On the eve of Miami Art Week, two men ushered in the opening of Liberty City’s very own hip-hop museum Saturday, dedicating the space to the art form’s long-standing legacy in the Magic City.
The 305 Hip-Hop Museum was born out of a collaboration between local entrepreneur Broadway Harewood and artist Marvin Weeks in an effort to preserve one of Black history’s greatest cultural touchstones while pushing back against those that would diminish it.
“What inspired me to do this was when our governor said he was going to get rid of Black history,” Harewood said about the DeSantis administration’s controversial education policies. “Why would I allow our governor to just delete history when I was a part of it? That means he’s deleting me, and I didn’t feel comfortable with that.”
Beyond honoring local legends like 2 Live Crew and Denzel Curry, the team behind the museum hopes it will be a place where everyone in the community can gather and learn, bridging the gap between older hip-hop aficionados and the newer generations all the while…