Who are we? We are Hip Hop; the builders,the workers,the Dj’s, the artists,the dancers, the poets, the emcees,the freedom fighters,the graphic designers,the writers,your family,the people.
We are a community. We are Hip Hop and our power is derived from us being united,so for one night we join together to save the very place where it all began.
Music has been the most important support system. Throughout time it has remained the glue that has binded us in times of distress,revolution and in celebration.
Hip Hop music is the glue for our generation.
Everywhere in the world you go you see the influence of Hip Hop. From Bangladesh to Berlin,Cambodia to Australia, Hip Hop is our world culture. It’s the glue that binds us, now we understand each other, we understand our plights are the same. Through this understanding we have created opportunities for advancement and growth, but at what cost?
Why is it that we’ve become so apathetic? Segregrated in our technology and personal identities;
We are a community.That we all autonomously and together have connected with our favorite songs, our favorite groups, our fashion statements, our Hip Hop.
We must ensure that we preserve our landmarks and historic places of origin for future generations to know who they are,what they claim and what they represent.
By bringing together these groundbreaking artists and musicians we plan to1.Provide a solace for our community, just as Kool Herc did in 1973.
2.Preserve a cultural landmark
3. Raise the funds necessary to save one of the last remaining low income housing projects in the Bronx and the families that rely on it.
4. Deliver a taste test for everything Hip Hop,our community, has to offer.
5. Represent what Hip Hop is. Ours
We need to remember places like Sedgwick and Cedar to enrich our roots, we need to revive the intentions of people like Kool Herc who thought outside the box, and created a strength in numbers.
Keep the fabric of our lives which is Hip Hop alive by supporting our benefit for 1520 Sedgwick, the birthplace of hip hop,where it all began. We define what hip hop is, not the media, not the record labels, us.WE ARE HIP HOP
