Jadakiss, Chuck D, Rakim, and more will serve as special guests for “Bridging The Gap: An Evening Conversation with the Last Poets.”
Tons hip hop icons such as Jadakiss, Chuck D, Rakim, Black Thought, and many more will be participating in an introspective discussion with the groundbreaking group, The Last Poets. Often revered as the “Godfathers Hip Hop,” The Last Poets are celebrating the 50th anniversary their legendary self-titled debut album next Tuesday by holding a special virtual event in collaboration with the Universal Hip Hop Museum and Video Music Box. The former promoted the event on Instagram, indicating that it will be “one the most important conversations in Hip Hop history.”
Along with Jadakiss, Chuck D, Rakim, and Black Thought, special guests will include Rapsody, Doug E. Fresh, KRS-1, Sonia Sanchez, Jessica Care Moore, Chubb Rock, Black Ice, Smif-N-Wessum, and more. Ralph McDaniels Video Music Box will host the event, which will see guests conversing with surviving members The Last Poets, Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan, and Don Babatunde. Unfortunately, founding member and “Grandfather Hip Hop,” Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, passed away in 2018 at the age 74.
The event will be streamed live on Facebook as well as on Youtube on both the UHH Museum’s channel here and on Video Music Box’s channel here, beginning at 7:00pm EST on Tuesday, May 19th, 2020.