Photo by Síle Moloney
Following last year’s successful Hip Hop Fever concert at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, to mark the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, 50 years after the Hip Hop musical genre was born in the neighborhoods of the South Bronx in the early 1970s, “Hip Hop Fever” is back! [For a few short videos of last year’s show, click here and here.]
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Sal Abbatiello of Fever Records, proudly presents this year’s “Hip Hop Fever” concert on Saturday, May 18, at 8 p.m. and will feature performances by Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, whose hits include “The Message,” Sugar Hill Gang, famous for their smash hit, “Rapper’s Delight,” Brand Nubian, whose hits include “One For All,” Force MD’s, whose hits include “Tender Love,” Nice & Smooth, whose hits include “Hip Hop Junkies,” and Black Sheep, whose hits include “The Choice Is Yours.”
There will also be performances by The Fearless Four, whose hits include “Rockin It,” Peter Gunz, whose hits include “Déjà Vu,” Mc Shan, whose hits include “The Bridge,” Sweet G, whose hits include “Games People Play,” and Grandmaster Caz Of The Cold Crush Brothers. The event will be hosted by Bugsy Buggs and Abbatiello, with music by Funk Flex, Grand Wizard Theodore, and Dj Hollywood.
Abbatiello, one of the pioneers of Hip Hop, discovered many rappers and DJs like Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow and Run D.M.C. at the legendary Bronx night club, Disco Fever. Abbatiello’s Bronx Latin dance club, The Devil’s Nest, is where Latin Hip Hop was born and is now called Freestyle. There, Abbatiello discovered Little Louie Vega, TKA, The Cover Girls, Lisette Melendez and many more.
In other, recent Hip Hop-related news, Fat Joe recently joined former Bronx Borough President Ruben Díaz Jr. at Lehman College to discuss their respective careers and love of Hip Hop. Read the full story here.
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is located on the campus of Lehman College/CUNY at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468. Tickets for Hip Hop Fever on Saturday, May 18, at 8 p.m. can be purchased at $70, $65, $60, $45, or $40 by calling the Lehman Center box office at (718) 960-8833, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and beginning at 4 p.m. on the day of the concert, or online at https://www.lehmancenter.org/
Check out just some of our previous Hip Hop coverage here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
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