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The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project hiphopdi_hguz1 http://hip-hop.digital.uic.edu/wiki2/index.php?title=Main_Page MediaWiki 1.41.5 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk smw/schema smw/schema talk Rule Rule talk Inventory Inventory Talk Main Page 0 1 4618 4617 2026-02-10T20:49:59Z Rdifaz2 1 /* The Elementshttps://www.thetempleofhiphop.org/9-elements */ 4618 wikitext text/x-wiki [[File:Screenshot 2026-01-17 at 9.26.04 AM.png|thumb]]  ==About the Project== 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. <html> <iframe width="280" height="157.5" src="https://youtube.com/embed/GFT1nTotnxQ?si=2_SGYeRgnkIizkSA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </html> == In the News == === The CHHHP is featured at the Spring 2025 UIC SparkTalks Series === [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jV8mR-GruA&t The Chicago History Project is Featured at UIC Spring SparkTalks] The goal of UIC SparkTalks is to spark interest, learning, and conversation through brief, impactful presentations. In this talk, Robert DiFazio describes the work of the Chicago Hip-Hop History Project and its partners. <html> <iframe width="280" height="157.5" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0jV8mR-GruA?si=rsGEh5N3cg4lKBEz" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </html> === Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Museum Prepares for Its Next Chapter === [https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/chicago-hip-hop-heritage-museum-closes-as-curators-prepare-for-next-chapter Block Club Chicago reports on the Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Museum’s closure] as curators transition the institution toward a new phase, reflecting on its impact, outlining plans for relocation and future programming, and reaffirming its continued role in preserving and advancing Chicago’s hip-hop culture and community legacy. === UIC Showcases Chicago Hip-Hop History Project === [https://today.uic.edu/documenting-the-history-of-chicago-hip-hop/ UIC Today covers the Chicago Hip-Hop History Project], spotlighting its mission to document artists, artifacts, and stories that shaped the city’s hip-hop movement. == Canonical List == Our research began by developing a foundational, continuously evolving canonical list of figures, organizations, and cultural entities that shaped the history of Chicago hip-hop, drawing on foundational lists compiled in the 1980s and 1990s. '''[[Special:AllPages|<nowiki/>'The List'<nowiki/>]]''' is a verified and structured dataset built from archival research, community consultation, and student-led research/documentation. 'The List' currently has '''[[Special:AllPages|{{#ask: [[~*]] |namespace=0 |format=count }} total unique pages]]''' 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 currently working to identify. 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 about our research team and data collection methods. <div style="text-align:center; margin:1.5em auto; width:85%; background:#f9f9f9; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:8px; padding:1em;"> <h3 style="margin-top:0;">Comparing 'The List' with Wikipedia</h3> '''{{#ask: [[Has wiki article::+]] | format=count }}''' of the pages in the CHHHP also have a [{{fullurl:Special:Ask|q={{urlencode:[[Has wiki article::+]]}}}} corresponding article on Wikipedia], while '''{{#ask: [[Has no wiki article::true]] | format=count }}''' [{{fullurl:Special:Ask|q={{urlencode:[[Has no wiki article::true]]}}}} do not have a corresponding article]. </div> == Survey of Wikipedia == Alongside this growing knowledge base, we are developing computational methods to examine the scope and structure of hip-hop scholarship already published on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is widely considered the largest general reference source in human history. It receives around 1 billion unique visits per month, ranking consistently among the top 10 most-visited websites in the world. There is currently no established system for analyzing the representation of Chicago’s hip-hop scholarship on Wikipedia. To address this, we are using Semantic MediaWiki, the same open-source platform that underlies Wikipedia, so that our data are structured, shareable, and machine-readable for integration with broader digital humanities research. By comparing patterns between our curated data and Wikipedia’s existing content, we 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 and Entity Reconciliation== Many artists and organizations appear under slightly different names or share names with unrelated subjects. Our student researchers verify and resolve ambiguous or duplicate names by working closely with the staff at the Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Museum and other community partners. We also perform [[The Chicago Hip-Hop History Project: Entity reconciliation|entity reconciliation]], a process that aligns our canonical list of Chicago hip-hop figures, organizations, and cultural entities with corresponding entries on Wikipedia and Wikidata. == Bibliometric Survey == 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. <div style="text-align:center; margin:1.5em auto; width:85%; background:#f9f9f9; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:8px; padding:1em;"> <h3 style="margin-top:0;">Most Viewed Articles on Wikipedia</h3> {{#ask: [[Has Wikipedia 30d pageviews::+]] | namespace=0 | ?Category=Category | ?Date of birth=Date of birth | ?Has Wikipedia 30d pageviews=Pageviews in past 30 days | ?Has Wikipedia reference count=Citations on Wikipedia | mainlabel=Article | sort=Has Wikipedia 30d pageviews | order=desc | limit=20 | format=table }} <div style="font-size:90%; color:#666; margin-top:0.8em;"> <em>Data sourced from the Wikimedia Pageviews API (30-day total, updated 11/10/25).