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       Record: 1

       Title: Ala. Hip-Hop Museum Will Offer Music, Education, Youth
       Outreach.
       Subject(s): HIP Hop Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.); HIP-hop --
       Exhibitions; MUSEUMS -- Alabama -- Birmingham; MUSEUM exhibits
       Source: Billboard, 06/17/2000, Vol. 112 Issue 25, p33, 1/6p, 1bw
       Author(s): MITCHELL, GAIL
       Abstract: Reports on plans for the 2001 opening of the Hip Hop Museum
       of Art in Brimingham, Alabama. Features and exhibits being planned for
       the museum; Efforts to raise funds for the project during Birmingham's
       July 2000 Hip Hop Peace Festival Week; Proposed educational programs
       of the museum, including the Off the Hook Association (OTHA).
       AN: 3200592
       ISSN: 0006-2510
       Database: MasterFILE Premier

       Section: R & B

       Artists & Music

          ALA. HIP-HOP MUSEUM WILL OFFER MUSIC, EDUCATION, YOUTH OUTREACH

       Dateline: LOS ANGELES

       The cultural contributions of R&B and hip-hop music, coupled with
       educational and other youth outreach programs, will be the focus of
       Birmingham, Ala.'s Hip Hop Museum of Art.

       Slated to open in spring 2001 with groundbreaking set for Sept. 3, the
       museum will be part of the Magic City's burgeoning 4th Avenue
       historical district--currently home to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame,
       the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Southwest Athletic
       Conference (and its anticipated Black College Museum), the Eddie
       Kendricks Monument, and the 16th Street Baptist Church, which is the
       site of the '60s bombing that killed four young girls.

       In development since January 1997, the ambitious project has
       progressed from the "crawl to the walk stage," says A. Yvette Byrd,
       who serves as co-founder/co-curator with Charlena M. Leonard. "And
       within the next month we'll be running."

       Byrd is referring to the museum's major kickoff event next month: the
       first Hip Hop Peace Festival Week (July 25-30). Events will include a
       walk for peace, a celebrity golf tournament, a block party, a voter
       registration drive, a youth sports clinic, and the museum's first
       benefit gala/launching party at the Sheraton Civic Center Hotel.
       Proceeds from these various activities will benefit Mothers Against
       Violence and the Deneidra Foundation, an Alabama nonprofit
       organization dedicated to helping children with disabilities.

       The six-level museum is soliciting artifacts and donations. It will
       feature three exhibit halls, an internationally themed restaurant, six
       state-of-the-art recording studios, a high-tech music
       library/archives, and a retail area. With music as the unifying force,
       the museum's proposed educational programs include computer/Web
       training and the Off the Hook Assn. (OTHA). Targeting youth 11-18 and
       young adults 18-24, OTHA will offer small-group instruction in various
       subjects, ranging from alcohol/drug abuse and gender issues to
       conflict resolution/stress management, AIDS/sexually transmitted
       disease/breast cancer awareness, and cultural diversity. Future plans
       include the development of a book series for children 5 years and
       younger. The museum, which can be reached at 800-673-7200, is also
       having a Web site designed.

       While initial support for the Hip Hop Museum of Art has come from
       Operation New Birmingham and other city-funded organizations, curators
       Byrd and Leonard are in the process of securing national sponsors. The
       pair also double as COO and CEO, respectively, for the museum's
       operating entity, L&B International Holdings.

       "It hasn't been easy," says Byrd. "But with the city behind us, it's
       getting easier."

       PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE)

       ~~~~~~~~

       By GAIL MITCHELL
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       Source: Billboard, 06/17/2000, Vol. 112 Issue 25, p33, 1/6p, 1bw.
       Item Number: 3200592

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