SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 18 • 3:00 PM
Book Talk: Blues Culture and the Roots of Hip Hop
Jelani Cobb, author of To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic (New York University Press, 2007), explores the ways in which the blues has influenced the lyrical structures of hip hop, informed its themes, and become a cornerstone for the most popular music of our time. Presented in conjunction with Black Style Now.
Free with museum admission.
For more information please call 212.534.1672, ext. 3395 or visit www.mcny.org
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10029
Note: There will also be a book signing at Hue-Man Bookstore tomorrow, Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.
Related: Jelani Cobb Website
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Anonymous
February 20, 2007
If I was in an elevator with Robert Moses and the Grand Wizard of the KKK, and had a gun in my hand with two bullets? I’d shoot Robert Moses twice!
Hugo
February 20, 2007
I would also encourage folks to check out the Robert Moses exhibit at this same museum. Moses had a lasting impact(good and bad) on the cultural landscape of all NYC (harlem included)…