The Fresh Connect的Renegades街舞团队, an event organized by 商业与创业’s events management practicum — a course that is p艺术 of the hip-hop 小. The 部门 also puts on ManiFresh, a hip-hop event during Columbia’s annual 清单 celebration.
大阳城集团网站的b系列是一个以大型果酱为中心的年度节日, 或舞会, with head-to-head 跳舞 battles involving 大阳城集团网站的学生 和 some of the top hip-hop/street 跳舞rs in the region.
今年是嘻哈诞生50周年. 而芝加哥大阳城集团网站，是一位 嘻哈音乐的研究 小, 嘻哈表演和展览, 和 many hip-hop 艺术ists — that’s cause for reflection on this cultural movement 和 how it has been woven into the fabric of Columbia. 因为，就像哥伦比亚一样，嘻哈触及了从 音乐 和 跳舞 to 时尚 和 艺术 to 设计 和 业务.
“嘻哈对世界的影响是无法估量的，” 说 阿米娜Norman-Hawkins, a 音乐 adjunct 教师 member at Columbia College Chicago 和 an emcee/rapper 和 co-founder of Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Month.
“嘻哈被称为‘一种集体意识’，事实也确实如此. 它比音乐、歌词和时尚更重要. 这些都是公众经常看到的特质, but what resonates most with me is hip hop’s strong sense of comm团结 和 camaraderie 和 its unapologetic approach to activism,诺曼-霍金斯说.
“Even more impressive is how Black 和 brown kids created something out of absolutely nothing that has touched nearly every aspect of our world.”
Hip-Hop研究副修反映了文化
认识到嘻哈的重要性和它的许多创造性接触点, 2017年，大阳城集团网站迎来了第一批跨学科Hip-Hop研究辅修课程的学生. “The major was created so students could dive deeper into hip hop 和 get a well-rounded experience that mirrors the culture of hip hop,” Kelsa Rieger-Haywood，副教授 跳舞.
内森•布朗, 主修音乐商业，辅修嘻哈研究, belongs to Columbia’s Hip Hop Club (see below) 和 appreciates the opportunities he’s had at Columbia.
“It's truly been an honor 学习 from 和 about Columbia's legendary hip hop alumni from people like 克里斯·霍金斯(又名酷克里斯) 和 孙燕姿的技能 who offer their knowledge, stories, 和 resources so kindly to students,” Brown 说. “有些人喜欢迟到 帕克·李·威廉姆斯 '90, 他不仅对哥伦比亚的嘻哈界产生了巨大的影响, but Chicago's 音乐 scene as a whole…Learning about people like him not only inspires me 和 many other 大阳城集团网站的学生 but it shows us almost a blueprint of how we should be building up our communities.”
舞蹈专业学生, 谁需要学嘻哈, there’s a deep commitment to connect students to the culture 和 communities of hip hop outside the classroom.
“We build with local Chicago 艺术ists 和 put students in real-world scenarios with the culture/comm团结. 在大多数街舞/街舞课上, 学生必须参加校外社区活动,里格-海伍德说.
事实上, the desire to provide a space on campus where students can engage with the culture authentically is what led to the creation of the b系列Kelsa Rieger-Haywood说. 的b系列, which is co-curated by Rieger-Haywood 和 Haywood— is an annual festival that centers around a big jam, 或舞会, with head-to-head 跳舞 battles involving 大阳城集团网站的学生 和 some of the top hip-hop/street 跳舞rs in the region. The 跳舞 部门 also p艺术icipates in two other annual events that celebrate hip hop: The Fresh Connect 和 ManiFresh, both of which are organized students in 商业与创业’s 事件 Management Practicum — a course that is p艺术 of the hip-hop 小.
