"...a dynamic, new program that will stretch across all disciplines."

Washington DC-baserade Kennedy Center, eller “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” som det också benämns, är ett kulturcenter för scenkonst vid Potomacfloden i den amerikanska huvudstaden. Centret är designat av arkitekten Edward Durrell Stone och invigdes 1971 till minne av USA:s 35:e president John F. Kennedy.

Nyligen stod centret värd för Kendrick Lamar’s “Kunta’s Groove Sessions” och nu annonseras att man kommer utvidga sitt engagemang för hiphopkulturen. Legendariske rapparen och producenten Q-Tip från gruppen A Tribe Called Qust har utsetts till “artistic director of hip-hop culture” för The Kennedy Center, uppger Hotnewhiphop. I en pressrelease meddelades:

“Q-Tip will establish a dynamic, new program that will stretch across all disciplines, bringing the historic roots, contemporary expressions, and transformative power of Hip Hop to the [Kennedy] Center and local and national audiences”.

Q-Tip ska utforska hiphopens grundelement; “emceeing, deejaying, breaking, graffiti and knowledge of self”. Själv kommenterar ATCQ-legenden utnämningen:

“With Hip Hop constantly changing and evolving, it is easy to forget the history and legacy that precede it. I want to begin at the beginning of the Culture to help people see its roots, better understand its present, and responsibly create its future.”

I en serie events kommer de olika grundbultarna för hiphopkulturen uppmärksammas under 2016 och 2017.

July 12-16, 2016 — Brave New Voices Youth Summit
October 12-16, 2016 —All the Way Live!
November 3-5, 2016 — Words, Beats & Life Teach-In
November 5, 2016 — Top Notch
May 23, 2017 — DJ Spooky: Rebirth of a Nation
June 5-11, 2017 — /peh-LO-tah/

“That beat, that pulse, is what we’re going to connect to at the Kennedy Center.”ICYMI during today’s broadcast: Q-Tip talks about his new role as Artistic Director of Hip Hop Culture. #KC1617

Posted by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, March 8, 2016

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