Donors
Hip-Hop culture has gifted us with much more than incredible music and dance forms.
For many people across the globe, hip-hop has deeply impacted their lives by creating
meaningful life memories, teaching critical ways of being, doing and thinking, and
opening up new realms of life possibilities. Three donors (a USC alumnus, a USC professor,
and a local music industry icon) have gifted us with memorabilia from their personal
hip-hop collections. From signed copies of hip-hop artifacts, to record plaques, to
extensive vinyl collections) these three collections illustrate how important the
culture has been to shaping our lives.
Exhibit Participants
Anton J. Gunn
Anton J. Gunn is a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama and the world’s
leading authority on workplace injustice.
DJ Prince Ice
DJ Prince Ice has worked with some of the world’s greatest hip-hop artists. He performs
weekdays at noon and Sundays 3pm-6pm on 101.3 The Big DM (WWDM).
Birgitta Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, School of Music and
African American Studies Department
Birgitta Johnson, Ph.D. teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on world music,
hip-hop, the blues, African music, Black sacred music, Beyoncé and Black women in
music, and ethnomusicology.