Universal Hip Hop Parade [SEP] inception
Batts, Charles Barron, Freedom Williams and a host of activists 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 earlier group, the Universal Nubian Association (UNA). Organizers come from across the New York metropolitan area and have agreed to organize the UHHP in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
In 2007 The Parade Made a Major Transition with Making the Mover and Shaker Out of Bed Stuy Brooklyn Mike Hollywood Christie aka Dj
Universal Hip Hop Parade
The Universal Hip Hop Parade (UHHP) is an annual cultural event held in the historically Black neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, on the Saturday before the anniversary of Marcus Garvey's birthday each August 17. The parade is a reminder that Marcus Garvey himself also used popular culture as a tool to empower people and encouraged the growth of Black institutions.
The parade is the world's longest celebration of Hip-hop culture. It covers all the traditional elements of Hip