An opening date has been set for S9 Architecture’s Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) project in the South Bronx. Located on the site claiming to be the birthplace of hip hop, the new $80 million museum, which is part of a larger $349 million mixed-use residential development called Bronx Point.
Flanked by a who’s who of rap royalty, Hizzoner reflected on the number of Black elected officials holding power now at the city, state and federal levels and credited part of that success to hip hop’s now-broad cultural influence