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Icons of the genre celebrate launch of Hip Hop Museum in NYC 1 minute read
New York, May 20 (EFE).- Nas, Lil Kim and Fat Joe were among the hip hop pioneers who gathered Thursday in the Big Apple borough of the Bronx to break ground on a development that will include the Universal Hip Hop Museum.
The museum, projected to open in 2023, is part of Bronx Point, a $349 million mixed-use project along the Harlem River waterfront in the South Bronx.
“Hip hop is one of those things that really gave my life meaning. It made me feel like I really could do something with my life,” LL Cool J said.
Legends come out for hip-hop museum groundbreaking
May 20, 2021
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1of11Nas, left, and LL Cool J attend the Universal Hip Hop Museum groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, May 20, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11Nas, left, and LL Cool J attend the Universal Hip Hop Museum groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, May 20, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of11LL Cool J speaks at the Universal Hip Hop Museum groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, May 20, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/APShow MoreShow Less
Musical luminaries including Nas, LL Cool J, and Fat Joe came out to the birthplace of hip-hop for a ground-breaking ceremony to launch the capital campaign for.
On Thursday, May 20, several Hip Hop legends hit the Bronx to break ground on the first phase of Bronx Point, where the “Universal Hip Hop Museum” will be located.
Nas, LL COOL J, Fat Joe, Lil Kim, Naughty by Nature, Grandmaster Flash, Slick Rick, Michael Bivins (of Bell Biv DeVoe) and EMPD all joined Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. for the ceremony alongside Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, City Council Member Diana Ayala and other city officials. LL COOL J said:
“Hip Hop is one of those things that really gave my life meaning. It made me feel like I really could do something with my life.” Nas added,