HIP-HOP AT 50: TO THE FIVE BOROUGHS

ITSALLBLACKMUSIC PRESENTS has announced the Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx lineups for the 5x5 Block Party Series 8/5-8/6 and 8/11-13.

Mounted in partnership with New York City and Mayor Eric Adams, the hip-hop 50 celebration will reach all five boroughs. Performers tapped for the massive undertaking include Mister Cee, Prince Paul, KRS-One, Chuck D, Kool G Rap, dead prez, Jungle Brothers and Dres from Black Sheep.

The free block parties are reminiscent of the 1970s and early '80s, when hip-hop was just beginning to crawl. Park jams were springing up all over the Big Apple, especially in the Bronx. On Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister, Cindy Campbell, threw a Back to School party at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. Since then, the modest Bronx apartment building has been widely considered the official birthplace of hip-hop. It all comes full circle next week when the city explodes with events commemorating 50 years of the culture.

ITSALLBLACKMUSIC PRESENTS is also hosting several panels, including "Very Necessary: A Conversation With Women in Hip-Hop With Salt-N-Pepa, Remy Ma, Flo Milli and TT Torez," which will take place at Long Island's LaGuardia Performing Arts Center on 8/6.

Find the full itinerary of the 5x5 Block Party Series celebrating hip-hop's 50th here while we're reminded yet again of just how un-hip we are.