Hip Hop Tours in NYC

Posted on January 9, 2009

Whoa, check it out! You can go on a hip-hop tour in NYC to see the roots of all the 4 elements. They offer different tours such as the ”Birth of Hip Hop”, a Bronx-based tour that takes tourists to the heart of hip-hop’s origins, and “Rappers Row”, a Queens and Hollis tour that takes you to the early landmarks of Nas, Marley Marl, Roxanne Shante and many others pioneers.

The tours were stared by Debra Harris, a hip-hop head who wanted to show the rich history of hip-hop, a cultural movement she felt wasn’t always portrayed positively.

Hip-hop’s origins have been a resounding influence on the fashion and media businesses, which you see and get to actively celebrate on the Hush Tours trip. “H’us’h Tours stands for the ‘us’ in hip-hop”, Debra explains. “We live the hip-hop culture and I felt it was extremely important to give our youth both nationally and internationally a place to learn about the beginnings of the culture, while at the same time enabling our original hip-hop fans to reflect on year’s past”.

And the tours aren’t given by your average Joes. Grandmaster Caz, DJ Red Alert and Kurtis Blow are among the legendary tours guides.

This is definitely on my list of things to do on my next trip to NYC

January 9, 2009 | In History |

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