学生 also get real-world experiences as they learn about the 业务 side of the hip-hop industry. AEMMP唱片公司，哥伦比亚公司的 商业与创业 部门, is a student-run record label that focuses on recording 和 promoting hip hop 艺术ists 和 has its own hip-hop division. 当大阳城集团网站的学生前往奥斯汀的SXSW时，可以看到其中一些艺术家, 德州, 代表哥伦比亚AEMMP唱片公司. 在那里，学生们穿上了 嘻哈艺术家的音乐表演 ——通常是大阳城集团网站的学生和校友.
街头服装设计师在大阳城集团网站找到他们需要的东西
除了那些渴望进入音乐行业的人, Columbia’s 商业与创业 program also attracts many 时尚的研究 students who already have their own streetwear lines, 说 Colbey里德时尚研究主席. “They use 时尚的研究 classes 和 those offered in the 商业与创业 program to refine their entrepreneurship models.”
去年 时尚的研究在美国，学生们在Trendspotting这门课上发现了街头服饰的焦点 雅各毛皮披肩, 驻场实践者，All We Remember的创始人/设计师, 负责任了, 中性服装系列.
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“Hip hop has influenced 时尚 to such a substantial 和 vast extent that it would be quicker 和 easier to name the ways in which it hasn’t influenced 时尚,维多利亚说. “From the early days of b-boy 和 b-girl-driven sneaker culture to Dapper Dan’s ‘logomania’ that spawned all-over-logo prints, hip hop has driven 时尚 和 national 和 international culture since not long after DJ Kool Herc rocked the p艺术y at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in 1973,维多利亚说. 正如他所指出的，所有的时尚潮流都源于嘻哈.
“The club has allowed me to connect with like-minded individuals who share a profound appreciation for hip hop culture. 通过事件, 讨论, 和研讨会, 我对历史有了更深的了解, 艺术, 以及嘻哈的社会影响,我说:“我叫贾·赖特。, 一个大三学生，是俱乐部的主席，主修市场营销.
少年CJ年轻, 他主修音乐商业，辅修创意写作，他自己也是一名艺术家, 俱乐部加强了他与芝加哥嘻哈的联系. “I had the privilege to meet 和 collaborate with some of the originators of Chicago Hip Hop plus had the honor to meet the owners of the Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum,他说.
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而嘻哈俱乐部则以更广阔的视角看待嘻哈, Renegades Hip Hop 跳舞 Crew专注于将嘻哈舞蹈作为一种解放和表达形式. 他们的目标是:通过舞蹈传播嘻哈的四项原则:和平, 爱, 团结, 玩得开心.
已故的芝加哥嘻哈先驱 帕克·李·威廉姆斯，90年 (DJ P-Lee Fresh), founder of Chicago’s X-Men graffiti crew 和 later 音乐al director for Harpo Studies 和 DJ for the Oprah Winfrey Show, 也曾就读于大阳城集团网站. 今天，他的遗产得以延续，这要感谢 一个奖项 以他的名义支持大阳城集团网站的嘻哈学生.
营销传播/广告 明矾 克里斯•鲍威尔 ’13, OKRP公司的创意总监, was one of the creative forces behind the “You Rule” Burger King campaign that included the earworm “Whopper, 和病毒视频. 他被评为2023年度最佳AdAge创意.
明矾涂鸦艺术家 BBoyB (又名阿尔贝托·特维诺94年)和 孙燕姿的技能(aka Stephanie Garl和 ’20) recently joined Columbia’s Hip Hop Club for a graffiti workshop as p艺术 of a series focused on elevating hip hop skills. (这些艺术家过去与哥伦比亚合作的视频见侧边栏.)
“Krush Groove” (1985) – The story of a man who has st艺术ed a new hip-hop/rap label called Krush Groove. An early example of a hip-hop narrative 和 the first 电影 of this cycle to be commercially successful.
“Straight Outta Compton” (2015) – The rap group NWA emerges from the streets of Compton in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s 和 revolutionizes hip hop-culture with their 音乐 和 tales about life in the hood.
