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Is hip-hop already history? Yo! A vintage turntable is one thing. But a new Smithsonian history initiative to collect hip-hop artifacts raises questions about the rebel music's crude, even violent side.(SCENES AND SIGHTINGS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS AND BEYOND)(National Museum of American History)
Publication: Smithsonian Publication Date: 01-MAY-06 Author: Hira, Nadira A.
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COPYRIGHT 2006 Smithsonian Institution
WHETHER THE SMITHSONIAN WILL get jiggy is an open question, but the Institution has launched a new initiative to research hip-hop, the once outlaw street music that over three decades has grown into the driving force behind a multi-billion-dollar entertainment and fashion industry.
The National Museum of American History announced the artifact-collecting effort at a February event in New York City attended by such luminaries as recording impresario Russell Simmons, rapper Ice-T, break dancer Crazy Legs and...
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