Queen Latifah and Whoopi Goldberg have teamed as much as curate a novel exhibit that celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Hip Hop.
Hypebeast reported that the 2 girls will co-curate the exhibition, which can be held on the Morrison Hotel Gallery Sunset Marquis in Los Angeles and Morrison Hotel Gallery 116 Prince Street in New York City.
The exhibit will function 50 iconic photos from the Hip Hop scene, per the outlet. And every picture will “create a visual odyssey that captures the essence of Hip Hop’s evolution from its birth in the Bronx to its global prominence.”
Icons similar to Run-DMC, 2Pac, JAY-Z, and Eminem will all be featured, and works by Lynn Goldsmith, Josh Cheuse, and Mike Miller will all be prominently featured.
The exhibition kicks of Thursday (August 10) and can proceed till August 31.
Thanks to her position in feminine Hip Hop, Queen Latifah has been greater than getting her fair proportion of flowers whereas she will nonetheless scent them.
On Wednesday (August 9), she — alongside Remy Ma and Rah Digga — appeared in Ladies First: A Story Of Women In Hip Hop, which premiered on Netflix.
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The four-episode manufacturing explored the historical past and present panorama of girls in Hip Hop, enriched by views from veterans in addition to modern-day titans.
As per a press assertion, “This timely limited doc series recontextualizes the irrepressible women of hip hop and their role in the genre’s 50 years by reinserting them into the canon where they belong: at the center, from day one to present day. Each of the four installments features a parade of iconic emcees like MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, and Rah Digga, up and comers, and artists currently at the top of the charts like Latto, and Tierra Whack alongside key figures from record labels, stylists, and journalists.
“By giving flowers to originators like Sha-Rock and Roxanne Shante or hearing real talk from contemporary superstars like Saweetie and Coi Leray, Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop contextualizes the history of the music that changed the world within the wider social, racial, and political landscape of the times and, crucially, through a female lens.”
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