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Hip-Hop Finally Arrives at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is recognizing the scope and reach of the hip-hop movement with the launch of "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life," which marks the first hip-hop national collecting initiative by the storied institution.
Next Tuesday (February 28), National Museum of American History Director Brent D. Glass and museum curator Marvette Perez will be joined by Russell Simmons, Ice-T, Crazy Legs and a host of other hip-hop artists and producers to launch "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life" at a special donation ceremony at the Hilton New York.
During the ceremony, pioneers from the hip-hop community will donate objects to the National Museum of American History's collecting initiative.
Through "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life," the museum is embarking on a multi-year collection effort in hopes of tracing hip-hop from its origins in the 1970s to it's current status as a global phenomenon by gathering objects from all aspects of hip-hop culture including vinyl records and DJ equipment, videos and interviews, handwritten lyrics and costumes and clothing. Long-range plans for the project include a comprehensive exhibition open to millions of visitors.
Other artists invited to the launch include Afrika Bambataa, Kool Herc, Fab 5 Freddy, Grandmaster Flash, MC Lyte, Reverend Run and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-DMC fame.
While "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: The Beat The Rhymes, The Life" will be the first hip-hop collection effort by the National Museum of American History, the museum is known for it's commitment to documenting the American experience. The museum currently preserves some three million artifacts, including unpublished music by Duke Ellington, instruments used by Prince, Tito Puente and Herbie Hancock and costumes from Ella Fitzgerald and Celia Cruz.
The Smithsonian collection efforts is pre-dated by previous archives and exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, Harlem's Schomburg Library for Research in Black Culture and most recently at the Harlem's YMCA presented by Easy AD of the Cold Crush Brothers.
Source: sohh.com
Next Tuesday (February 28), National Museum of American History Director Brent D. Glass and museum curator Marvette Perez will be joined by Russell Simmons, Ice-T, Crazy Legs and a host of other hip-hop artists and producers to launch "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life" at a special donation ceremony at the Hilton New York.
During the ceremony, pioneers from the hip-hop community will donate objects to the National Museum of American History's collecting initiative.
Through "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life," the museum is embarking on a multi-year collection effort in hopes of tracing hip-hop from its origins in the 1970s to it's current status as a global phenomenon by gathering objects from all aspects of hip-hop culture including vinyl records and DJ equipment, videos and interviews, handwritten lyrics and costumes and clothing. Long-range plans for the project include a comprehensive exhibition open to millions of visitors.
Other artists invited to the launch include Afrika Bambataa, Kool Herc, Fab 5 Freddy, Grandmaster Flash, MC Lyte, Reverend Run and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-DMC fame.
While "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: The Beat The Rhymes, The Life" will be the first hip-hop collection effort by the National Museum of American History, the museum is known for it's commitment to documenting the American experience. The museum currently preserves some three million artifacts, including unpublished music by Duke Ellington, instruments used by Prince, Tito Puente and Herbie Hancock and costumes from Ella Fitzgerald and Celia Cruz.
The Smithsonian collection efforts is pre-dated by previous archives and exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, Harlem's Schomburg Library for Research in Black Culture and most recently at the Harlem's YMCA presented by Easy AD of the Cold Crush Brothers.
Source: sohh.com