History
The Universal Hip Hop Parade was founded by Jeffery Kazembe Batts in the fall of 1999 to celebrate the African American cultural social activist roots of hip-hop culture. It is an outgrowth of the work of an erlier group, the Universal Nubian Association (UNA). Organizers come from across the NYC metropolitan area and have agreed to organize the UHHP in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
In addition to running the parade itself the nonprofit group Universal Hip-Hop Parade Foundation, Inc. also organizes forums, concerts, open-mike's, rallies, teach-ins and parties throughout the year.
The foundation is funded through private donations and grants including the Greater New York Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administrated by the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
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