The United States Senate made history by passing a resolution on Thursday (July 29), recognizing August 11 as national “Hip Hop Celebration Day” in the United States.
By unanimous consent, the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 331, a bill to celebrate hip-hop nationally, which also recognizes August as “Hip Hop Recognition Month” and November as “Hip Hop History Month.”
The bill was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and co-sponsored by California Senator Alex Padilla and Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy.
By unanimous consent, the Senate passed S.Res.331 (A resolution designating August 11, 2021, as ‘‘Hip Hop Celebration Day’’, designating August 2021 as ‘‘Hip Hop Recognition Month’’, and designating November 2021 as ‘‘Hip Hop History Month’’)
— Senate Periodicals (@SenatePPG) July 30, 2021
Next month, New York City will host week-long outdoor events called “It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC” in The Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens. The free concerts will feature hundreds of rapper performances from KRS-One, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Big Daddy Kane, Mobb Deep, Papoose, Maino, Too $hort, EPMD and more.
