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This event is in the past.It took place on April 18, 2026 at Hannah Traore Gallery.

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A Conversation with Yaya Bey and Roxanne Shanté

Lower East Side

Hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté and R&B artist Yaya Bey join author Clover Hope for a conversation about creative ownership, self-definition, and carving out space in an industry built on their labor but rarely by their rules.

hip-hop history
Black women artists
music industry critique
creative autonomy

Tips

🎨"Hannah Traore is laying the perfect canvas in here"
🎤Shanté was rapping at 14; Bey is Queens-raised R&B
📖moderator Clover Hope wrote the book on women in hip-hop

Hannah Traore Gallery

150 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002, USA

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