Hip-Hop
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A KENNEDY CENTER GUIDE
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One Mic: Hip-Hop Culture Worldwide, a program of Arts Across America, is made possible through the generosity of the Charles E. smith Family Foundation.
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To me, hip-hop says, ‘Come as you are.’ We are family… It’s about you and me, connecting one to one. That’s why it has universal appeal.
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—Hip-Hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc
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Whether you trace it to New York’s South Bronx or the villages of West Africa, hip-hop has become the voice of a generation demanding to be heard.
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—author James McBride