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==About the Project==
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Launched in 2024 with support from [https://research.uic.edu/aca2024/ The 2024 UIC Awards for Creative Activity] and in collaboration with the [https://www.customresourceschicago.com/chicagohiphopheritagemuseum 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 using the MediaWiki platform. 


== Canonical List ==
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The first step in our research was to create a canonical list of figures, organizations, and cultural entities that define the history of Chicago hip-hop. This list is ever evolving and functions as the project’s foundation.
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'''[[Special:AllPages|'The List']]''' is a verified and structured dataset built from archival research, community consultation, and student-led research/documentation. Each entry represents a recognized element of Chicago’s hip-hop ecosystem, from artists and producers to collectives, venues, and cultural institutions, songs, recordings, etc.
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The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project is an ongoing effort to document and preserve the people, places, events, and stories that have shaped Chicago’s hip-hop culture. Built on the Semantic MediaWiki platform, the project serves as a starting point for researchers, students, and community members interested in exploring and expanding the history of Chicago hip-hop.  
Alongside this growing knowledge base, we are developing computational methods to examine the scope and structure of hip-hop scholarship already published on Wikipedia.
 
By comparing patterns between our curated data and Wikipedia’s existing content, we can identify coverage gaps, evaluate the quality and reliability of cited sources, and map where Chicago’s contributions remain underrepresented. These findings directly inform a prioritized plan for Wikipedia editing, guiding students and collaborators as they work to expand, correct, and strengthen hip-hop scholarship across open-knowledge platforms.
 
==Disambiguation==
The next phase involves disambiguating and matching those entities across multiple public platforms, with Wikipedia as the primary platform. Many artists and organizations appear under slightly different names or share names with unrelated subject so this stage focuses on verifying that each record in our dataset aligns with its correct digital representation.
 
Using both manual curation and computational matching techniques, we link every canonical entity to its corresponding pages and profiles on platforms such as Wikipedia, YouTube, Discogs, Spotify, Genius, and the Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Museum’s internal archives. This process includes:


* Resolving ambiguous or duplicate names through contextual metadata (e.g., genre, collaborators, active years).


* Mapping entities across platforms using consistent identifiers and verified links.
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* Creating semantic relationships within our wiki to track where each entity appears (or is missing).


* Documenting cases where no corresponding entry exists, which informs future research and Wikipedia editing priorities.
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<div>[[About|About]]</div>
By completing this step, we transform the canonical list into an interoperable network of verified identities that can be used for large-scale analysis of representation, visibility, and cultural bias across digital knowledge systems.
<div>[[The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project: The List|The List]]</div>
 
<div>[[The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project: Timelines|Timelines]]</div>
== Bibliometric Survey ==
<div>[[Data + Analytics|Data + Analytics]]</div>
 
<div>[[The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project: The Elements|The Elements]]</div>
At the core of the project is a bibliographic survey of Wikipedia, designed to quantify how Chicago’s hip-hop history has been represented—and where it remains invisible.
 
Here we are looking quantitatively at counts of articles, citations, and link structures on Wikipedia and the CHHHP.
 
This site currently has '''[[Special:AllPages|{{#ask:
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on emcees, DJs, producers, street dancers, graffiti artists
and many others members of the Chicago hip-hop community including [https://hip-hop.digital.uic.edu/wiki2/index.php/Special:Ask?q=%5B%5BCategory%3AUnknown%20Entity%5D%5D&p%5Bformat%5D=table '''{{#ask: [[Category:Unknown Entity]] | namespace=0 | format=count}} unknown artists'''] that we are trying to identify.
 
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  '''ARTICLE COUNTER'''
 
  '''{{#ask:
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}}''' [{{fullurl:Special:Ask|q={{urlencode:[[Has no wiki article::true]]}}}} do not have a corresponding article].
  We are currently developing apps to incorporate additional statistics for Wiki article including views, length and number of contributors.
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  '''CITATION COUNTER'''
 
  In-Progress
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== The Elements<ref>https://www.thetempleofhiphop.org/9-elements</ref> ==
<div>[[The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project: Genre|Genre]]</div>
<p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">&#10038; [[:Category:Graffiti Artists|Graffiti Writing]] </p>
<div>[[The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project: News|News / Blog]]</div>
 
<div>[[Special:RecentChanges|Recently Updated]]</div>
*[[:Category:Graffiti Artists|Graffiti Artists]] [[:Category:Graffiti Artists|({{#ask:
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<p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">&#10038; DJing </p>
 
