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“Hip hop is one of those things that really gave my life meaning,” LL Cool J, perhaps the greatest of them all, stated during the ceremony that included Nas, Lil Kim, Fat Joe, Grandmaster Flash, Slick Rick, EMPD, Naughty By Nature, and other superstars and trailblazers.
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Bronx Cheers: The Universal Hip Hop Museum Breaks New Ground
Last week was the official groundbreaking for the permanent home of the Universal Hip Hop Museum. Rap legends such as Chuck D, Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, Nas, Slick Rick, Parish Smith (EPMD) and Fat Joe joined the likes of NYC mayor Bill De Blasio, Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr., NYC council speaker Corey […]
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Hip-hop royalty turned out to the Bronx, the home of hip-hop, last week to attend a ground-breaking ceremony that marked the official launch of building for the new Universal Hip Hop Museum.
The likes of LL Cool J, Nas, Lil Kim, Chuck D and Fat Joe were all in attendance, as well as a number of New York politicians, including mayor Bill De Blasio.
“Hip-hop made me believe that anything was possible,” LL Cool J told AP on the day of the ground-breaking ceremony. “This was like the first time where I felt like, ‘Wow, it’s possible to be powerful. It’s possible to be somebody. It’s possible to have meaning in this world.’”