NEW YORK—The under-development Hip Hop Hall of Fame (HHHOF) has unveiled a design concept for its proposed HHHOF museum, hotel and entertainment complex here.
It will include the hall of fame, museum, a luxury hotel, retail stores, gift shop, arcade, television studios, sports bar, restaurant and concert lounge.
The Hip Hop Hall of Fame was established in 1992 by J.T. Thompson. He created and executive-produced the first Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards Induction Ceremony and Concert on the BET Cable Network in the 1990s as the annual fundraiser for the establishment of the HHHOF, which is modeled after the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
Two undisclosed sites for the project are reportedly under consideration for the mixed-use development, which has a goal of opening by 2020.
“We are pleased that the Hip Hop Hall of Fame museum and hotel building project is moving forward and that it will have a major socio-economic impact on tourism, culture, education, live events, film and television production and broadcasting, and job creation in New York City,” said Thompson.