Scope and Contents Video of rap performance done by Bridget Hammond, Williamsburg community member and parent of William & Mary graduate. Hammond described the performance: “We got furloughed on 3/24/20 from the marketing dept in a resort. That night I got a bottle of wine and wrote this Rap. The next morning hungover I performed/taped this... hence the shades... everyone loved it. It’s funny but true so weird the things missing on the shelves. Enjoy, Bridget Hammond, writer, director & performer.”...

Scope and Contents Established by American Studies Ph.D. Kevin Kosanovich working in Swem Library’s Special Collections, the William & Mary Hip Hop Collection is the most comprehensive of its kind dedicated to Virginia’s hip hop culture and history from the 1980s to the present. The collection includes oral histories committed to preserving and documenting Virginia’s rich hip hop past, as well as recordings of hip hop music, publications, and ephemera created by Virginia and Virginia-based artists,...