Cleveland is home to the Rock Hall of Fame and Harlem will be the location for the Hip Hop Hall of Fame.
The Hip Hop Hall of Fame + Museum is slated to open on the New York City borough’s historic 125th Street and also feature a retail gift shop, restaurant, sports bar, concert lounge, TV studios, offices and house the Hip Hop Arts and Media Academy.
“The community of Harlem has a rich history of arts and cultural contributions,” Dove Entertainment, who is in charge of press and coordinating the hall wrote in a statement. “The Harlem Renaissance has influenced artists, poets, scholars, educators, politicians, fashion, entrepreneurs, entertainers and community leaders from New York City throughout the world. Hip Hop music and culture will now join that legacy in Harlem as the Hip Hop Hall of Fame + Museum is set to open up its offices on the historic 125th Street.”
The Hip Hop HOF is slated to open in late this year and all developments regarding it can be found here. Dove Entertainment also says the education element of the establishment will be a main focus.
“Students will be trained by industry professionals with special celebrity guest speakers, and graduate with their very own online e-commerce store teaching valuable skills, entrepreneurship, job creation and business management. All classes will include a ‘Life-Skills Module’ teaching young people about personal development, family and professional values and etiquette, college prep, career prep, financial literacy, home-ownership and entrepreneurship. Classes will range from 6-10 weeks and be in-conjunction with our Harlem Business, Community, Arts, Cultural, Media, and Educational Program Partners.”
Museums for Hip Hop have been rumored to open in NYC in the past, one of which opening in Harlem.
Hiphop finely need this for a long time thank GOD!!
Finally.
…..& they’ll be NO ‘Trap’ Crap ‘rappers’ in there, no mush mouth, not sayin’ nothin’ IDIOTS masquerading as ‘artists’, none of this BS that tries to pass itself off as ‘Hip Hop’, but has eroded the art form down to near extinction in it’s lowest common denominator form! Hallelujah!
Hip-Hop is the definitive thought of the people. It is only fitting that it be represented in N.Y.
actually the fact that some hip hop acts beat out rock/country etc. for placement in the Rock & roll Hall of Fame is pretty tight.
Hiphop is a worldwide culture an its time it gets the recognition it deserves. Shout out to the pioneer’s an Support the real yall.
Titties
The Hip-Hop Game is finally being recognized for the Lyrically creative Rhythmic Rhymingly poetically Artistic expressive Game that it is! I could already easily name 50 Rap Legends that could make the Hall of Bars of Fame!
Can’t wait til Jimi Hendricks and the Beatles get inducted. They should be the first 2. Fer real doe