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The Hip-Hop Cultural Summit comes to Delaware Art Museum (2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington) on Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The day will feature an MC battle, drumline and dance performances, live DJs and panel discussions with graffiti pioneer Darryl “Cornbread” McCray and Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D. Admission is free, but registration is required.
Delaware native and AllHipHop co-founder “Grouchy” Greg Watkins was more focused on celebrating hip-hop’s upcoming 50th birthday than his own in the early months of 2023.
The genre is widely recognized as beginning with an August 1973 back-to-school party in the Bronx organized by DJ Kool Herc, who used vinyl records to extend percussive breaks to dance to — and, eventually, rap over…