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The Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum celebrates, honors, and cherishes the community that nurtured collective talents and creative energies within the elements of Hip Hop.
In June 2021, Custom Resources, the ChiRock Nation (Chicago Respect Our Creative Kids/Kings),
and Diverse City collaborated to create the Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum to commemorate the 18th annual Hip Hop Heritage Month in July as designated by the
City of Chicago. The exhibit opened July 3rd, 2021.
Pictured l to r Darrell Artistic Roberts, Brian Gorman, and Carrico Kingdom Sanders
Carrico Kingdom Sanders being Vice President of Chi Rock Nation, a board member of Custom Resources NFP, and a Director at Diverse City had the vision to form the partnership. He brought the idea to Dunbar High school classmate and President of ChiRock Nation Darrell Artistic Roberts and Columbia College classmate and President of Custom Resources and Diverse City Brian Gorman. Together Roberts, Sanders, and Gorman curated decades of photos, flyers, and other memorabilia mostly from their personal collections as well as items loaned to enhance the exhibit. The exhibit was set to be housed in a Bronzeville Greystone occupied by Brian Gorman.
Although originally intended as a one month pop up, the exhibit transformed into what is now the Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum. The Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum proved its concept over the course of 4.5 years hosting 4 exhibit rotations, and countless hip hop curated themed events. In January 2026, The Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum will step away from its 4505 S. Indiana location to prepare for its new home coming 2028, and continue broadening existing and establishing new partnerships.
The Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum celebrates the Hip Hop community that has served as an alternative to negativity by providing creative outlets since the 70s. The Chicago Hip Hop outlet was used to save lives and became therapeutic to the many that participated to escape from the realities of gangs and drugs.
Through the elements of Hip Hop Graf writers like Ray Pitman, Trixster, Slang, Artistic, and Upski were able to channel through visual arts. Emcee/ Rappers like Captain Skyy, Casper, Dr. Groove, DA Smart, IllState Assassins, Twista, Chance the Rapper, and Kanye West were able to channel through performance and music. DJs like 33 1/3, Mustapha Rocks, Timbuktu, World was able to do the same. The museum pays homage to radio personalities like Pink House, Chilly Q, First Lady, Al Greer, and Ramonski Luv and dancers like Jeffery Daniels, Shabba Doo, Brickheadz, King Charles, and Prince Jron.
HISTORY OF HIP HOP HERITAGE MONTH
Media Coverage
Features
LANDMARKS ILLINOIS PRESERVATION SNAPSHOTS LECTURE: Chicago's Hip Hop Heritage
featuring Landmarks Illinois Program Manager Leila Wills, Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum curator Brian Gorman, and Public Enemy's Chuck D
Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum sourced for Fitted In Black
featuring Museum curators Carrico Kingdom Sanders and Darrell Artistic Roberts
ARMY OF 2 (Ang13 & Longshot)
Let Us Remind You
Bob Chin and Mickey Factz
The High Way
NFO Cyphers
NFO Cyphers
NFO Cyphers EP. 019 | Pastelle Records | Vic Spencer, Rufus Sims, Panamera P, Jae Haze and MORE!
06:29
NFO Cyphers EP. 018 | TheGr8Thinkaz | Heavy Crownz, JEFF K%NZ, Mother Nature, $imba P, Gr8Sky
05:15
NFO Cyphers EP. 017 | Phenom, Myekehl, Qiyah Abdul, Woes | Chicago
05:38
NFO FILMS
NFO Cyphers
RECOECHI
HIP-HOP WORLD (Produced by Renzell)
Joel Q
Chvmpion 5
Reese T
Tom & Jerry Steak
Awesome Day In Chicago '24
Ronnie Boykin Jr.
Awesome Day In Chicago '24 Short Documentary
One Tear Productions
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