The Hip-Hop Kickstarter campaign aligns with NMAAHC’s mission to tell the American story through the African American Lens. In partnership with Smithsonian Folkways and the hip-hop community, the National Museum of African American History and Culture launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce a Hip-Hop and Rap Anthology. Kickstarter is an online global crowdfunding campaign to support […]

“Now what you hear is not a test/I’m rapping to the beat…” If you can complete not just this sentence, but the verse before and…

DJ Spinderella, born Dee Dee Roper, is one of hip-hop’s most enduring pioneers. As the longtime deejay for hip-hop duo Salt N Pepa, Spin has…