Nick Speed 50th Year Anniversary Hip Hop Release: 'Nix Electronix, HH-50'

written by: Paulina Petkoski

In celebration of the day that Hip-Hop transformed the turntable into an instrument, Nick Speed is releasing his latest art piece, a portable battery-powered record player entitled, 'Nix Electronix, HH-50'. Each customized record player, a series of 50 Limited Edition hand-numbered and autographed units, represents a year of Hip-Hop between 1973 and 2023. Each record player is a unique, one-of-one item. This will be a historic release as this is a first, no Hip-Hop artist in the last 50 years of the genre has independently started a record player company.

Photo: Jeremy Deputat

The debut series will be released to the public on Friday, August 11, 2023, on the official 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop. It was on that very day in 1973, that DJ Kool Herc threw the first documented Hip-Hop party in The Bronx, New York. For the first time, Herc debuted his "merry-go-round" DJ technique, where he focused on playing the drum break section of all of the songs in his playlist for the night, marking the night that Hip-Hop culture was born.

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Come out and celebrate over the weekend live with Nick Speed Orchestra feat Desean Jones