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While many of the articles, think pieces, blog posts, documentaries and special events understandably focused on the famous names (Grandmaster Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, Kurtis Blow, etc.) and well-known regional scenes (New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, etc.), the explosive growth of hip hop and rap music in the late 1970s-early 1980s inspired fans of the new genre to try their hand and at cutting and scratching on their parents’ record collections and start scribbling lyrics in notebooks. Austin, Texas, a city typically associated with the “cosmic cowboy” scene of the 1970s and guitar-slinging singer-songwriters, was no different. In Austin’s largely Black and Hispanic east side and south side neighborhoods, a vibrant hip hop community emerged and thrived over the years while being almost entirely ignored by the city’s media, music industry, and general population. The Austin History Center, the local history archive branch of the Austin Public Library, initiated a project in late spring 2023 to recognize hip hop’s “golden anniversary,” honor its homegrown pioneers and scene-makers, and diversify its collections by adding oral histories of important figures from the early days of Austin’s hip hop community. This presentation will summarize the project, beginning with planning and conception in April 2023 and culminating in the Hip Hop Honors Awards ceremony on September 17, 2023. sharing details of and lessons learned as well as plans for future iterations of the project.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eThe 50th anniversary of hip hop in August of 2023 saw a wealth of projects documenting the story of its emergence from the streets and rec rooms of New York to the dominant status it holds in music and culture today. While many of the articles, think pieces, blog posts, documentaries and special events understandably focused on the famous names (Grandmaster Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, Kurtis Blow, etc.) and well-known regional scenes (New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, etc.), the explosive growth of hip hop and rap music in the late 1970s-early 1980s inspired fans of the new genre to try their hand and at cutting and scratching on their parents\u0026rsquo; record collections and start scribbling lyrics in notebooks. Austin, Texas, a city typically associated with the \u0026ldquo;cosmic cowboy\u0026rdquo; scene of the 1970s and guitar-slinging singer-songwriters, was no different. In Austin\u0026rsquo;s largely Black and Hispanic east side and south side neighborhoods, a vibrant hip hop community emerged and thrived over the years while being almost entirely ignored by the city\u0026rsquo;s media, music industry, and general population. The Austin History Center, the local history archive branch of the Austin Public Library, initiated a project in late spring 2023 to recognize hip hop\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;golden anniversary,\u0026rdquo; honor its homegrown pioneers and scene-makers, and diversify its collections by adding oral histories of important figures from the early days of Austin\u0026rsquo;s hip hop community. 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