Floating Museum: for Mecca
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Groundwaves Generations
Hosted by MURS
Photos from a previous Groundwaves Generations event at the National Public Housing Museum. Photos by Kendall Jackson Jr.
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National Public Housing Museum, 919 S. Ada Street, Chicago, IL 60607
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Hip-hop for the whole family!
Join the National Public Housing Museum and West Coast rap icon and innovator MURS for an afternoon of live performance, intergenerational activities, interactive exhibits, food, and fun!
For this edition, Groundwaves Generations features a live performance by PHENOM Universal, a Poetry Making Playground Pop Up with Kuumba Lynx, facepainting with Iiimagine, a magic performance by The Spellbinder, and more.
FREE. Food and refreshments included. Please register in advance so we can plan accordingly!
About Groundwaves Generations
Produced in collaboration with Groundwaves—a unique platform for hip-hop, community building, and collaboration—Groundwaves Generations transforms the typical family museum outing into an intergenerational day party, with family-friendly MCs, beat makers, and creative activities happening throughout the museum.
Groundwaves Generations occurs on select Sundays throughout the year: March 29, May 3, May 31, June 28, August 2, and October 4.
Featuring
PHENOM Universal born Teh’Ray Hale, learned to rhyme at the age of 13 in the back streets of Chicago, Illinois. Unafraid to join in on the ciphers and emcee battling, PHENOM instantly loved connecting clairvoyant lyrics and hurling potent metaphors quickly taking his opponents to school. Influenced by legendary artists like Rakim, Nas, Common, Black Thought of the Legendary Roots, & Bob Marley; PHENOM ignites audiences with a fire of a stage presence of something never before heard in HIP-HOP. He is the founder and CEO of the award-winning POETREE Chicago (People’s Organized Entertainment Teaching Righteous Education Everywhere), co-founder of L.Y.R.I.C, (Let Your Rhymes Inspire Creativity) with national poet K-Love and a main member of HIP-HOP DETOXX. PHENOM has also hosted major events such as Ritual Sundays, Neo Soul Explosion, and Lyricist Loft, and has mentored thousands of youth throughout the US.
The Magic of Walter King Jr. aka “The Spellbinder” is the 1st African American Illusionist to perform in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Born and raised on the Westside of Chicago, Walter is a self-taught illusionist/magician and is the 1st to combine multi-disciplines of Hip-Hop dance, music, and theater with the visual art of illusion and magic. His most popular illusion is floating a woman in mid-air. King, an award-winning illusionist, has performed for nearly 4 decades throughout the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean Islands. During the late 2000s, he was named as one of the “Great Performers of Illinois” by the IAC (Illinois Arts Council.)
Kuumba Lynx (KL) uses Hip Hop art and culture to cultivate strong communities built on a foundation of love. KL engages in collective arts based healing for reimagining and practicing a more just world.
- The Kuumba Lynx Poetry Making Playground Pop Up is an immersive playground full of multi sensory poetic play and joyful experiences for all ages. Curated by Kuumba Lynx and conceived by a collective of creatives, critical instigators, designers, poets, and those working at the intersection of Hip Hop and liberation, the series invites people of all ages to tap into our radical imaginations. This special pop up curated specifically for Groundwaves Generations will include activities catered to children (ages 3-9), offering fun and easy poetry making games and playground staples like jump rope, hop scotch, bubbles, Hoola Hoops, Skip ball toys, and more!
Ron Carter, a former Robert Taylor Homes resident and community organizer, will be holding office hours in the reading and resource room within the exhibition Nathaniel Mary Quinn: A Love Letter to My Mother. Drop by and join in a conversation about the history of Robert Taylor Homes.
MURS is a true artist and entrepreneur, who has crafted a remarkable legacy and lifted many other artists as he’s climbed. He has collaborated with a range of artists, from Snoop and E-40 to Mac Miller and Kendrick. MURS also founded the most successful independent rap festival, Paid Dues. He has toured the world and performed at many notable festivals; Coachella, Bonnaroo and Camp Flognaw to name just a few. Among his numerous accolades, MURS was also the first emcee to set the Guinness World Record for Rap Marathon, rapping nonstop for an astounding 26 hours live on Twitch. MURS has certainly carved a unique path in the music industry with 18 solo albums, numerous collaborative projects, and 20 plus years touring nationally and internationally. He also created Groundwaves, a national music mentorship and artist development platform that currently is active in three different states.
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