Building Hip Hop’s Forever Home: The Hip-Hop Museum’s 2025 Black Tie Benefit Gala

A Night of Legacy, Luxury, and Cultural CelebrationWednesday, October 15, 2025. Ciprani Wall Street, Manhattan — The Hip-Hop Museum’s 2025 Annual Black Tie Gala, held on October 15, 2025, at Cipriani Wall Street, gathered the architects, innovators, and next-generation leaders of hip-hop for an unforgettable night celebrating the genre’s enduring legacy and limitless future. Presented under the theme “Building Hip-Hop’s Forever Home,” the star-studded evening honored trailblazers whose work has shaped the culture from its Bronx beginnings to its global resonance.The gala also marked a defining milestone on the road to the museum’s highly anticipated grand opening in Fall 2026—a world-class, 55,000-square-foot cultural institution dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and inspiring hip-hop’s global story.