A Virtual Hip-Hop Hackathon

Building Beats, #breakbeatcode, and #HipHopHacks present A Virtual Hip-Hop Hackathon! Date: Saturday, August 8, 12 PM - 6:30PM EST and Sunday, August 9, 4PM - 6PM EST Where: Zoom Who:  7-12 Graders only Register here! (50 seats available) Learn how to build beats, code in Python, and remix your own original music tracks. Students will…

Inaugural Community Solution Cipher: Hip-Hop Hope

Join HHH, The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy, and Media Arts at Long Island University, Brooklyn for our first Hip-Hop Community Solution Cipher. An open-format, collaborative discussion between artists, thought leaders, students, educators and others to explore areas where hip-hop music and culture can amplify efforts to improve our communities, livelihoods, and collective future. RSVP here. #HipHopHacks

HHH featured in The Economist

WHEN Jamel Mims teaches young, lower-income minority students in New York, he doesn’t deploy traditional materials like a blackboard, a whiteboard or PowerPoint. He uses a microphone—turned up loud for politicised raps—and mobile phones with augmented-reality apps. Mr Mims’s “interactive hip-hop classroom” uses music as an entry point into discussions about politics, race, class and…

Gender Amplified Recaps Hip-Hop Hacks

We called on Gender Amplified to join us for the Beat Listening Session at Hip Hop Hacks, June 10, 2017. Producers that participated were Eboni Smith, Madli, VHVL, Pozibelle, Hank Shocklee, and Break Beat Lou. “This is for all of the young producers. You guys, right now, have the key to the future in your hands.…

Press Release: Innovative Workshops, Hip Hop Hacks, Returns on Saturday, June 10th at Spotify in NY

Hip Hop Hacks is a celebration and exploration of the intersection of hip-hop and technology! The day will include talks from industry leaders, workshops on various topics related to hip hop, music technology, and computer science; music performances, and collaborative hacking on new projects and ideas by attendees! New York, NY | June 5, 2017…

Registration is now open for HHH on June 10, 2017

Join us on June 10 for a day celebrating and exploring the intersection of hip hop and technology! RSVP on Eventbrite! Schedule 11:30 am Doors Open 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Can Hip Hop Save the World? Manny Faces, The Center for Hip Hop Advocacy/The NY Hip Hop Report Hip Hop, Social Media, and Mental…

April 6, 2016: Hip Hop Hacks: The Remix

Minds Behind the Music in partnership with The Mixtape Museum and Young Hackers will host a post-panel and networking event for Hip-Hop Hacks at Wix Lounge on Wednesday, April 6, 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Teen programmer incubator Young Hackers and hip-hop archival initiative The Mixtape Museum joined forces to host Hip-Hop Hacks, a free…

MOOR Games Offers First Look at Fetty Wap’s New Mobile Game

Hip-Hop Hacks & MOOR Games Team Up To Offer An Exclusive First Look at Fetty Wap’s New Mobile Game “FETTY WAP: NITRO NATION STORIES” This weekend attendees at Hip-Hop Hacks, a free two-day hackathon at Spotify for students to explore technology’s role in hip-hop, will be able to demo Fetty Wap’s new mobile racing app…

Young Hackers and The Mixtape Museum Host Hip-Hop Hacks on Saturday, April 2nd and Sunday, April 3rd at Spotify in NY

Young Hackers and The Mixtape Museum team up to host Hip-Hop Hacks, a two-day hackathon for high school students to explore technology’s role in hip-hop and how the genre inspires technological innovation. New York, NY, March 15, 2016 – Teen programmer incubator Young Hackers and hip-hop archival initiative The Mixtape Museum in partnership with Monthly…