{"id":119123,"date":"2023-09-09T22:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=119123"},"modified":"2023-09-09T22:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T22:00:30","slug":"grammy-museum-to-launch-50-years-of-hip-hop-exhibit-featuring-artifacts-from-tupac-biggie-the-denver-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/grammy-museum-to-launch-50-years-of-hip-hop-exhibit-featuring-artifacts-from-tupac-biggie-the-denver-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy Museum to launch 50 years of hip-hop exhibit featuring artifacts from Tupac, Biggie The Denver Post"},"content":{"rendered":"
By MARIA SHERMAN (AP Music Writer)<\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Museum announced Thursday that it is launching the “Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit”, celebrating 50 years of the music and culture ’s global impact. <\/p>\n
The 5,000 square foot exhibit will include rare artifacts such as Tupac Shakur’s handwritten 1992 essay “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” — in which the young hip-hop superstar found parallels between one of the best-known speeches in American history, a cry for freedom given by founding father Patrick Henry at the Second Virginia Convention, and the experiences of being a minority in the U.S.<\/p>\n
The exhibit also includes Notorious B.I.G.’s red leather pea jacket, worn in the music video for Junior M.A.F.I.A.’s “Players Anthem,” and LL Cool J’s red Kangol bucket hat.<\/p>\n
“Hip-Hop America” goes beyond simple chronology: visitors will explore the music, choreography, fashion, business, activism, car culture, and the history of hip-hop by navigating displays dedicated to regional music scenes, technological advancements, formative media engines like “Yo! MTV Raps” and beyond.<\/p>\n
It will open Oct. 7 and run until September 4, 2024.<\/p>\n
Two outfits designed by hip-hop fashion legend Dapper Dan can be found on display: the black leather jacket Melle Mel wore during a performance at the 1985 Grammy Awards and Busy Bee’s characteristic black-and-yellow leather bucket hat and jacket.<\/p>\n
“Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit” will also feature an interactive “Sonic Playground,” which will allow visitors to experiment with DJing, sampling, and rapping.<\/p>\n
“The exhibit has been carefully curated to reach everyone from hip-hop connoisseurs to uninitiated novices,” says co-curator Jason King, dean of the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. “And we’ve thrown in a few left curve surprises like sections on hip-hop sonics and car speakers, and on the connections between hip-hop and partner genres like R&B.”<\/p>\n
He told The Associated Press: “Hip-Hop America is an intriguing look at a thunderous form of ‘can’t stop won’t stop’ culture that has continued to shift and push the envelope of innovation for the past 50 years.”<\/p>\n