Hip Hop Finally Gets Its Flowers: Inside The Hip Hop Museum’s Star-Studded Gala

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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated October 16, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

In the words of the legendary Notorious B.I.G., “you never thought that hip hop would take it this far.”

And Wednesday night at Cipriani Wall Street proved exactly that: Hip hop isn’t only going far, it isn’t going anywhere at all. 

The Hip Hop Museum‘s Black Tie Gala brought together legends, industry heavyweights, and the next generation for an evening

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