RESPECT: Hip-Hop Style & Wisdom Features Jiu Jitsu Influences
RESPECT: Hip-Hop Style & Wisdom
One of the really cool innovations that has come from jiu jitsu culture in the last decade is the parallel lines drawn between jiu jitsu and other arts.
With more artists cross-pollinating between martial arts and fine arts, we’ve had a unique opportunity to be exposed to cool events and organizations like the Hip-Hop Chess Federation and others.
Spinning out of these types of innovations is a cool new exhibition called, RESPECT: Hip-Hop Style & Wisdom. The event will be hosted at the Oakland Museum of California. The event opens in late March.
What is the RESPECT and what does it have to do with jiu jitsu?
Hip-Hop is one of the widest reaching cultural and social movements of the last 50 years.
The exhibit explores the unexpected story of how Hip-Hop changed the world, starting from its roots on the streets, before rap, DJing, street art, breakdancing, and street fashion launched into mainstream pop culture.
The feature will highlight how hip-hop has cross-pollinated with the likes of martial arts, entrepreneurship, chess, and other fine arts.
The exhibit includes first-person accounts from artists and experts about how Hip-Hop continues to provide a platform for creative expression, activism, youth development, and education.