Night In The Library

6:15PM

Double Dutch Performance

National Double Dutch League

A performance by the award-winning National Double Dutch League.

Plaza | 6:15PM

DJ Statik Selektah

Statik Selektah

Grand Lobby | 6:15PM

6:30PM

Ask a Philosopher (Ongoing Experience)

Outer Lobby | 6:30PM

Sewing Cart (Ongoing Experience)

@pedalmaw

Plaza | 6:30PM

Archival Portraits by Jamel Shabazz & Danny Clinch (Ongoing Experience)

Jamel Shabazz, Danny Clinch

Facade projections of Jamel Shabazz: Back in the Days and Danny Clinch: Hip Hop Icons Rain location: Business & Career Center Event Room

Plaza | 6:30PM

7:00PM

Pre-Hook: What is Hip-Hop?

April R. Silver, HAWA, Cey Adams

Three key players in Hip-Hop culture share what the genre means to them.

Grand Lobby | 7:00PM

10 Commandments for Hip-Hop: A Manifesto

Brandon "JINX" Jenkins

Brandon "JINX" Jenkins delivers a manifesto, witten especially for Night in the Library: The Philosophy of Hip-Hop.

Grand Lobby | 7:00PM

8:00PM

The Visual Language of Hip Hop

Cey Adams

Visual artist, designer, and founding creative director of Def Jam Recordings discusses creating the visual language of Hip-Hop.

Society, Sciences & Technology Division | 8:00PM

Hon. Dr. Gloria Carter and Angie Martinez in Conversation

Angie Martinez, Hon. Dr. Gloria Carter

Hon. Dr. Gloria Carter & Angie Martinez in conversation.

Grand Lobby | 8:00PM

Hip-Hop Journalism: From Hard-Hitting to Gossip

Sidney Madden, Fredara Mareva Hadley, Ph.D., Briana Younger

How to cover the evolving artform.

History, Biography, Religion Division | 8:00PM

Hip-Hop Fashion Pop-Up

Dapper Dan, April Walker, Beau McCall, Moshood, Hubane

Featuring designs by Dapper Dan, April Walker, Beau McCall, Israel Yanir (Hubane), and Moshood.

Various | 8:00PM to 11:00PM

Lyrical Law: Hip-Hop Lyrics and the Justice System

The ACLU's Emerson Sykes unpacks the use of hip-hop lyrics as criminal evidence.

Art & Music | 8:00PM

8:30PM

Film

STRETCH AND BOBBITO: RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES

Directed by Bobbito Garcia, 98 min. Saboteur Films, 2015.

Business and Career Center | 8:30PM

#TheRealHipHopCop Answers Your Questions

Derrick Parker

Art & Music | 8:30PM

The Truth Behind Lyrics

Mickey Factz

Mickey Factz compares contradictions and paradox in Hip-Hop lyrics.

Languages & Literature Division | 8:30PM

8:45PM

KRS-One

Grand Lobby | 8:45PM

9:00PM

Accessibility of Hip-Hop (Ongoing Experience)

From Not Impossible Labs, experience wearable technology that translates sound onto the skin through vibration. Inspired by the deaf community.

Grand Lobby | 9:00PM

A Close Reading of an Iconic André 3000 Verse

Ari Melber

The host of MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber breaks down an André 3000 verse.

Languages & Literature Division | 9:00PM to 9:30PM | 30 min

An Ode to Hip-Hop: A Multi-Generational Discussion (ASL)

HDBeenDope, Smif-N-Wessun, Antha Pantha, Jeff Johnson

Society, Sciences & Technology Division | 9:00PM

Hip-Hop & The Historical Analysis of Law Enforcement Surveillance of Black Artistry

Kenneth J. Montgomery

Lawyer Kenneth Montgomery takes a look at law enforcement, Hip-Hop and race, with a look at specific cases involving Hip-Hop artists.

Dweck Auditorium | 9:00PM

Sell-Out or Saving Grace?: The Moral Meaning(s) of Hip-Hop (ASL)

Andre C. Willis, Tricia Rose

Hip Hop is one of the most intensely debated forms of Black music. It has been celebrated as a sign of black cultural ingenuity, resistance and creativity and, at the same time, condemned for its complicity with exploitation, racism, sexism and capitalist consumption. What, if any, are the moral meanings of Hip Hop? And, why do such meanings matter for Black culture and Black people? These kinds of questions have been going on since Hip Hop began 50 years ago.

History, Biography, Religion Division | 9:00PM

Evolution: From Counterculture to Popular Culture

Naima Cochrane

A multimedia presentation on the evolution of hip-hop and its elements.

Art & Music | 9:00PM

Dilemma Series 1: I Am Hip-Hop! Who Owns Hip-Hop?

April R. Silver

Hip-hop has now transcended race, class, and nationalities. Has the universal expansion of this art form invented by Black and Brown youth now abandoned its architects?

Info Commons Lab | 9:00PM

9:30PM

I Think Very Deeply: April R. Silver Interviews KRS-One (ASL)

KRS-One, April R. Silver

Art & Music | 9:30PM

Dilemma Series 2: Culture vs. Commerce

Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele

For eons, hip-hop purists have decried the commercialization of hip-hop. But has it really been that bad? Is it possible for art and business to co-exist without stripping the soul away from the culture?

