Is Rubén Diaz in the crowd somewhere? I need him to make his way here. Shout out to the real hip hop heads in this building. State Assembly Member Jackson: All right. State Assembly Member Chantel Jackson: With so much drama in the NYC, it's kind of hard being Chantel from the Assembly. Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for the assemblywoman representing the Boogie Down Bronx in the 79th Assemblywoman District, Chantel Jackson. So now if you believe in real true hip hop, everybody makes some noise. We love y'all and we love y'all and we love y'all. And this is what I want to give back to you. Little black boys and little white boys and little white boys and little white girls could get together and party together, sing songs together, write round together, even drink some beer, smoke some weed together.īut this is who we are. He said hip hop was a dream, just like the dream of Dr. This is what Kool Herc told me one night. And look, and let me just say this, I knew her. We got the queen of the microphone, Sha-Rock in the building. We got the father of the microphone, Coke La Rock in the building. I don't care who you are, hip hop did something for you.

The one and only the one and only Kool Herc that gave this gift that gift that he gave to me, and then it went on to give to everybody in the world. Melle Mel: Everybody give it up for the father of hip hop. So we're going to play Happy Birthday for hip hop and all that good stuff. The DJ, he stepped up, they got like a program. So with all that said, we're going to step off the stage right now. All right, so I'm going to step off the stage now, but thank everybody for being here. At this time, the City Hall, Gracie Mansion, I'm not sure what they're going to do next. So with all that said, it ain't about me, but I definitely want to just thank everybody for being a part of this. Thank you for New York won New Yorker of the week. So I put this together in order to celebrate hip hop and I did some other things too.

Slick Rick in Nevada, but all due respect to everybody who ever wrote a rhyme, dropped a beat, produced, fashion, consulted, or made a video, or made art, break dance, regular dance, whatever the case may be.

We got Lil D up here, we got Slick Rick up here. We got a whole clan up in here, the Wu-Tang from the. The families that stood behind these accomplished artists are a part of what we're doing here as well, because nobody makes it on its own. So with all of that said, there's a lot of dignitaries who are not here, who are here in spirit. We got BK's own Brooklyn Life in the house. I'd like to thank Mayor Adams, a very hip hop friendly mayor for allowing us to happen.īut we also can't forget the designers. When's the last time hip hop been in Gracie Mansion? When's the last time hip hop been in City Hall? So I want to thank Mayor Adams.

The music has endured at last and it's a part of who we all are. A lot of soldiers didn't make it this far. So along that line, what we're trying to do is just honor the founders of hip hop. Kool DJ Red Alert, Ralph McDaniels, come on. Sha-Rock, where you on? Sha-Rock, step up here. It was her party in 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue that her brother, Kool Herc, put the music on.

Thank you for being a part of history.Ĭindy Campbell is here. And everybody a part of this, thank you for being here. Thank you very much to Sprite and Liberty distributors for the Sprite cans that are here celebrating hip hop. Their domain is trying to take hip hop forward into the future with their domain name. They really contributed and being a big part of this. McCarthy: All right, so we're going to play Happy Birthday later on and Play that Funky. Kool Herc here, a part of this event, thankfully.ĭJ Kool Herc:Only thing I want to play, Happy Birthday. Y'all check it out in the back when you circulate around. That Slick Rick piece in the back is amazing. All right, so thank you also to the artists who contributed their art to be a part of this Lady O, Derek Clark, Salaam Remi, Tatiana. Shout out to Sha-Rock, the first woman MC. Kool Herc, Cindy Campbell, Kool DJ Red Alert, Coke La Rock. HipHop, who sponsored this event, and they are going to give domain names to the pioneers that are a part of this today. Thank you to the staff of City Hall and Gracie Mansion for your participation in making this a success today. Not everybody in hip hop could be in this room or be in Gracie Mansion, but we're grateful for everybody who is here. The pioneers of hip hop in the house today.

We have very distinguished luminaries in hip hop in the house today. LeRoy McCarthy: What we're doing today is celebrating 50 years of hip hop.

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