These photos represent the diversity of the hip hop culture and depicts the community that it brings forward.
The photos includes Big Daddy Kane, getting a hair cut from a barber, an artist on the set of a music video, Mary J Blige at an after party after a music awards, and fans during a live concert (Eyejammie Hip Hop Photo Collection).
The National Museum of American History introduced the artifact gathering initiative during the event in February in New York City, which was attended by notable figures such music mogul Ice-T, producer Russell Simmons, break dancer Crazy Legs, and hip-hop pioneer Africa Bambaataa.
A more recent study found that more than 24 million Americans, ages 15 to 29, were customers worth $500 billion just one year ago and were familiar with hip hop culture.
The hip hop era changed through those two decades in clothes, parties, and the amount of socializing they did.