NEW YORK — New York is preparing to celebrate in style next year the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, which began at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, and which has gone from a forbidden street genre to a world-class music and a million dollar company.
For this 12-month celebration in 2023, which will expand to all counties and have an educational element, the city partnered with the Hip Hop Museum, which is under construction in the Bronx, the county where this style of music and dance surfaced at one of the parties hosted by DJ Kool Here and his sister Cindy Campbell.
“Happy birthday to hip hop. Hip hop turns 50, we will have a celebration party like we have never seen before and in places where historically they have been denied the right to be there. The birth of hip hop is here in New York,” City Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday with satisfaction, who has said on previous occasions that he owes what he owes to this genre.
As part of the celebration there will also be the sale of products related to this popular genre that has left a neighborhood to become a protagonist in the world of music. Adams made the announcement during a press conference at City Hall surrounded by people associated with the music, including museum director Rocky Bucano.
It was rejected. It was nowhere to be seen. And it was even criminalized. But they carried on and were daring enough to be true to their arts and crafts. ” said an excited Adams, who swapped his signature smart suits for casual suits, as artists of the genre usually wear.
“I remember running home to watch Video Music Box. Ralph and I went to high school together,” she said, referring to the television series that was the first to feature hip hop videos, created in 1983 by Ralph McDaniels and Lionel C Martin, who also hosted the show, which aired on the New York City Channel from 1984 to 1996.
McDaniels was among the group who attended the town hall and reported that all of the city’s libraries and museums will be involved in the hip hop education campaign.
“All educational settings will participate in this because I think it’s important. Hip hop uses more words than any other music genre and I think it’s important for our young people to know how to use those words and make them work for them so they can reach farther,” he said.
“Education is the fifth element of hip hop, and that will also be represented in this celebration,” he said.
