Thursday, October 18, 2018 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm 
Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center
1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA

In her article “The Art of Inclusion: How artists represent cultural diversity without resorting to stereotypes” for the Fall 2018 issue of Keyframe Magazine, Whitney Friedlander explores how several animators depict characters of different races, sexualities, and body types without imposing stereotypes on a young and impressionable audience.

Friday, September 14th, 2018 at 11:30am
The Hiphop Archive | 104 Mt. Auburn St., 3R, Cambridge, MA

On Thursday, September 6, 2018, The Hiphop Archive and Research Institute was featured the premiere episode of The Keepers on NPR's Morning Edition. 

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, fondly known by his clan name of Madiba, was born in the small village of Mvezo in the Transkei (now known as Eastern Cape) on July 18, 1918. One hundred years later, his devotion and legacy live on.

Pusha T is part of the team behind a new hiphop music discovery app called "Heir" that aims to help the hiphop industry engage more with fans.

Featured at the ICA Boston from June 27 to September 30, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85 focuses on the work of black women artists as it examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of color during the emergence of second-wave feminism. The exhibition is accompanied by a twenty-song playlist curated by Professor Marcyliena Morgan and Christina Twicken at the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute at Harvard University.

On Wednesday May 9, 2018, Meek Mill appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” alongside Michael Rubin, Fanatics founder and Philadelphia 76ers co-owners, to discuss the U.S. criminal justice system.

The Hiphop Archive and Research Institute is pleased to announce the 2018-2019 Nas Fellows: Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, Pablo Herrerra Veitia, Akua Naru and Giuseppe Pipitone.

During the month of April, the 2018 Hiphop x Asia series will highlight artists from Asia, celebrate the intersection of hiphop with Asian culture, and examine how cultures can draw from each other while promoting mutual respect.