Orleans, son of swamp bluesman Tabby Thomas. He fuses traditional blues with hip-hop and soul, and helped pioneer rap-blues fusion in the 1990s. He won a Grammy for the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack and portrayed Tommy Johnson in that film. His trio sets draw on a catalog of over two dozen albums and his 2021 book on blues history.