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==Project Overview==
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 [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 through digital resources such as [https://hip-hop.digital.uic.edu/ timelines], maps, a [https://hip-hop.digital.uic.edu/blog/ blog] and this site, which is a digital encyclopedia designed to provide a comprehensive and organized overview of Chicago hip-hop history. Each page presents concise, factual information on an entity or concept related to Chicago hip-hop history and is intended to be a starting point for further research.  
 
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 through digital resources such as [https://hip-hop.digital.uic.edu/ timelines], maps, a [https://hip-hop.digital.uic.edu/blog/ blog] and this digital encyclopedia.  


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on emcees, DJs, producers, street dancers, graffiti artists
on emcees, DJs, producers, street dancers, graffiti artists
and many others members of the Chicago hip-hop community. 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.
and many others members of the Chicago hip-hop community. 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. You may browse the site using the search tool or the links in the table of contents below:


== The Elements<ref>https://www.thetempleofhiphop.org/9-elements</ref> ==
== The Elements<ref>https://www.thetempleofhiphop.org/9-elements</ref> ==
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* Blogs
* Blogs
* Photographers
* Photographers
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>


==Recently Updated Pages==
==Recently Updated Pages==
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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>
==About Us==


This site is administered by the CHHHP [http://hip-hop.digital.uic.edu/about/ team] and attempts to adhere to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars five pillars] of Wiki-editing.
This site is administered by the CHHHP [http://hip-hop.digital.uic.edu/about/ team] and attempts to adhere to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars five pillars] of Wiki-editing.

Latest revision as of 20:48, 24 August 2025


✶✶ The Chicago Hip-Hop Encyclopedia ✶✶


Project Overview

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 this site, which is a digital encyclopedia designed to provide a comprehensive and organized overview of Chicago hip-hop history. Each page presents concise, factual information on an entity or concept related to Chicago hip-hop history and is intended to be a starting point for further research.

Currently the encyclopedia includes 1215 unique pages on emcees, DJs, producers, street dancers, graffiti artists and many others members of the Chicago hip-hop community. Please see our editors and inclusion criteria pages for more information. You may browse the site using the search tool or the links in the table of contents below:

The Elements[1]

Graffiti Writing

✶ DJing

Street Dancing

✶ Beatboxing

✶ MCing

Knowledge

More Elements

Recently Updated Pages

... further results

For Researchers

This digital encyclopedia is a 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.[2]

About Us

This site is administered by the CHHHP team and attempts to adhere to the five pillars of Wiki-editing.