From a rec-room party on Sedgwick Avenue, August 11, 1973 to every corner of the planet. Walk the wings. Meet the architects. Study the art. From 1973 to Forever.
Clios on Culture 2026 — Busta takes the award, Flavor Flav takes the mic, Kool DJ Red Alert takes the decks. Shot for the culture by Photos by Publik.
SEE THE NIGHT →Now through Oct 11 at the Javits Center — Mass Appeal × Whatnot: Nas, Ghostface Killah, Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef (30 years of The Score), Busta, Slick Rick, Anderson .Paak.
THE SCHEDULE →LL COOL J, Method Man & Redman, Lil' Kim, SWV + a D-Nice–curated set with The Lox. Hip-Hop History Month closes out at Prudential Center.
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Walker Wear dressed Biggie, Tupac, Run-DMC, and Queen Latifah. Streetwear didn't start as a trend — it started as culture, and she helped build the blueprint.
SALUTE →The direct-drive turntable that became an instrument — from Shuichi Obata's engineering to Herc, Flash, and Theodore.
WATCH IN THE APP →Four decades on the wheels — Shade 45 to Haitian All-Starz Radio, a bridge between the culture and the diaspora.
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"I'm Tesla in a new Tesla — I'm ahead of my time." The God MC, decades deep and still ahead of schedule.
MORE IN THE APP →The terms of AI music are being negotiated in real time — and this deal is the template.
READ →August 11, 1973. Clive Campbell — Kool Herc — and his sister Cindy throw a back-to-school party in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. Two copies of the same record. The break, extended forever. A culture is born.
But the story runs deeper: from the griots of West Africa through bebop, Jocko Henderson's rhyming radio, Muhammad Ali's poetry, and The Last Poets — to Zulu Nation, Rock Steady Crew, and the Lyricist Lounge. The app walks the whole timeline.
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The culture was documented in real time by masters of the frame — and the wing honors them in order of seniority:
Twelve photographers. Thousands of moments. The proof that we were here.
VISIT THE GALLERY →Russell Simmons, LL COOL J, KRS-One, Angie Martinez, Popa Wu, Paradise Gray, Tek of Smif-N-Wessun, Jay-Z — the canon, curated, with direct links to take every title home.
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Inside the app lives an AI guide trained on the culture — history, lyrics, knowledge, wellness. Ask it anything.
The first museum dedicated entirely to Hip Hop — protecting 50+ years of our legacy.
❤️ SUPPORT THE MUSEUMIf the culture built the borough's soundtrack, let the skyline say its name.
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