Hiphop Archive and Research Institute

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The Hiphop Archive & Research Institute's mission is to facilitate and encourage the pursuit of knowledge, art, culture, and leadership through hip-hop.

Photos from Hiphop Archive and Research Institute's post 06/13/2025

The source of THE Source!
🎤Let’s talk about it
📍Cambridge Kiosk • Harvard Square

established the magazine on Harvard’s campus in 1988 🤯

This is a collaborative event with UMass Boston, Harvard University, and community partners

06/13/2025

We finally got the chance to meet LEGENDARY Dave Mays! The founder who established the magazine on Harvard’s campus in 1988.

returned for his Harvard reunion & stopped by to see us

He shed light on how he got started, from campus radio show, building a mailing list to share the run of show & how that became a magazine.

One of our favorite parts about our archive is that we hold a near complete collection of & are able to assist researchers who visit to reference articles and artists featured in magazines dating back over 30 years ⭐️

Join us Monday, June 23rd at the newly opened Cambridge kiosk in Harvard Square to learn more about the source of The Source!

Photos from Hiphop Archive and Research Institute's post 06/13/2025

📣 The source of THE Source! Let’s talk about it 🎤
📍Cambridge Kiosk • Harvard Square

established the magazine on Harvard’s campus in 1988 🤯

This is a collaborative event with UMass Boston, Harvard University, and community partners

06/10/2025

📣 Monday, June 23rd
📍Cambridge Kiosk (Harvard Square)

Did you know The Source evolved from a student radio show @ Harvard University?

Join us in celebrating the local roots of The Source at the newly opened Cambridge Kiosk 6/23

Photos from Hiphop Archive and Research Institute's post 03/22/2025

📣🎥🎬 WOMEN IN HIPHOP FILM FESTIVAL🍿📀✨

Thurs, March 27 | 12PM–6PM |

🎟️Free with RSVP at linktr.ee/hiphoparchive

Join us in celebrating Women’s History Month with a powerful lineup of films honoring the creativity, resilience, and legacy of women in hip hop.

2 Screening Areas | 6 Films | Snacks | Vibes | Photobooth

✨Pop in for one or stay all day!✨

Screen 1: The Seminar Space
12:15PM – Nobody Knows My Name
1:30PM – The Forty-Year-Old Version
3:45PM – Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words

Screen 2: Inside the Archive
12:15PM – Roxanne Roxanne
2:30PM – This Is the Life
4:30PM – Say My Name

Hosted by the HipHop Archive & Research Institute
Located at 104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 2R – right in the heart of Harvard Square.

Grab your popcorn, bring your crew, and let’s honor the womxn who’ve shaped hip hop from the mic to the movement.

03/09/2021

We’ll be having a conversation on Hiphop and social movements tomorrow from 2-3 pm EST

Come hear from Killer Mike, Nsé Ufot (the CEO of the New Georgia Project), and our very own Professor Morgan!

Register here! ⬇️
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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm