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Grammy Museum Presents Hip-Hop A Cultural Odyssey

The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles presents Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey. Based on the ARIA Multimedia Entertainment large-format book of the same name, Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey is one of the first major museum exhibitions to explore the four-decade history of Hip-Hop in America and the genre’s impact on the world. The exhibit will be featured in the museum’s second floor temporary exhibit gallery.

Visitors will learn about the history of Hip-Hop through interactive mixing and listening stations, video footage, rare photographs and original artifacts, including:

Original, handwritten song lyrics by rapper Tupac Shakur
LL Cool J TROOP suit and Kangol hat
Run DMC leather jacket and pants worn during Walk This Way performance with Aerosmith
DJ Jazzy Jeff Homebase Tour jacket
Grandmaster Flash turntables
Hip-Hop sneaker gallery from the private collection of Hip-Hop recording artist Everlast
and much, much more!

Also featured in the exhibit is A Moment In Hip-Hop History, a series of short videos that highlight the history and contributions of Hip-Hop’s leading pioneers and legends such as Grandmaster Flash and The Furious 5, Run DMC, LL Cool J, N.W.A and Outkast. The vignettes are produced by Alex Mejia and Felicia “The Poetess” Morris to educate and enhance an urban culture that’s had a global impact on communities throughout the world.

Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey will be on display at The GRAMMY Museum from February 5, 2011 through May 4, 2011. Public and educational programs related to Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey will be announced throughout the duration of the exhibit.

Image: The GRAMMY Museum

The GRAMMY Museum explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music; the creative process; the art and technology of the recording process; and the history of the GRAMMY® Awards, the premier recognition of recorded music accomplishment.

The GRAMMY Museum
800 W. Olympic Blvd., Ste. A245
Los Angeles, CA 90015 USA
213.765.6800 (ext.3 for Group Tours)
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www.grammymuseum.org

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