</em> </div> </div> == Genius == We fetch and analyze the following data via the Genius API '''Total Genius songs''' *Total number of songs attributed to this artist on Genius.com (including primary tracks and, optionally, features, depending on how the script is configured). '''Total Genius lyric pageviews''' *Sum of Genius lyric pageviews (stats.pageviews) across all songs for this artist. '''Total Genius annotations''' *Total number of annotations across all Genius song pages for this artist (sum of annotation_count per song). '''Total Genius contributors''' *Total number of unique Genius user accounts that have contributed to this artist’s song pages (approximated from Genius stats; may be a lower bound). <div style="text-align:center; margin:1.5em auto; width:95%; background:#f9f9f9; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:8px; padding:1em;"> <h3 style="margin-top:0;">Wikipedia & Genius Attention Summary</h3> {{#ask: [[Has Wikipedia 30d pageviews::+]] [[Has genius artist page::+]] | mainlabel=Artist | ?Has Wikipedia 30d pageviews = Wikipedia views (30d) | ?Has Genius total songs = Genius: total songs | ?Has Genius total pageviews = Genius: lyric pageviews | ?Has Genius total annotations = Genius: annotations | ?Has Genius total contributors = Genius: contributors | format=table | class=wikitable sortable smwtable | sort=Has Wikipedia 30d pageviews | order=desc | limit=200 }} <div style="font-size:90%; color:#666; margin-top:0.8em;"> <em>Wikipedia views from the last 30 days; Genius stats aggregated from the artist’s catalog.</em> </div> </div> == The Elements<ref>https://www.thetempleofhiphop.org/9-elements</ref> == <p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">✶ [[:Category:Graffiti Artists|Graffiti Writing]] </p> *[[:Category:Graffiti Artists|Graffiti Artists]] [[:Category:Graffiti Artists|({{#ask: [[Category:Graffiti Artists]] |format=count }} members)]] <p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">✶ DJing </p> * [[: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|({{#ask: [[Category:Producers]] |format=count }} members)]] <p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">✶ [[: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;">✶ [[:Category:Beatboxers| Beatboxing]] </p> * [[:Category:Beatboxers|Beatboxers]] [[:Category:Beatboxers|({{#ask: [[Category:Beatboxers]] |format=count }} members)]] <p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">✶ MCing </p> * [[:Category:EmCees|EmCees (MCs)]] [[:Category:EmCees|({{#ask: [[Category:EmCees]] |format=count }} members)]] * [[:Category:Hip-Hop Groups|Hip-Hop Groups]] [[:Category:Hip-Hop Groups|({{#ask: [[Category:Hip-Hop Groups]] |format=count }} members)]] * [[:Category:Hip-Hop Collectives|Hip-Hop Collectives]] [[:Category:Hip-Hop Collectives|({{#ask: [[Category:Hip-Hop Collectives]] |format=count }} members)]] <p style="color:red;font-size: 19px;font-family:'Impact';text-align: left;">✶ [[: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]] |format=count }} members)]] * [[:Category:Music Video Directors|Music Video Directors]] [[:Category:Music Video Directors|({{#ask: [[Category:Music Video Directors]] |format=count }} members)]] * [[:Category:Singers|Singers]] [[:Category:Singers|({{#ask: [[Category:Singers]] |format=count }} members)]] * [[:Category:Recording Studios|Recording Studios]] * [[:Category:Record Labels|Record Labels]] * and many others... == Genres == The following hip-hop genres are associated with Chicago and have an article on '''Wikipedia''': <div class="mp-box"> <div class="mp-bd"> * [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] </div> </div> '''EchoNest''' (Spotify) includes Chicago artists in each of the following genre maps:<div class="mp-box"> <div class="mp-bd"> * [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] </div> </div> ==Recently Updated Pages== {{#ask: [[~*]] [[!~:*]] |?Modification date |sort=Modification date |order=desc |limit=10 |format=ul }} == Public Submissions (coming soon) == We are currently developing structured public submission forms using Page Forms to allow community members to contribute information for administrative review. This system will support accurate, well-documented additions while maintaining curatorial standards. In the meantime, if you would like to submit information, corrections, or supporting materials, please email '''rdifaz2@uic.edu'''. All submissions will be reviewed by the project administrator before inclusion. == 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]. fpf0hvegpcp71700by9tv8w99bg6kwz