Curators of The Hip Hop Museum discuss the origins of the genre and upcoming Atlanta tour stop
Elements of hip-hop are inherited from African and ancient Indigenous cultures. Hip-hop historian Paradise Gray says the art form is ancient, and there are hundreds of missing links in the stories of hip-hop.
Gray, who was a member of the Brooklyn hip-hop group X-Clan, now serves as an advisory board member and chief curator of The Hip Hop Museum.
He says the music genre was built on the backs of the ancestors and credits artists such as James Brown, George Clinton, Gill Scott- Heroin and so many others for paving the way for its creation.
“We remixed their music, their culture, when we were children and teenagers,” said Gray on Monday’s edition of “Closer Look.”
Gray and Pete Nice, a co-curator of The Hip Hop Museum, author, historian, and founding member of the Def Jam Recording group 3rd Bass, were featured guests in the “Closer Look’s Hip Hop @ 50″ series.
They talked with show host Rose Scott about the importance of telling the stories of hip-hop and The Hip Hop Museum’s pop-up traveling tour that’s coming to Atlanta on Oct. 21st.
We are in a learning phase right now,” explained Gray. “We look forward to hearing the stories of everyone, from every region, about the humble origins of hip-hop and the music that is the foundation of hip-hop in their areas—from gospel to jazz, R&B, disco funk.”
Related
Top Stories
