Last summer, Alliance 98 brought together the Chicago community for the first ever Hip-Hop In Chinatown concert/art installation event and today we are happy to announce this year’s “The Warm Up”, which aims to curate local Chicago talent for their second summer installment of Hip-Hop In Chinatown happening later this August. “The Warm Up” showcase will take place on July 27th and Alliance 98 is currently accepting RSVP’s to compete for a performing slot at the August concert; for all artists looking to submit- the application form can be found here.
Date: July 28th Time: 7pm-11:30pm Location: TBA
Password: ta98
Registration ends July 6, 2018. 11:59 PM.
You will be notified by July 9, if you are moving forward with the process.
Pictured: 2017 Hip-Hop In Chinatown
“Hip-Hop inspired me to create a “Hip-Hop in Chinatown” event last year which merged cultures together and was the first of its kind in the community. The idea came to me when I realized many of my friends are super creative, but they don’t have a platform to showcase their work…so I made one. Needless to say it went very well with us being able to bring several hundred people and a few sponsors into the fold. My team and I are providing a platform for local artists to do their things. This year my team and I plan to make it bigger, the 2nd annual “Hip-hop In Chinatown” event that bridges Chinese culture and modern music through the four elements of hip hop: live art, breakdancing, DJing, and MCing. Also, we are having pop-up shops, live art, and much more. This is only the first step, our vision is to bring this event to different Chinatowns around the nation. This is not your regular community event.”
Pictured: Shifa Zhong
(Lead Organizer, Alliance 98)
Photographer: Viviana Uribe
