The Story of UK Hip Hop

If you’re in Manchester at any point between now and March, be sure to visit the URBIS (right next to Manchester Victoria station) for this..

HomeGrown Urbis 2009 Hip Hop



“Looking back over three decades, the exhibition tells the story of how a generation of youth took the spirit of the Bronx block party and fused it with their own uniquely British influences. In doing so it shows how a US subculture featuring art, politics, rhyme, dance and music was adopted, adapted and embraced to create a powerful, complex, cultural force, this side of the Atlantic”

Hip hop aint dead, it just emigrated.