Nationwide — In honor of Hip-Hop’s 52nd birthday, a cultural milestone born from the guts of the Black neighborhood, bestselling writer and publishing mogul Wahida Clark is uniting music, literature, and legacy in a worldwide celebration. HIP HOP 52: Salute the DJ is a nine-hour Twitch livestream that includes six legendary DJs from all over the world, paying tribute to the artwork kind that formed generations whereas showcasing the facility of the written phrase in preserving its historical past.
Not like conventional Twitch ‘raid trains,’ Wahida’s Road Lit Home Occasion delivers a ‘Stay Mastermix’—a curated DJ expertise with objective. It is a house the place DJs are honored with paid bookings, promoted on a worldwide platform, and celebrated as cultural torchbearers. In a male-dominated livestream house, Road Lit Home Occasion stands aside—not as DJs themselves, however as devoted hosts bringing collectively a few of the prime DJs within the business to share their craft.
Featured DJs embody:
• DJ Tank (Houston) – Southern warmth
• DJ Aktive (Philadelphia) – Janet Jackson’s official tour DJ bringing Tri-State power
• Mr. Crate Digger (Sweden) – Tradition curator and vinyl deep-diver
• Freddy Jay (Paris) – Worldwide vibes, common hip-hop love
• Simple Mo Bee (Brooklyn) – Grammy-winning producer for Biggie, Tupac, Miles Davis
• Grandmaster Caz (Bronx) – Hip-hop’s founding father, lyrical architect
The occasion additionally marks the celebration of two main literary releases from Wahida Clark Presents Publishing: ‘Iconic Beats’ by Simple Mo Bee, with a foreword by Massive Daddy Kane, and the remastered version of ‘Written!’ by Grandmaster Caz, that includes a brand new foreword by Grandmaster Melle Mel. Each titles honor iconic pioneers whose affect formed the tradition.
For Wahida Clark, hip-hop is greater than music—it’s a artistic pressure that has impressed her to writer over 20 fiction novels, every written to the rhythm and beats of the tradition. Her publishing home continues this mission with a roster of hip-hop-connected titles together with: ‘Baltimore Uncooked’ by Aisha Corridor, ‘Y’all Not Gon’ Make Me Lose My Thoughts’ by Emilia A. Ottoo, ‘Behind the Hits’ by Drumma Boy Recent, ‘Diary of a Pimp’s Spouse’ by Karen Pleasure & Mr. Cheeks, ‘American D-Boy’ by Billigoat, and ‘The Delrhonda Hood Story’ by Massive Fifty (tailored right into a BET film starring Remy Ma).
“Hip-Hop’s birthday comes every year—that is the least we will do to honor the tradition that gave us a lot,” says Wahida. “We’re right here to protect the artwork, rejoice the pioneers, and go down the tales so the subsequent technology is aware of precisely the place we come from.”
Along with the music, Wahida is personally inviting her friends—fellow Road Lit legends together with Sister Souljah, Teri Woods, Omar Tyree, Ok’wan, Al-Saadiq Banks, and extra—to affix the occasion. Every will share hyperlinks to their books with an entire new viewers in a celebration of the style they helped construct.
“This isn’t nearly beats—it’s about books, legacy, and giving flowers whereas we will,” says Wahida. “Road Lit authors are cultural historians. By bringing them into Hip Hop 52, we’re exhibiting the world that the written phrase is simply as a lot part of hip-hop’s DNA because the music itself.”
Hip Hop 52 isn’t just a celebration—it’s a cultural preservation mission, a platform for artists, and a testomony to the fifth factor of hip-hop: Data. This occasion is curated by Nuance Artwork, LLC. RSVP now to expertise the fusion of beats and books, stay from the Road Lit Home Occasion stage.
Concerning the Founder
Wahida Clark, four-time New York Occasions bestselling writer and Queen of Road Lit, turned a 9½-year jail sentence right into a literary empire. As founding father of Wahida Clark Presents Publishing, she has offered over 1.5 million books, created the “Thug Love Fiction” style, and constructed one of many fastest-growing unbiased publishing homes within the nation. She co-created the Road Lit Home Occasion™, a stay and digital sequence mixing hip-hop, books, and neighborhood empowerment, together with her work set to be featured within the upcoming Hip-Hop Museum. Her mission: flip wrestle into technique, and tales into streams of earnings. Be taught extra about her books at WClarkPublishing.com
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