Preserving Hip Hop's history through tech | The Hip Hop Museum x Microsoft

Can the story of Hip Hop be told through technology?

A little over 50 years ago, an apartment party was held in the Bronx. Sedgwick Avenue, specifically. It was from here that Hip Hop would be introduced to the world from their small corner of the universe.

A lot has changed in 50 years, but what’s remained consistent, from birth, is that Hip Hop has been the art of inspiration. Taking things that already exist—melodies, rhythms, lyrics, dance, fashion, ideas—and reforming them into something new, personal, unique. Then it’s paid forward, as each generation samples and remixes the work that came before. From the first mixers to the myriad tools you can find in the studios that exist today, technology has always lent a hand in helping Hip Hop artists tell their stories.

Microsoft teamed up with The Hip Hop Museum to empower the Hip Hop community to continue to create art in fresh, cutting-edge ways. The Hip Hop Museum is under construction and will open its doors as the Official Record of Hip Hop the summer of 2025.

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