Room Service and Brooklyn Bodega have announced plans for the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. In addition to announcing their first artist, Consequence, for this years lineup, they have also announced expanding to a free five day celebration
Past performers in the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival have been Lupe Fiasco, Rhymefest, Little Brother, Leela James, Sleepy Brown, Big Daddy Kane, etc.
The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival has been growing in popularity since its inception and has been a higlight for summers since it began, attracting Hip-Hop enthusiasts from across the country. More talks of expansion are also underway. It could possibly become a traveling celebration. But until then, here is the rundown for this year’s celebration according hnlive:
Thursday, June 7th
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BHF Kickoff Party Celenrating 50 years of Stax Records.
This will be a night of funky soul all night long at the powerHouse Arena in Dumbo, BK. Stax Records was home to legendary acts such as Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MGs, The Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes, The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, The Emotions and so many more. Celebrate 50 years of Soul magic, as well as the re-launch of the label.
Thursday, June 14th
Hip-Hop around the globe, featuring photography from David Alan Harvey at the powerHouse Arena. Hip-Hop began on the streets of the South Bronx in the early 1970s and has traveled the globe, finding a home worldwide. In 2005, Magnum Photographer David Alan Harvey began photographing local emcees in the Bronx River Projects, home of Hip-Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, whose legendary Zulu Nation parties inspired a new generation of B-boys and girls. It is their descendants that Harvey has captured in here—from Boogie Down thugs and Hollywood celebs to the local cultures of Spain, France, Gambia, Senegal, South Korea, and Thailand—revealing how Hip-Hop has always spoken to the guy on the corner and the girl at the club, because skills and style comes from love.
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Thursday, June 21st
BHF Under The Stars
Celebrate the first day of summer with the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. This event is held in conjunction with Make Music New York, a city-wide music festival presenting free music from around the globe. More info can be found at www.makemusicny.org.
Friday, June 22nd
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Wild Style
In 1982, a small independent movie written, produced, and directed by Charlie Ahearn was released, first in Germany, Japan, and Cannes, then finally in Times Square. Wild Style was the first film to unite the underground urban art forms of nascent hip-hop culture—DJing, MCing, b-boying, and graff writing— was filmed on location in the South Bronx without permits or pretensions. Twenty-five years later, and now a classic, Wild Style has inspired countless artists, musicians, and writers. We’re celebrating in conjunction with the powerHouse retrospective book Wild Style The Sampler to be released.
Saturday, June 23rd
Performance Day
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Everyone who has been there before remembers Big Daddy Kane tearing it down in ’06 or Little Brother rocking their 1st Brooklyn performance. Here we go again. Join us for a day of performances and festivities under the sun. Consequence is just the tip of the iceberg. Stay tuned to www.brooklynbodega.com for further confirmations.
