Opening Night Party Hip Hop Culture Center in Harlem2309 Frederick Douglass Blvd Thursday, October 13, 2006 Photographed by Mary Blanco

On Thursday, October 13, 2006, Global Artists Coalition hosted a party to celebrate the temporary (October 12-17 th) Hip Hop Museum installation at the Magic Johnson Theater in Harlem. On display were rare hip-hop handbills and snapshots of the emerging rap scene by photojournalist Jamel Shabazz.

Kicking off the event was a showing of the award winning film Music is my life, Politics my Mistress. The Story of Oscar Brown Jr.  by filmmaker donnie l. betts (http://www.musicismylife.info). Donnie was there in person for a Q/A session. Also present  were AM Radio Project Art work  MBILASHAKA Graffiti Artists capturing  the mood, sounds and electricity of the environment,  live!

For more information on Global Artists Coalition and their efforts to raise money for a permanent Hip Hop Museum, log onto: http://www.globalartistscoalition.org.

Gretchen, Kool DJ Herc and Nicola Lange

Donnie L. Betts

Antonia Badon

DJ Silva