Vice President Kamala Harris is throwing a home occasion to rejoice the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop.
Harris is partnering with the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective and Stay Nation City for the occasion going down Saturday at her residence in Washington, D.C. Dozens of artists will take part, together with Frequent, MC Lyte, Jeezy and Roxanne Shante. Almost 20 acts will carry out.
This commemoration will mark the primary time a sitting Vice President has hosted a celebration of this sort. Greater than 400 company — together with musicians, artists, trade leaders and cultural trailblazers — are anticipated to attend.
Harris will converse on the occasion and talk about hip-hop’s profound affect on American tradition and the way the style has reached folks around the globe. She may also spotlight and reinforce the Biden-Harris Administration’s dedication to celebrating the humanities.
“The Recording Academy and the Black Music Collective have had an incredible 12 months paying tribute to and honoring the legacy of Hip-Hop in its milestone 50th 12 months. Taking the celebration to our nation’s capital alongside Vice President Harris is really one thing particular and I sit up for a historic day,” Harvey Mason jr., president and CEO of the Recording Academy, mentioned in a press release.
In 2020 the Recording Academy — which places on the Grammy Awards yearly — launched the Black Music Collective, a gaggle of notable Black music creators and professionals who goal to amplify Black voices inside the Academy and the bigger music neighborhood. At its inaugural occasion in 2022, held throughout Grammys week, BMC honored John Legend, MC Lyte, D-Good and Black-founded document label LVRN, house to acts like Summer season Walker and 6lack. This 12 months BMC honored Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne and Epic Information CEO Sylvia Rhone at a jam-packed, white-hot affair — making it one of many highlights of Grammys week and a high-demand occasion laborious to snag tickets to.