* [[:Category:Disc Jockeys|Disc Jockeys]] (DJs) / [[:Category:Turntablists|Turntablists]] [[:Category:Disc Jockeys|({{#ask:
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* [[:Category:Radio Personalities|Radio Personalities]]
* [[:Category:Producers|Producers]] [[:Category:Producers|({{#ask:
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<p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">&#10038; [[:Category:Street Dancing| Street Dancing]] </p>
 
* [[:Category:Street Dancers| Street Dancers]] [[:Category:Street Dancers|({{#ask:
[[Category:Street Dancers]]
|format=count
}} members)]]
** [[:Category:Lockers| Lockers]]
** [[:Category:Poppers| Poppers]]
**[[:Category:Breakers| Breakers]]
* [[:Category:Street Dance Groups| Street Dance Groups]]
 
<p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">&#10038; Beatboxing </p>
 
<p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">&#10038; MCing </p>
 
* [[:Category:EmCees|EmCees (MCs)]] [[:Category:EmCees|({{#ask:
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* [[:Category:Hip-Hop Groups|Hip-Hop Groups]] [[:Category:Hip-Hop Groups|({{#ask:
[[Category:Hip-Hop Groups]]
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<p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">&#10038; [[:Category:Knowledge|Knowledge]] </p>
 
*[[:Category:Philosophies|Philosophies]]
*[[:Category:Writers|Writers]]
 
==More Elements==
 
Click here for a full list of categories including:
* [[:Category:Entrepreneurs|Entrepreneurs]] [[:Category:Entrepreneurs|({{#ask:
[[Category:Entrepreneurs]]
|format=count
}} members)]]
 
* [[:Category:Fashion Designers|Fashion Designers]] [[:Category:Fashion Designers|({{#ask:
[[Category:Fashion Designers]]
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}} members)]]
* [[:Category:Recording Studios|Recording Studios]]
* [[:Category:Record Labels|Record Labels]]
* and many others...
 
Please see our [[The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project: Editors| editors]] and [[The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project: Inclusion Criteria| inclusion criteria]] pages for more information.
 
== Genres ==
 
The following hip-hop genres are associated with Chicago and have an article on '''Wikipedia''':
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  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_hip-hop Chicago hip-hop]
  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_music Drill music]
  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_hip-hop Midwestern hip-hop]
  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopper_(rap) Chopper (rap)]
  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_hip-hop Comedy hip-hop]
  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_rap Freestyle rap]
  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_hop Hipster hop]
  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumble_rap Mumble rap]
  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_hip-hop Political hip-hop]
  * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rap Progressive rap]
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'''EchoNest''' (Spotify) includes Chicago artists in each of the following genre maps:<div class="mp-box">
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  * [https://everynoise.com/engenremap-hiphop.html Hip-Hop]
  * [https://everynoise.com/engenremap-rap.html Rap]
  * [https://everynoise.com/engenremap-hiphop.html Gangster Rap]
  * [https://everynoise.com/engenremap-melodicrap.html#tunnel Melodic Rap]
  * [https://everynoise.com/engenremap-goldenagehiphop.html Golden Age Hip-hop]
  * [https://everynoise.com/engenremap-hiphouse.html Hip-house ]
  * [https://everynoise.com/engenremap-chicagobop.html Chicago Bop]
  * [https://everynoise.com/engenremap-chicagorap.html Chicago Rap]
  * [https://everynoise.com/engenremap-chicagodrill.html Chicago Drill]
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==Recently Updated Pages==
This project was launched in 2024 with support from [https://research.uic.edu/aca2024/ The 2024 UIC Awards for Creative Activity]
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== For Researchers ==
This digital encyclopedia is a [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki] project. Semantic properties are used to add structured, machine-readable data to pages within this project. This allows for enhanced search capabilities, data extraction, and the creation of specialized views based on semantic information.<ref>https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Properties_and_types</ref>
 
==Contact==
 
This site is administered by the CHHHP [http://hip-hop.digital.uic.edu/about/ team].

Latest revision as of 23:24, 2 September 2026


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The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project is an ongoing effort to document and preserve the people, places, events, and stories that have shaped Chicago’s hip-hop culture. Built on the Semantic MediaWiki platform, the project serves as a starting point for researchers, students, and community members interested in exploring and expanding the history of Chicago hip-hop.


This project was launched in 2024 with support from The 2024 UIC Awards for Creative Activity

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