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Hip-Hop
Day LA

The Past. The Present. The Future.

August 11Los Angeles

Officially recognized
by the City of Los Angeles

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What is
Hip-Hop Day LA?

Hip-Hop Day LA is Los Angeles’ annual celebration of the people, places, creativity, and communities that shaped Hip-Hop, and the next generation carrying the culture forward.

Officially recognized by the City of Los Angeles on August 11, 2021, Hip-Hop Day LA celebrates Hip-Hop across music, DJ culture, dance, visual art, fashion, photography, film, media, entrepreneurship, technology, and education.

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A DJ works two turntables on an outdoor stage in Los Angeles while an MC performs, a dancer leaps, and an artist spray-paints a Hip Hop Day LA mural, with the crowd and the downtown skyline behind

Hip-Hop is
more than music.

Ten disciplines, one culture. Every one of them has a Los Angeles story.

Black and white photograph of a DJ working turntables at a Los Angeles party in the 1980s

The Past.

Honor the Legacy.

The pioneers. The parties. The radio. The neighborhoods. The movements that built Los Angeles Hip-Hop.

Explore the History

A rapper performs on stage into a microphone with a warmly lit crowd behind

The Present.

Live the Culture.

Artists. DJs. Events. Organizations. Businesses. Communities. The culture moving Los Angeles forward.

Explore the Culture

A young woman wearing headphones works at a music production workstation lit in blue

The Future.

Create What's Next.

Young creators. Education. Technology. Entrepreneurship. Building the next generation of leaders and innovators.

Explore Education

August 11
Hip-Hop Day LA

A citywide celebration of Hip-Hop through events, activations, art, workshops, performances, conversations, screenings, youth programs, and community experiences across Los Angeles.