The Smithsonian Institution has honored many different works of art in the past, and now, the Institution wants to pay tribute to hip-hop with the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap.

Similar to the Anthology of American Folk Music and Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology, the Smithsonian wants to create a project honoring the last 40 years of hip-hop and has turned to Kickstarter for help.

The group is looking to raise $250,000 to create the project and according to the campaign details, the project will only be funded if it reaches its goal by Nov. 16, 2017. The campaign has currently been backed by nearly 200 people and has raised $20,489.

'Creating something this ambitious is not easy,' reads a post on the Kickstarter page. 'The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap will be the first collection of its kind to include music from all the major labels as well as dozens of independent record labels.'

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