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✶✶ The Encyclopedia of Chicago Hip-Hop History ✶✶

This digital encyclopedia is designed to provide a comprehensive and organized overview of Chicago hip-hop history. Our pages present concise, factual information intended to be a starting point for further research.

Launched in 2024 with support from UIC and in collaboration with the Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Museum, the Chicago Hip-Hop History Project aims to provide context and connections for all elements of Chicago hip-hop history through digital resources such as this digital encyclopedia. Currently the encyclopedia includes 992 unique pages on emcees, DJs, producers, street dancers, graffiti artists and many others members of the Chicago hip-hop community.

✶✶ The Elements^[1] ✶✶

✶ Graffiti Writing

Graffiti Artists (20 members)

✶ DJing

Disc Jockeys (DJs) / Turntablists (52 members)
Radio Personalities
Producers (37 members)

✶ Street Dancing

✶ Beatboxing

✶ MCing

✶ Knowledge

✶✶ More Elements of Hip-Hop✶✶

Entrepreneurs
Fashion
Films
Hip-Hop Spots
Recording Studios
Record Labels
Record Stores
Blogs
Photographers

The CHHHP is a Semantic MediaWiki project, which is built on the same platform as Wikipedia but includes semantic extensions that allow properties (variables) to be stored in a database and queried to produce information.

This wiki is administered by the CHHHP team and attempts to adhere to the five pillars of WikiEditing.

↑ https://www.thetempleofhiphop.org/9-elements

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-This project is a specialized wiki designed to provide a comprehensive and organized overview of Chicago hip-hop history. Our pages present concise, factual information designed to be a starting point for research. We aim to offer data and information that will provide context and connections for all elements of Chicago hip-hop history.
+This digital encyclopedia is designed to provide a comprehensive and organized overview of Chicago hip-hop history. Our pages present concise, factual information intended to be a starting point for further research.
-Launched in 2024 with support from UIC and in collaboration with the Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Museum, we have so far included [[:Category:EmCees|{{#ask:
+Launched in 2024 with support from UIC and in collaboration with the Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Museum, the Chicago Hip-Hop History Project aims to provide context and connections for all elements of Chicago hip-hop history through digital resources such as this digital encyclopedia. Currently the encyclopedia includes [[Special:AllPages|{{#ask:
- [[Category:EmCees]]
+  [[~*]]
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-}} emcees]],
-[[:Category:Disc Jockeys|{{#ask:
-  [[Category:Disc Jockeys]]
-  |format=count
-}} DJs]],
-[[:Category:Producers|{{#ask:
- [[Category:Producers]]
   |format=count
-}} Producers]],
+}} unique pages]]
-[[:Category:Street Dancers|{{#ask:
+on emcees, DJs, producers, street dancers, graffiti artists
- [[Category:Street Dancers]]
+and many others members of the Chicago hip-hop community.
- |format=count
-}} street dancers]],
-[[:Category:Graffiti Artists|{{#ask:
- [[Category:Graffiti Artists]]
- |format=count
-}} graffiti writers]]
-and many others members of the Chicago hip-hop community in this digital encyclopedia.
-You can begin browsing through categories using the links below, searching for any term or browsing a list of [[Special:AllPages|all pages]].
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-*[[:Category:Graffiti Artists|Graffiti Artists]]
+*[[:Category:Graffiti Artists|Graffiti Artists]] [[:Category:Graffiti Artists|({{#ask:
+ [[Category:Graffiti Artists]]
+ |format=count
+}} members)]]
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-* [[:Category:Disc Jockeys|Disc Jockeys]] (DJs) / [[:Category:Turntablists|Turntablists]]
+* [[:Category:Disc Jockeys|Disc Jockeys]] (DJs) / [[:Category:Turntablists|Turntablists]] [[:Category:Disc Jockeys|({{#ask:
+ [[Category:Disc Jockeys]]
+ |format=count
+}} members)]]
 * [[:Category:Radio Personalities|Radio Personalities]]
-* [[:Category:Producers|Producers]]
+* [[:Category:Producers|Producers]] [[:Category:Producers|({{#ask:
+ [[Category:Producers]]
+ |format=count
+}} members)]]
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-* [[:Category: Street Dancers | Street Dancers]]
+* [[:Category: Street Dancers | Street Dancers]] [[:Category:Street Dancers|({{#ask:
+ [[Category:Street Dancers]]
+ |format=count
+}} members)]]
 ** [[:Category: Lockers | Lockers]]
 ** [[:Category: Poppers | Poppers]]
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 <p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">&#10038; MCing </p>
-* [[:Category:EmCees|EmCees]] (MCs)
+* [[:Category:EmCees|EmCees (MCs)]] [[:Category:EmCees|({{#ask:
-* [[:Category:Hip-Hop Groups|Hip-Hop Groups]]
+ [[Category:EmCees]]
+ |format=count
+}} members)]]
+* [[:Category:Hip-Hop Groups|Hip-Hop Groups]] [[:Category:Hip-Hop Groups|({{#ask:
+ [[Category:Hip-Hop Groups]]
+ |format=count
+}} members)]]
 <p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">&#10038; [[:Category:Knowledge|Knowledge]] </p>