Paradise Gray, a founding member of hip hop group X Clan, spoke to camera crews recently at the Bronx Terminal Market about the latest exhibit of the Universal Hip Hop Museum’s temporary space. Sporting gray dreadlocks and a fine stepping cane, the museum and performance center’s chief curator talked about “The Revolution of Hip Hop” physical and multimedia displays celebrating the music genre, which originated in the South Bronx in the 1970s.
Just across the street, on the other side of the New York City borough’s I-87/Major Deegan Expressway overpass, the museum’s permanent home was being constructed, along with 542 units of affordable housing as part of the $349-million Bronx Point mixed-use project. When asked about his excitement for the exhibit and the project, he proclaimed: “If this doesn’t get you hyped, you’re dead!”