Dec 9 (Reuters) – As hip-hop prepares to show 50 in 2023, U.S. rapper Nas desires to ensure the world understands its historical past, relevance and affect.
By means of his firm, Mass Attraction, the native New Yorker is spearheading quite a few occasions main as much as the anniversary. On Aug. 11, 1973, Clive Campbell, also called DJ Kool Herc, performed at a New York Metropolis block celebration and was credited with beginning the music style.
Tributes will embody a sequence of documentary movies produced along side TV community Showtime, in addition to 10 EP soundtracks produced by Swizz Beatz, The-Dream, Hit-Boy and others.
“Hip-Hop was by no means simply music,” stated Nas, including it has all the time included parts of deejaying, dancing, vogue and different artwork kinds.
It has been a “voice for the unvoiced,” he stated.
[1/6] Rapper Nas poses for a photograph at Candy Chick restaurant in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
“Now extra of the unvoiced have a platform, and the individuals really feel like they could be a a part of it.”
Mass Attraction CEO Peter Bittenbender stated they needed to create one thing to make individuals acknowledge how impactful hip-hop tradition has been globally.
Hip-hop was born within the south part of the New York Metropolis borough of the Bronx within the late Seventies. The dancing, rapping and deejaying parts grew out of an inner-city setting nevertheless it has since advanced right into a multi-billion greenback a part of mainstream international tradition.
When requested the place he thinks hip-hop goes within the subsequent 50 years, Nas was optimistic.
“I hope that it’s nonetheless thriving and staying progressive,” he stated. “And persons are united by hip-hop and awaken in regards to the issues which are mistaken in our societies by the phrases of hip-hop.”
Reporting by Alicia Powell and Rollo Ross; Writing by Josie Kao; Modifying by Rosalba O’Brien
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