The second HHH was held on June 10 at Spotify’s offices in New York City. The event was organized by R. Sommer McCoy and Adam November, Katarina Hoeger, and Jason Sigal for Monthly Music Hackathon.
Artwork: Alec Donkin
Publicity: Chrissy Borsellino
Talks
Can Hip Hop Save the World?
Manny Faces, founder of The Center for Hip Hop Advocacy, The NY Hip Hop Report and Birthplace Magazine
Digital Humanities: Why You Must Archive Your Work in the Information Age
Martha Diaz, founder of The Hip Hop Education Center
Tuma Basa, Global Programming Head of Hip Hop at Spotify
Panels
Hip Hop, Social Media, and Mental Health
A panel discussion with Dave “Demi” Bellevue, lyricist, Oxymorrons (moderator); Ka5sh, social media guru and meme creator; Sheldon Garnett, Google; Michael J. Heyliger, STACHE Media and Sony Red, and Keith White, lawyer and music manager
How Hip Hop Artists x Tech Founders Can Collaborate
A panel discussion with Shawn Setaro, The Cipher and senior news editor, Complex (moderator); Matt Bond, ceo of Treble FM; Sam Hamad, ceo of OffTop, and Victor ‘Divine’ Lombard, hip hop artist and founder of Blak Fintech
Workshops and Activities
The Beat Bang Theory
Shareef Islam/Native Instruments
Beginner Coding Workshop: Gotta Code ‘Em All
Make School
Beat Listening Session
Eboni Smith, Madli, VHVL, and Pozibelle
Gender Amplified
Breakbeat Lou, producer and DJ, Ultimate Breaks and Beats
Hank Shocklee, The Bomb Squad and Public Enemy
The Intersection of Impact, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship
Vince Randolph, founder of Sociosmith
Cache Rules Everything Around Me: Hip Hop, Journalism in the Information Age
Manny Faces, founder of the Center for Hip Hop Advocacy and award winning journalist.
DJ Demo
Breakbeat Lou
Hustling 101: How to turn your Code into Cash
Saeed Jabbar, founder of InclusionOrg students
Join the Cipher
Ed Sullivan Fellows
Off Top On Topic
Rabbi Darkside, founder of Say Word and professor, New School
Production
Today’s Future Sound
Protecting Your Work: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright
Lindsay Rodman, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Attorney at Davis & Gilbert LLP
Serge Krimnus, Intellectual Property Attorney from Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP
The Sound Lab: How Hip Hop Intersects Technology & Effects Cultures within Local Communities
Michael Peterson, author, speaker, educator, marketing expert
“What Is Artists-As-Brands Development
Alec Friedman, Redfoot Projects and Complex Networks
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