Rap legends help raise millions for Hip Hop Museum

The music was pumping as hip-hop royalty packed Cipriani Wall Street.

It was a gala to raise funds for the soon to open Hip Hop Museum in the South Bronx.

“Hip-hop is the art form that moves the whole entire globe,” rapper Fat Joe said. “It is only right that they did it in the Bronx. I’m proud to be from the Bronx. It is like a dream come true.”

“Long overdue because, I mean, of how much hip-hop has done for the culture. I feel like hip-hop has done so much to keep so many different genres alive. So this is long overdue,” legendary rapper Big Daddy Kane said.

“Me, Mike and Hank, in a million years never thought it was going to be this. But here it is, and I’m excited to be a part of it,” Master Gee, a member of The Sugarhill Gang, said.

“Coming from Vyse Avenue and 174th Street, I am