Info Commons Lab | 9:30PM

DJ TGUT

TGUT

Grand Lobby | 9:30PM

Sounds From The Future: An Interactive Conversation & Listening Session

Reuben Vincent, Sean C, Topaz Jones

An interactive listening session and discussion.

Languages & Literature Division | 9:30PM

10:00PM

Hip-Hop’s Global Impact, from Afrobeats to Bad Bunny

Brianna Agyemang, Brian Tate, Ivie Ani, Dr. Todd Craig

The globalization of hip-hop.

Art & Music | 10:00PM

Which American Region is the Most Important in Hip-Hop?

Donwill, Jazzy Lo, Alvin aqua Blanco, Mitchell S. Jackson, Chad Sanders

Panelists make their case for why their region (West Coast, East Coast, Midwest & The South) have made the biggest impact on hip-hop.

Society, Sciences & Technology Division | 10:00PM

Women in Hip-Hop: Sexuality, Empowerment, Competition, Success, & A Fight For Respect

Kathryn Sophia Belle, Rapsody

Philosopher Kathryn Sophia Bell sits down with Rapsody to discuss the past, present, and future of women's representation within the genre as artists and support systems.

Grand Lobby | 10:00PM

Stylin': Hip-Hop Fashion

Souleo, Dapper Dan, April Walker

Curator and writer Souleo discusses Hip-Hop fashion with the iconic designers Dapper Dan and April Walker.

Dweck Auditorium | 10:00PM

Film

FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP HOP CHANGED THE WORLD

Episode 1 of the PBS series. The Foundation (55 mins, 3 sec): Discover the factors that led to the birth of Hip Hop and its first socially conscious hit The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

Business and Career Center | 10:00PM

Who Do We Trust to Archive Hip-Hop? (ASL)

Dr. Bryan Pierce, Dominique Jean-Louis, Natiba Guy-Clement

Three archivists discuss how Hip-Hop is entered into the official cultural record of institutions.

History, Biography, Religion Division | 10:00PM

Dilemma Series 3: Played Out?

Akanke Washington

With hip-hop turning 50 this year, is it rightfully still a youth-oriented culture?

Info Commons Lab | 10:00PM

10:30PM

DJ Donwill

Donwill

Grand Lobby | 10:30PM

Dilemma Series 4: WAP: The Pussyfication of Hip-Hop

Akanke Washington

In hip-hop and pop culture today, there's a mainstream embrace of sex, sensuality, and body autonomy. Does this focus limit or liberate the true essence of hip-hop?

Info Commons Lab | 10:30PM

11:00PM

Film

FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP HOP CHANGED THE WORLD

Episode 2 of the PBS series. Under Siege (55 mins, 7 sec.): Explore the 1980s and the birth of Hip Hop as social commentary in the Reagan Era with the emergence of artists like Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice-T, and NWA.

Business and Career Center | 11:00PM

From Synthesizers and Samplers to AI and ChatGPT

DeForrest Brown, Jr. on race, technology, and Artificial Intelligence in hip-hop.

Dweck Auditorium | 11:00PM

Streets to the Olympics: The History and Evolution of Hip-Hop Dance (ASL)

Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon, Elena Romero, Ana "Rokafella" Garcia

Elena Romero in conversation with dance pioneers Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon and Ana "Rokafella" Garcia.

Art & Music | 11:00PM

The Expansion of Hip-Hop Artistry: How Non-Black Artists Built a Home in the Genre (ASL)

Bill Adler, Pete Nice

This panel will explore the expansion of the hip-hop community through its evolution from expression of circumstance to popular music genre. Hear from a panel of non-Black artists and participants in the culture as they explain how they found their place in hip-hop.

Languages & Literature Division | 11:00PM

Party People: How the Young Lords & Black Panthers Set the Stage for a Hip Hop Revolution

Johanna Fernández

History, Biography, Religion Division | 11:00PM

Gender and Intersectionality in Hip-Hop

Kidd Kenn, HAWA, Mikelle Street

Society, Sciences & Technology Division | 11:00PM

Dilemma Series 5: Libations, Cyphers, Tribes, and Islands

Chief Ayanda Ifadara Clarke, Toni Blackman

Traditional African ways are the root of hip-hop but American and Western influences are dominating the culture. Is that a good thing?

Info Commons Lab | 11:00PM

11:30PM

Where There's Smoke, There's Fye

Mélan

One rapper, one blunt, one mic: a live experiment.

Dweck Auditorium | 11:30PM to 12:15PM

Dilemma Series 6: The Essence of Hip-Hop: Life or Death?

Chief Ayanda Ifadara Clarke

Can the positive energy of hip-hop save it from the destructive influence of death and drugs?

Info Commons Lab | 11:30PM

12:00AM

Dilemma Series 7: The Real Sister Souljah Moment

April R. Silver

Can women's truth and power co-exist in hip-hop culture?

Info Commons Lab | 12:00AM

Breathe Easy: A Guided Meditation

Johnny Cocoa

Grand Lobby | 12:00AM

1:00AM

DJ Set - Boogie Blind

Boogie Blind

Grand Lobby | 1:00AM