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

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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.

Launched in 2024 with support from UIC and in collaboration with the Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Museum, we have so far included 290 emcees, 52 DJs, 37 Producers, 12 street dancers, 20 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 all pages.

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✶✶ The Elements ✶✶

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✶ Graffiti Writing

• Graffiti Artists

✶ DJing

• Disc Jockeys (DJs) / Turntablists
• Radio Personalities
• Producers

✶ Street Dancing

• Street Dancers
  • Lockers
  • Poppers
  • Breakers
• Street Dance Groups

✶ Beatboxing

✶ MCing

• EmCees (MCs)
• Hip-Hop Groups

✶ 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.