Doug E. Fresh is one of the pivotal figures of hip-hop’s Golden Age, a “human beatbox” who can accurately imitate drum machines and effects with just his mouth and a microphone. His early hits with Slick Rick—”The Show” and “La Di Da Di”—are among the genre’s foundational hits. Funk Flex is more than just a DJ– he’s a hip-hop institution, a radio and club mainstay who has helped break some of New York’s biggest artists and biggest hits and continues to keep his finger on the pulse of hip-hop and R&B. Together they host the Hip-Hop Appreciation Park Jam & Barbecue at Crotona Park in the Bronx, celebrating the art form in which they’ve invested their lives, in the borough in which it was born.
It’s My Park at Fred Samuel Playground
Volunteer with Save a Park Save a Child to spread mulch in the garden beds around the basketball court and do a general litter cleanup at Fred Samuel Playground.
Free
Manhattan
