International Indigenous Hip-Hop Festival

The International Indigenous Hip-Hop Festival (IIHHF) is a multi-day cultural convening rooted in the South Bronx that brings together Indigenous hip-hop artists from across the Americas. Grounded in the birthplace of hip hop, IIHHF treats the borough not as a backdrop but as a living classroom. Through ceremonies, walking tours, wellness practices, political education, performance, and collaborative creation, the festival creates space for Indigenous languages, ancestral knowledge systems, and contemporary urban resistance to meet. It is a place where artists, elders, youth, and community members gather to honor shared histories of displacement and survival while imagining collective futures through culture. 

More than an event, IIHHF functions as a living pedagogy and long-term movement platform. Artists lead on their own terms, building trust across languages and territories and collaborating in ways that extend beyond the festival itself. The work centers cultural authority, accessibility, and deep partnership with community organizations, educators, and cultural institutions. By investing in documentation, language revitalization, youth fellowships, and return-to-territory practices, IIHHF ensures that what is generated in the South Bronx continues to circulate, teach, and strengthen Indigenous-led cultural resistance long after the festival ends.

Check out the Festival landing page here! https://iihhf.nyc/