*The Hip Hop Innovation Center is an in-process proposal supported by the College of Fine & Applied Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
06/16/2026
We’re not crying!! You’re crying!!
We are SO grateful to the C-U community, family, friends and stakeholders for supporting our students and our programs.
We’ve officially reached our goal of 53 donations in honor of the 53rd year of Hip Hop!! 🥳🎉
The campaign is still going strong and we are GRATEFUL for anyone who still wants to give at go.illinois.edu/supporthiphop
THANK YOU!!
06/16/2026
Thank you C-U!! We only need 3 more donations to reach our donor goal of 53, representing Hip Hop’s 53rd birthday this year.
Please go to go.Illinois.edu/supporthiphop to give
ICYMI: WCIA 3 News came through to Friday Night Live Champaign presented by 40 North 88 West to cover our Illinois Hip Hop Camp end-of-week show including interviews with counselor Kay Buzz camper TheyReallyLuvAJ
We want to give a huge THANK YOU to the community for showing up to support these campers
06/16/2026
Illinois Hip Hop Camp holds crescendo performance in downtown Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — If you were at the Champaign downtown plaza Friday night, you probably saw a unique sight: Students from across the county sharing original music they produced. The I…
06/14/2026
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Views from day 4 at Illinois Hip Hop Camp on campus University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois School of Music College of Fine & Applied Arts at Illinois hosted by the Dr. Will Patterson Illinois Hip Hop Innovation Center with DJ courses underway led by Terrence Taylor aka DJ Tat and Ja'Naea Modest aka DJ Silkee getting students prepared to DJ the final show to end the camp week
Please consider giving to our crowdfunding campaign go.illinois.edu/supporthiphop
06/13/2026
We are GRATEFUL 🥹 and sincerely HUMBLED by this community’s support for our Hip Hop Innovation Center programs. THANK YOU!!
Just 24 hours into our very first crowdfunding campaign with a goal of 53 donations representing the 53rd year of Hip Hop, you already helped us get 41 donations!!
We are only 12 donations away from our goal!!
Head to go.Illinois.edu/supporthiphop to give