Internationally renowned photography museum, Fotografiska, award-winning entertainment company Mass Appeal, Chase Marriott Bonvoy credit cards, and Sony Music Entertainment’s (SME) Certified celebrated the opening of Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious, a new photography exhibition documenting the 50-year evolution of one of the most influential cultural movements of our generation: hip-hop.

A live performance by Grammy Award-winning legend NAS kicked-off the evening, followed by DJ sets by J. PERIOD and Statik Selektah who kept the beat going all night long. Mayor Eric Adams, Michael Che, A-Trak, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nia Long, Fabolous, Dave East, among others were in attendance, reveling in the music, art, and energy that shaped the global phenomenon of hip-hop.