Hip Hop Culture Institutionalized

The first hip hop song I remember hearing was from Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. Hip hop has not only since entered the mainstream, but it's now the focus of a Smithsonian Exhibit, as the Baltimore Sun notes: Mixing it up with hip-hop exhibit

The article discusses the preparations for a year long exhibition of hip hop music and culture. Still at the fundraising stage, it sounds like it is going to be a great show.