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Happy Birthday Hip-Hop: Capital Region artists celebrate 50 years of hip hop with exhibit

"What’s in a word? Well, when it comes to hip hop, some would say it’s fifty years of history. Truemaster Trimingham is one of a group of artists and curators taking part in the Can't Stop Won't Stop exhibit at the Albany Center Gallery that's celebrating 50 years of hip hop." "It’s influence and inspiration, which Truemaster drew from to create a 9-foot-tall replica of the six train in the Bronx, the borough credited as the birthplace of Hip Hop."   Tags: Press Coverage

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Upstate Beat: Hip-hop lives — an Albany exhibit looks back

"Although the event was heady with nostalgia for songs and music from decades prior — especially hip-hop’s “Golden Age” of the 1980s and ‘90s — there was also a forward-looking aspect to the night. Hip-hop lives and evolves." " 'Hip-hop is everywhere,' said Cooper. 'It’s always shifting and reinventing itself and coming back to a foundation, which is why it’s lasted so long. Fifty years from now, it will still be around.' " Tags: Press Coverage

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Celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th Birthday with These Concerts, Exhibits, and Events

Albany Center Gallery was recognized by Rolling Stone magazine, here is what it says: "HIP-HOP TURNS 50 on Aug. 11, and it seems that the whole world is celebrating. From concerts organized by Amazon and Mass Appeal to block parties put on by New York City, the festivities are plentiful. There is also a wide range of exhibits and galleries curated by artists of the hip-hop generation."   Tags: Press Coverage

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