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

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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 The 2024 UIC Awards for Creative Activity 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 timelines, maps, a blog and as this digital encyclopedia.

Currently the encyclopedia includes 1201 unique pages on emcees, DJs, producers, street dancers, graffiti artists and many others members of the Chicago hip-hop community.

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✶✶ The Elements ✶✶

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✶ Graffiti Writing

• Graffiti Artists (37 members)

✶ DJing

• Disc Jockeys (DJs) / Turntablists (67 members)
• Radio Personalities
• Producers (45 members)

✶ Street Dancing

• Street Dancers (12 members)
  • Lockers
  • Poppers
  • Breakers
• Street Dance Groups

✶ Beatboxing

✶ MCing

• EmCees (MCs) (332 members)
• Hip-Hop Groups (44 members)

✶ Knowledge

• Philosophies
• Writers

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✶✶ More Elements of Hip-Hop✶✶

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• 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.