Whereas, on August 11, 1973, Clive DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy Campbell threw a Back to School Jam to raise money for new school clothes in the recreation room of their apartment on 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, New York; Whereas DJ Kool Herc introduced an innovative style of disk jockeying that engaged the crowd with the master of ceremonies; Whereas this style would later be known as hip-hop and the titles of disk jockey and master of ceremonies would be abbreviated to DJ and MC, respectively; Whereas, over the past 50 years, hip-hop has become a lifestyle, woven into American culture not only through music, but also fashion, art, film, and dance; Whereas hip-hop as an art form was created through Black ingenuity and is a part of not only African-American culture, but American culture; Whereas blues from the Mississippi Delta to Memphis, Tennessee, jazz from New Orleans, Louisiana, gospel from Chicago, Illinois, and soul from Detroit, Michigan, created the foundation that hip-hop emerged; Whereas, since its origins, hip-hop has evolved and grown over half a century because of its ability to adapt to the people and region in which it is reimagined; Whereas, in New York City, hip-hop’s birthplace, east coast hip-hop has produced artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Grandmaster Flash, Run-D.M.C., Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and the Wu-Tang Clan; Whereas, in the 1990s, artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Tupac, and more recently Nipsey Hussle emerged in California’s west coast with G-Funk, which originally spurred out of the Watts riots in the late 1960s; Whereas bass and trap music originated in southern cities like Atlanta, Georgia, and Memphis, Tennessee, with artists such as Project Pat, Three 6 Mafia, Outkast, T.I., and Mannie Fresh; Whereas midwestern cities like Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri, have produced artists such as Nelly and Common who have brought their respective regional influences to the mainstream