The Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum celebrates, honors, and cherishes the community that nurtured collective talents and creative energies within the elements of Hip Hop.

The Hiphop Archive & Research Institute serves to organize and develop collections, initiate and participate in research activities, sponsor events and acquire material culture associated with Hiphop in the U.S. and throughout the world.

Founders of the Grand Boulevard museum are working to ensure Chicago's contributions to the 50-year-old musical genre aren't overlooked.

Wesley Morris traces the art form from its South Bronx origins to all-encompassing triumph.