[INTERVIEW] New York City Mayor Eric Adams Talks Hip-Hop 50, & More

We caught up with NYC’s mayor, Eric Adams for an in-depth interview. We talked about the migrant crisis, education, and progress in the city. But you will have to check out our new platform ParleNY in order to read the full Eric Adams interview.

NYC’s mayor is certainly uniquely qualified to talk about nightlife. It’s no secret that he is OUTSIDE. So we had to talk to him about giving Diddy the Key to the City and what he’s doing for Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary.

Here’s those highlights from out Eric Adams interview.

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Parle: I know you had the events in the Summer for Hip-Hop’s 50th. Do you have any other plans for events for the year?
Mayor Eric Adams: Yeah, we got a lot of stuff lined up. We have a website lined up on all the stuff we’re doing. Hip-Hop means so much to me. In my most dark moments I was able to, you know, throw on a Hip-Hop tune and it just was my motivator. If I’m in the gym, if I’m studying for an exam, if I’m running for office, you know, when all else has beat me up, man, I just throw on, you know, just throw on some Hip-Hop. And so now I’m the first Hip-Hop mayor, during the time we’re celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop. It means a lot. And we want to continue to have young people lean into those pioneers and see the business aspect of it. The first aspect of Hip-Hop was being on stage. Now we want people to learn the business aspect of it, how to be the producers, the distributors. What does AI look like in the industry? What does streaming look like? There’s a whole new conversation and we want to use this time to really educate our brothers and sisters about the role of Hip-Hop, and what it means.