Join us for this exclusive GRAMMY Week event to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Def Jam Recordings, and speak to the various careers available in the Record Label space. This panel will consist of an exclusive interview with Tunji Balogun, Chuck D, and Benny The Butcher, followed by a Q&A sessi...

The GRAMMY Museum was thrilled to host a special program with GRAMMY-nominated Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Chuck D to celebrate the release of his new book, Livin’ Loud (Genesis Publications). The event included a special screening of the PBS docuseries "Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Chan...

In partnership with BET and Mass Appeal, the GRAMMY Museum is proud to host a panel discussion featuring Rap City hosts and more on their new documentary “Welcome to Rap City”

The GRAMMY Museum welcomed Killer Mike of Run the Jewels to the Museum’s Clive Davis Theater for a p conversation about his creative process, career, and to celebrate his album, MICHAEL.

Killer Mike gets recognized for many things - being an Outkast protege, a member of rap powerhouse Run The ...

Join moderator Nick Cannon and panelists Adrian Miller, Eric Brooks, Michael "Blue" Williams, G Herbo, and Dawn Richard for a frank industry-forward discussion about mental wellness in Hip Hop and beyond. Hear from culturally competent mental health professionals about current science-based treat...

On September 22, 2021, the GRAMMY Museum and Culture Impact Agency welcomed Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff from the GRAMMY-nominated multi-platinum trio, Migos, for a special conversation providing an intimate look into their journey, discussing their one-of-a-kind synergy, what helped them to become...

On October 19, 2021, the GRAMMY Museum and Culture Impact Agency hosted an intimate conversation with GRAMMY Award-winning rap legend Nas and Hit-Boy, to discuss their one-of-a-kind synergy, breaking barriers as the premier rapper/producer duo in hip-hop, notching Nas' first GRAMMY win, and putti...

In celebration of GRAMMY Week, the GRAMMY Museum is thrilled to present a very special program spotlighting GRAMMY nominee for Best R&B Album & former alum of the GRAMMY Museum’s Music Education Programs, Givēon. The 26-year-old singing sensation re-visits the GRAMMY Museum in downtown Los Angele...

Music Producer Jon Brion talks about the making of Circles, Mac Miller’s sixth and final album released via Warner Records. Conceived as a sister album to Mac Miller’s 2018 GRAMMY-nominated album, Swimming, Circles was completed with the assistance of Brion, with whom Miller worked on Swimming an...

As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Creative Director, actress, entrepreneur, writer, producer, and philanthropist Nicole Richie about the making of Unearthed, her new rap album as Nikki Fre$h, her character on her new Quibi show. Nicole’s ra...

R&B powerhouse singer/songwriter Leela James first burst onto the scene with her 2006 debut album A Change is Gonna Come, introducing audiences to her soaring sultry vocal dexterity. She quickly garnered nominations for Outstanding New Artist at the NAACP Image Awards and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Ne...

An ace at only 18-years-old, TheHxliday mixes his melodic flow and thumping trap beats to forge his “sad boy” sound. The rapper/singer/songwriter and Baltimore native creates hits straight out of his bedroom, expressing his singular and eccentric ideas to separate himself from the norm. Inspired ...

Bubbling Brooklyn-bred artist, J.I has over 85 million views on YouTube for his single “Need Me,” the record he released last year under the EP, Hood Life Krisis Vol. 1. The project helped him pave the way to being named an artist to watch in 2021 by Billboard, UPROXX, and Vulture. The hit song i...

On September 20, 2018, in conjunction with the opening of the GRAMMY Museum’s exhibit Jermaine Dupri & So So Def: 25 Years of Elevating Culture, the GRAMMY Museum welcomed Jermaine Dupri and several special guests for a conversation celebrating the new exhibit and the 25th anniversary of the icon...

On February 2, 2015, the GRAMMY Museum will open its latest exhibit, All Eyez on Me: The Writings of Tupac Shakur which will explore the prolific rapper’s lyrical genius and celebrate Shakur’s legacy as a magnetic performer, charismatic actor, heartfelt poet and outspoken social activist. The ex...

As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Juice WRLD’s main collaborators – Music Producers Nick Mira and Dorien Theus, Engineers Manny Marroquin and Max Lord, and CEO of Grade A Productions, Lil Bibby – about Juice WRLD’s legacy, creative process,...

As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, moderator Scott Goldman talks with El-P and Killer Mike of the GRAMMY-nominated powerhouse rap duo, Run the Jewels, about the making of their new album, Run The Jewels 4. Run the Jewels have garnered endless critical and fan accolades for th...

New Jersey-born BRELAND began writing songs as a teenager, inspired by a diverse collection of sounds and eclectic artists like the Beatles, Rascal Flatts, Prince, and his number-one influence, Stevie Wonder. While attending Georgetown University, BRELAND knocked on every possible music-industry ...

Over the last five years, L.A.-based wunderkind Duckwrth has quickly risen up the ranks as a promising star of the future of music. Duckwrth’s collection of critically acclaimed projects including Nowhere (2015), I’m Uugly (2016), Xtra Uugly (2017), and The Falling Man EP (2019), have transcended...