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Hip Hop

Hip Hop

Experience the genius and transformative power of Hip Hop Culture

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Upcoming Events

Club Quarantine Live with D-Nice

Sat. Jan. 11, 2025

Legendary artist, DJ, photographer, and Kennedy Center Hip Hop Culture Council Member D-Nice brings Club Quarantine Live back for another year—this time in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. With special guests Anthony HamiltonArrested DevelopmentBig Daddy KaneGoapeleKenny BurnsRakimRapsodyTank, and Tweet!

Noochie’s Live from the Front Porch

Fri. Apr. 4, 2025

Multifaceted artist and D.C. native Noochie brings his groundbreaking series, Noochie’s Live from the Front Porch, to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall for a special, one-night-only engagement with a host of special guests.

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Hip Hop at 50

For the last 50 years, hip hop has defined American culture across the worlds of business, education, entertainment, fashion, politics, technology, and more. For this golden milestone, the Kennedy Center partnered with Google Arts & Culture to celebrate Hip Hop on the Nation’s Stage.

Go behind the scenes at the Kennedy Center to explore the people, stories, and projects that bring the Hip Hop culture to life.

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Hip Hop is our past, our present, and our future — a reflection of who we are as a people and a projection of what we might become.

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Hip Hop Culture Council

Explore a dynamic community of high-profile visionaries who graciously lend their names, talent, expertise, and resources to a wide range of initiatives.

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Your gift will help the Kennedy Center celebrate hip hop's powerful role in our culture by presenting a dynamic mix of performances, humanities events, film screenings, workshops and interactive experiences, in person and online.

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