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The birthplace of hip-hop is getting a museum to honor its roots. Earlier this year, L&M Developments and the City of New York closed on $350 million in private and public capital. The development company will oversee construction on the new Bronx Point project, which includes the development of the Universal Hip Hop Museum. Now, the museum is looking to raise $100 million to begin construction of the actual building and support with the “fit-out,” which is the interior design. New York City officials are looking to use the project to bring more revenue into the area and creating more job opportunities for residents living there.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Launch, a membership-based production & livestreaming service focused on music & the performing arts, marked a successful 2020, hosting nine virtual music festivals, creating five concurrent livestreaming channels, with over 400 shows, featuring nearly 800 artists, and gaining over 155,000 viewers worldwide.
Launch traces its roots to an independent New York City concert production company, which transformed into an all-virtual livestream model in April 2020, becoming the first interactive live-streaming music venue online with a direct revenue-share model with artists.
In late 2020, Launch partnered with United Kingdom-based stadium EDM group LZ7 for the Virtual Illuminate Tour on Launch garnering over 1600 viewers from over 12 countries across 4 continents. Additionally, they forged a strategic agreement with legendary Queens, New York based Colosseum Battle Rap League
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Between remote learning, more time spent at home, and working parents trying to keep their kids occupied, children across the United States have clocked in record-breaking hours of screen time during the pandemic. Much of it is supervised and curated by teachers or parents – but increasingly, kids of all ages are watching videos, playing games, and interacting with devices powered by artificial intelligence. As head of the Personal Robots group and AI Education at MIT, Media Lab Professor Cynthia Breazeal is on a mission to help this generation of young people to grow up understanding the AI they use.
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Between remote learning, more time spent at home, and working parents trying to keep their kids occupied, children across the United States have clocked in record-breaking hours of screen time during the pandemic. Much of it is supervised and curated by teachers or parents but increasingly, kids of all ages are watching videos, playing games, and interacting with devices powered by artificial intelligence. As head of the Personal Robots group and AI Education at MIT, Media Lab Professor Cynthia Breazeal is on a mission to help this generation of young people to grow up understanding the AI they use.
Just one week after Whodini member John “Ecstasy” Fletcher passed away, the pioneering Hip Hop community has suffered another monumental loss.
On Wednesday (December 30), DJ Premier shared an Instagram post mourning the death of Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones, better known as “Ozone” from the quintessential Hip Hop films
Breakin’ and
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.
“One Of Our Greatest Street Dancers/Choreographer And HIP HOP ICON and Star of the Hit Movie ‘BREAKIN’ As The Character ‘OZONE’ Has Passed,” he captioned a photo of Shabba-Doo. “R.I.P. Shabba Doo…Crazy Thing Is He Posted On IG Yesterday That He Was Feeling Better…Your Legacy Will Not Be Forgotten…@officialshabbadoo.”