Groundbreaking laid for the world's first museum dedicated to Hip Hop: it will open in the Bronx in 2024

In New York City’s Bronx borough, the first museum entirely dedicated to Hip Hop will open in 2024, right where the well-known music genre was born in the 1970s. The Universal Hip Hop Museum will in fact be built not far from 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. The foundation stone was laid these days and is expected to open to the public a year late: it was supposed to be ready by 2023, but the pandemic slowed everything down.

An $80 million investment between public and private for a museum venue that will celebrate not only Hip Hop in the strict sense, but also the subcultures of the genre, such as like MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti art.

Some personalities such as Grandmaster Flash, Slick Rick, Chuck D, Nas, LL Cool J, and Fat Joe attended the groundbreaking ceremony. “There was a time when nobody cared about Hip Hop,” said Grandmaster Flash. “Here we are almost forty-eight years later.” The museum will celebrate the history of local and global Hip Hop music and culture of the past, present and future.

Microsoft donated $5 million to the museum as part of the AI for Cultural Heritage program. Through this partnership, Microsoft will be the official technology partner of theUniversal Hip Hop Museum to help strengthen the museum’s mission. Through the use of advanced technologies, Microsoft will work with the museum to ensure it has the resources and platforms it needs to become a cutting-edge institution.

“Preserving the history of Hip Hop, celebrating the cultural contributions of the pioneers who paved the way for today’s Hip Hop generation to thrive, and promoting the positive economic and social aspects of Hip Hop have been the sole focus of the UHHM for the past decade,” said Rocky Bucano, Executive Director of the Universal Hip Hop Museum.

Groundbreaking laid for the world's first museum dedicated to Hip Hop: it will open in the Bronx in 2024

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