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Hiphop Turns 50! 

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At the Hutchins Center’s Cooper Gallery

Afrika Islam and Ice T stand together looking seriously into the camera. Afrika is wearing a white baseball cap with an alien on it and a sweatshirt for Zulu Nation with a raised fist in the center of Africa. Ice T wears a black sweatshirt for Zulu Nation with a small Africa logo and a backwards black baseball hat.

Day One DNA: 50 Years in Hiphop Culture

from the private collection of Ice T & DJ Afrika Islam

Curated by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

On view from November 3, 2023, to May 31, 2024

Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art at the Hutchins Center, 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

2023-2024 Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellows

Lauren Leigh Kelly

Transforming Schools and Communities through Critical Hip Hop Literacies: An Exploration of Youth Agency and Critical Consciousness in Hip Hop Education

James McNally

Long Island Rap Renaissance

Recent News

Harvard Gazette – 11/02/2023

‘We had to create something new — and we did’

Harvard Gazette – 04/05/2023

Legend of rap hears kinship with Dickinson

Vibe – 04/05/2023

Flavor Flav Visits Harvard, Donates Clock Chain To University’s Hiphop Archive

Records in the Hiphop Archive

Harvard Recognizes Hiphop Classics

The Loeb Library at Harvard University, in collaboration with the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute, is archiving the most influential hiphop albums.

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