Hip Hop Gets Museum Recognition

Those longing for the rap's glory days of yesteryear need only look as far as our nation's capital. The Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. is collecting vintage Hip Hop memorabilia to shore up its new mainstay exhibit. You'll just have to wait about five years to see it...

The museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, is announcing its plans to embark on a collecting initiative, "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life." "It's here to stay, and it's part of American culture just like jazz is part of American history," said Valeska Hilbig, a National Museum spokeswoman. The project will collect objects that trace hip-hop's origins in the Bronx in the 1970s to its current global reach. It is expected to cost as much as $2 million and take up to five years to complete.

(via CNN)