THE KEY
Our Hope
For more than 50 years Hip-Hop has been a powerful source of hope and inspiration for young black people everywhere.
Join us in shining a light on the power of hope by using our hashtag when you share your own hope-filled posts online.
#heathhopehiphop
🚨 THIS IS BIG 🚨
We’re not just part of something…
We’re helping BUILD IT.
The Health, Hope & Hip-Hop Foundation is proud to be at the forefront of launching
INTERNATIONAL HIP HOP HEALTH DAY (IHHHD) 🌍🎤❤️
This is a GLOBAL MOVEMENT powered by culture, driven by purpose, and focused on HEALTH.
From day one, we’ve believed Hip-Hop could save lives…
Now we’re taking that belief worldwide.
We’re calling on organizations, advocates, and the community to TAP IN and be part of this coalition.
👉🏾 Learn more & join us here or 🔗 in bio: healthhopehiphop.org/ihhd-event/
This is what happens when Hip-Hop meets health.
This is what happens when we move with purpose.
🎶 Health. Hope. Hip-Hop. Spread the word!
#IHHHD #HealthHopeHipHop #HipHopHealth #GlobalMovement #CultureForChange
Three-way call. 📲
Doctor`s nurse on hold. 🤫
"Honey, somebody wants to talk to you." 😇
SIR — get to the ER RIGHT NOW. 🏥
He said he had a busy day. 😑
She said... we`ll see about that. 💅🏾
That`s how the Freeman Williams Corporation got started. 💼🔥
▶️ Watch this clip from the latest episode 👇🏾
New episode LIVE now. 🎙️ Full links in bio. Go tap in. 🎧
Don`t let pride stand in the way of prevention brothers. 💙🙏🏾
💙 #hiphopehooray #healthhopehiphop #MultipleMyeloma #CarePartner #MenTalkinHealth
🎉🏆 HIP HOPE BINGO WINNER 🏆🎉
Big congrats to Tiffany Matthews (and hubby Brad 😎) for taking home the GRAND PRIZE at the 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball!
✈️ TWO First-Class Tickets
🌍 Anywhere Avelo Airlines flies
🔥 All from knowing your hip-hop classics!
Winning tracks included:
🎶 UNITY
🎶 Me, Myself & I
🎶 Award Tour
🎶 Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
Tiffany said the night felt like “community, love, and inspiration”… and that’s exactly the vibe 💙
👀 Destination reveal coming soon??? (Puerto Rico might be calling 🌴)
Huge shoutout to @AveloAir for showing love 2 years in a row!
This is what happens when HIP-HOP meets PURPOSE 💯
#HipHopeBall26 #HipHopeBingo #HealthHopeHipHop #Winner #HipHopCulture #PurposeDriven #TravelGoals
✨ Gratitude. Impact. Purpose. ✨
A heartfelt THANK YOU to our incredible sponsors:
@pfizer @jnjinnovativemedicine @bristolmyerssquibb @sanofi and @dartfirststateofficial 💙
Your support of the 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball made it possible to bring together culture, community, and a shared commitment to better health outcomes.
To our pharma partners—thank you for leading the way in innovation and patient care.
To DART—thank you for helping move our community forward and making connection possible.
This is what it looks like when purpose meets partnership 🙌🏾
#HipHopeBall26 #healthhopehiphop #HealthEquity #HipHopForHealth #ThankYou CommunityStrong
🎤✨ HIP-HOP. HOPE. HEALING. ✨🎤
The Hip Hope Ball—featured by Tim Mader @6abcactionnews —was more than a night… it was a movement.
🗣️ “Hip-hop is a way to express what so many are feeling.” — Big Daddy Kane
🗣️ “Music uplifted me when I was at my worst.” — Philadelphia Freeway
🗣️ “Hip-hop has always pushed for social change.” — Masta Ace
AND we honored the REAL:
🏆 Johnson & Johnson – Collab of the Year
🏆 Philadelphia Freeway – Recognition of the Real
🏆 Maria Davis – Lifetime Advocacy
🏆 Chandra Pitts – Staple of the Streets
🏆 Logan Herring – Staple of the Streets
🗣️ “We’re taking hip-hop and turning it into hip hope.”
👉🏾 Take care of your health
👉🏾 Share the message
👉🏾 Be part of the movement
#HealthHopeHipHop #HipHopeBall26 #HipHopHeals #HealthEquity
QUEEN ENERGY 👑🔥
We’re proud to announce that Chandra G. Pitts is this year’s female recipient of the Staple of the Streets Award, presented by the Health, Hope & Hip-Hop Foundation at the 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball!
Founder. Visionary. Global advocate.
