U.S museum to honour The Bronx as “birthplace of hip-hop”

-[Photo by Henry Chalfant, via Smithsonian Museum]

The National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC have outlined plans for a new exhibition paying tribute to “places of invention”, in which The Bronx in New York will be hailed as the kickstarter for hip-hop.

The exhibition, curated by the Smithsonian Institute, will run during 2015 – featuring the likes of Hollywood and Silicon Valley alongside the birthplace of hip-hop.

Its chief curator, Larry Fritzch said of the choice:

“The Bronx (in the 1970s) is an interesting contrast to Silicon Valley, which is kind of the stereotypical example. Inventors in the Bronx had a lot of hands-on skills and were able to apply that in ways that led to the creation of these innovative sound systems…We wanted to show that it’s not just a single inventor who creates something, but really a community that creates the right recipe for an invention.”

More info about the exhibition can be read here.

[via FACT]