This event is sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies at Cleveland State University and will feature discussions and activities surrounding the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop. From Website: "This is the fifth annual Project 400 Conference, titled Setting the Record Straight: Don't Believe the Hype — Hip Hop @ 50. Project 400 began in 2019 as a year-long observation of when the first Africans were brought to the British Colonies in North America in 1619. This two-day conference will further examine the contemporary challenges African Americans face, highlighting the obstacles that have been overcome while identifying those that remain. The conference will examine the contributions, contradictions, and complexities of Hip Hop at it's 50th anniversary as it coalesces with the structural and institutional burdens of misinformation and distortions in America's present-day social and political discourse. "