Every year the Hip Hop Culture Center hosts (currently known as H2C2) the Annual Rapathon, where they feature 100+ emcees that rhyme non-stop for 27 hours straight without cursing. They started at 24 hours back in 2006 and have added an additional hour every year thereafter.

This year the 4th Annual Rapathon will be taking place June 26th & June 27th.also they will have hip hop’s legendary Ralph McDaniels documenting the entire 27 hours and streaming it live via his internet show. They are also dedicating an hour to honor one of hip hop’s finest rappers;the deceased rap artist Big Pun during the event.

Audition dates below for artists interested in participating:

Thursday, June 10th - 6:30-8:30pm

Monday, June 14th - 6:30-8:30pm

Wednesday, June 16th - 6:30-8:30pm

Saturday, June 19th - 3-6pm

Monday, June 21st - 6:30-8:30pm

Thursday, June 24th - 6:30-8:30pm

The Hip Hop Culture Center also offers youth programming using the latest Hip Hop music to teach Economic Literacy, Diet & Nutrition, Political Awareness, etc. To see how they conduct their Edutainment program click here.