Check out the latest SummerStage Anywhere hip-hop programming for the weekend. This week there is more programming with DJ Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell, DJ Rich Medina, and Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers with Buddy! More info below:

Friday, August 21st: Culture Talk

Artist: DJ Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell

Time: 7:00PM ET

Where to Watch: SummerStage Instagram, SummerStage YouTube, Facebook page and Twitch

Info: Join one of hip-hop’s forefathers Kool Herc & his sister, the self-proclaimed “First Lady of Hip-Hop”, Cindy Campbell, for a historic walk through of the home of hip-hop around Cedar Park, and the now-legendary 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. Following the walk, there will be an encore presentation of the culture talk with Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell in conversation with American political activist, poet, writer and entrepreneur, Kevin Powell.

Sunday, August 23rd: #PeopleSpeakSundays

Artist: DJ Rich Medina

Time: 2:00PM ET

Where to Watch: SummerStage Instagram channel

Info: A SummerStage veteran, DJ Rich Medina performed with the hip-hop supercrew the Originals (Stretch Armstrong, Clark Kent, Tony Touch, D-Nice) and opened for Femi Kuti, contributing a wealth of knowledge and experience spinning hip-hop, house, soul, afrobeat, funk, breaks, and dance classics.

Tuesday, August 25th

Artist: Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers with Buddy

Time: 7:00PM ET

Where to Watch: SummerStage Twitch Channel

Info: Don’t miss hip-hop producer and DJ, Pete Rock, performing a deep song catalog with live jazz band the Soul Brothers. Opening the show will be rising rapper from Compton, Buddy, who was signed by Pharrell, and has collaborated with Chance the Rapper and Kendrick Lamar.

All summer long, SummerStage has been highlighting different genres that were born in, or deeply represent New York culture – Mondays: Contemporary Dance, Tuesdays: Global, Wednesdays: Indie Rock, Thursdays: Latin, Fridays: Hip-Hop and Saturdays: Jazz. The SummerStage team has spent months finding ways to make the most of this summer and remains committed to bringing free, accessible, and diverse arts programming to New York City (and now the world!) Recent hip-hop programming included Culture Talks with A$AP Ferg & Fab 5 Freddy and DJ Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell, a live DJ set by DJ Kool Red Alert with Large Professor and Neek The Exotic, and more! More information can be found here.

About SummerStage

Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage is New York’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. SummerStage annually presents approximately 100 performances in 15-18 parks throughout the five boroughs. With performances ranging from American pop, Latin, world music, dance and theater, SummerStage fills a vital niche in New York City’s summer arts festival landscape. Since its inception 34 years ago, more than six million people from New York City and around the world have enjoyed SummerStage. Capital One is the Title Sponsor of SummerStage. For more information, visit www.SummerStage.org.

About #PeopleSpeakSundays

A continuation of the SummerStage Anywhere debut of “The People Speak,” a collaboration with VOICES. Want your voice to be heard? SummerStage invites you to join us on our digital stage and to be a part of the conversation! Use #PeopleSpeakSundays and #SummerStageAnywhere when posting to Instagram this July and August. We’ll be featuring the voices of our SummerStage audience each Sunday throughout the summer on our SummerStage social channels.