Chuck D & Graffiti Pioneer Cornbread Bring Hip-Hop To Delaware Art Museum
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Chuck D and Darryl “Cornbread” McCray bring Hip-Hop’s activist roots to Wilmington, Delaware, on October 17 during the 4th Annual Hip-Hop Cultural Summit.
The free event runs from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. at the Delaware Art Museum with music, graffiti, dance and talks on social change.
The program begins with a Stop the Violence Coalition drumline and a land dedication led by Brother Iz Balleto. Roxy Romeo’s brunch hosts Ladies of Hip-Hop and DJ Supreme before the Auditorium program picks up.
A Culture Restoration Project MC battle follows Cornbread’s talk with Champtown hosting and Hezekiah supplying the beats.
The summit also runs with Peace Week Delaware across Fusco Hall, East Court, the Orientation Hallway, Auditorium and Kids Corner.
The afternoon ends with a 3:50 P.M. Auditorium fireside chat between Chuck D and AllHipHop co-founder Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur.
The Public Enemy co-founder is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer whose music and multimedia work fit a day built around culture’s power to move communities. A 2020 AllHipHop conversation finds Chuck D crediting Run-DMC and Jam Master Jay with helping put Public Enemy in motion.
“We are proud to represent all five elements of Hip-Hop through the lens of activism,” Iz Balleto, the museum’s cultural program manager, said in its announcement.
Earlier in the day, Cornbread takes the Auditorium at 2 P.M. for an “Art As Activism” conversation moderated by James Top. His session is followed by a book signing in the Market at DelArt, according to the museum’s published schedule.
Cornbread’s work appears in Walls of Resistance: Art as Activism, a companion exhibition on view through October 25.
“Cornbread is a living legend who literally invented this art form. Having him here to walk our community through the true history of graffiti, in his own words, is something people will be talking about for years. This is Hip-Hop heritage, and we are proud to give it a home,” said Grouchy Greg Watkins, founder of AllHipHop.com.
The show features Cornbread alongside 17 other graffiti artists and keeps the program’s visual side in focus. The museum describes the exhibition as an exploration of graffiti as both art and activism.
Visitors can register online for the free program through the official Summit site before October 17.
Check out what went down at the Hip-Hop Cultural Summit in 2025.