Aug 11, 2017

44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip Hop

This Doodle’s Key Themes

Black and white sketch of the Doodle with animation notes scribbled on the edge
About Hip Hop

About the 44th Anniversaty of Hip Hop Doodle


Credits

Core Hip Hop Team

UX/Art
Creative/UX Lead, Animator, Musician - Kevin Burke
Art/Animation Lead - Pedro Vergani
Designer, Animator - Hélène Leroux
Team Lead - Ryan Germick

Engineering
Eng Lead - David Lu
Eng Support - Jordan Thompson, Mark Ivey, Kris Hom, Chris Wilson
Eng Manager - Ben McMahan

Production
Partnerships, Marketing, & Licensing Lead - Perla Campos
Program Manager & User Testing Lead - Gregory Capuano

 

Special thanks to

Support
Writing support - Jorteh Senah, Matthue Roth
Licensing/Agency support - Jay Komas, Jill Trainor, Joy Edgar, Jen Rosen, Thomas Breslin
UX Research - Melinda Klayman
Music support, Sound Engineer - Nick Zammuto
PR support - Susan Cadrecha, Marni Greenberg
Web audio support - Yotam Mann, Chris Wilson
Design/Animation support - Matt Cruickshank
Animation support - Olivia When
Art support - Brian Kaas

Partners
Executive Consultant - Lyor Cohen
Guest artist - Cey Adams
Host - Fab 5 Freddy
Guest Musician - Prince Paul
Consultants - Sal Abbatiello, Mickey Abbatiello, Steve Stoute
Agency partners - Mass Appeal, DMG Clearances, Translation

Hip Hop Pioneer Participants
DJ Kool Herc
Grand Wizzard Theodore
The Sequence
Grandmaster Caz
Richard Colón (AKA Crazy Legs)
Roxanne Shanté
Grandmaster Flash
RUN DMC
Sylvia Robinson estate

Intro Content Credits
A Tribe Called Quest footage - courtesy of Video Music Box Licensing/Getty
Bronx Rap contest footage - courtesy of Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker/Getty
Style Wars footage - courtesy of Public Art Films, Inc.
Salt N Pepa image - courtesy of Janette Beckman

Where this Doodle appeared

The Doodle 44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip Hop launched Aug 11, 2017

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