President & CEO of One Village Alliance.
From empowering girls through Girls Can Do Anything!
To elevating boys through Raising Kings
To expanding impact into 240 schools across West Africa
To leading Delaware’s only community-based urban wellness center…
She builds legacy.
Youngest inductee into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame, Businesswoman of the Year, UN Honoree, NAACP Award recipient and Afro-Latina History Maker.
On March 14, 2026, we celebrate a true Staple of the Streets.
#HipHopeBall #StapleOfTheStreets #HealthHopeHipHop #WomenInLeadership #CultureWithPurpose
@officialbigdaddykane we can’t wait to celebrate with you.
March 4th is the last day to grab a seat at this event. Link in bio
Don’t Drop the Ball and miss this one☝🏾
#hiphopeball #healthhopehiphop
🚨 LAST CALL FOR TICKETS — WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH IS YOUR FINAL CHANCE! 🚨
The clock is ticking, and your seat at the table is almost gone. 🍽️
The Hip Hope Ball: A Celebration to Ignite Change is going down — and this is NOT just a party. This is a movement dressed in its finest. The Health, Hope & Hip-Hop Foundation is bringing together Hip-Hop legends, healthcare advocates, and community change makers for one powerful night where culture meets purpose.
Here’s the real talk — Black Americans are TWICE as likely to develop multiple myeloma, yet too many don’t even know it. Every ticket you purchase fuels the fight to change that. Every seat filled sends a message that our community deserves better healthcare, better access, and better outcomes.
Oya Gilbert, founder and multiple myeloma thriver, built this Foundation from personal pain into community power. Don’t let him — or your community — show up without you.
🎟️ Wednesday, March 4th is the LAST DAY to get your tickets. Once they’re gone, they’re GONE. No door sales. No exceptions.
🎫 Grab your tickets NOW → healthhopehiphop.org or link in bio
Time doesn’t wait. Neither does history. 🖤✊🏾
#HipHopeBall #HealthHopeHipHop #CultureMeetsPurpose #WilmingtonDE #BigDaddyKane
BROOKLYN IN THE BUILDING 🎤🔥
Internationally acclaimed poet, singer, and lupus advocate Shanelle Gabriel is hosting the 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball — March 14, 2026 — presented by the Health, Hope & Hip-Hop Foundation!
From Def Poetry Jam to Carnegie Hall to the Vatican…
From sharing stages with Jill Scott & Nas to national campaigns with the NFL Draft & Pandora…
She brings ART + ADVOCACY + AUTHENTICITY wherever she goes.
Living with lupus, she uses her voice to speak on resilience, healing, and strength — making her the perfect host for a night where culture meets purpose.
Big Daddy Kane 🎤
Shanelle Gabriel 🎙
Health equity front and center.
This isn’t just a Ball. It’s a movement.
#HipHopeBall #ShanelleGabriel #healthhopehiphop #PoetryMeetsPurpose #CultureWithPurpose
A LEGACY OF PURPOSE. 🔥❤️
We’re proud to announce that Maria A. Davis will receive the Lifetime Advocacy Achievement Award at the 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball — March 14, 2026.
Diagnosed with HIV in 1995, Maria chose to turn her diagnosis into a movement. In 2006 she founded Can’t Be Silenced, Inc. — and she has been educating, advocating, and saving lives ever since.
From national HIV campaigns to serving on NYC’s HIV/AIDS Advisory Board…
From producing 30 years of “Mad Wednesdays”…
To bridging music and advocacy in powerful ways…
Maria doesn’t call herself a victim.
She calls herself an activist.
And that’s exactly why we honor her.
The Lifetime Advocacy Achievement Award celebrates leaders whose decades of work have left a lasting impact on communities everywhere.
We can’t wait to celebrate her legacy on a night where culture meets purpose — headlined by Big Daddy Kane 🎤✨
Legacy. Leadership. Love for the people.
#HipHopeBall #HealthHopeHipHop #LifetimeAdvocacyAchievement #CantBeSilenced #HIVAwareness CultureWithPurpose
Wilmington stand up! 👏🏾🔥
We’re proud to announce that Logan Herring is one of two recipients of the Staple of the Streets Award at the 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball — March 14, 2026 at The Queen.
A true son of the city and grandson of Rev. Otis Herring, Logan has built a legacy of impact — from mentoring student athletes through Delaware Elite to leading Kingswood Community Center and now serving as CEO of REACH Riverside.
He shows up.
He stands in the gap.
He builds real change.
That’s what being a Staple of the Streets is all about.
We can’t wait to honor him on a night where culture meets purpose — headlined by hip-hop legend Big Daddy Kane 🎤✨
This is more than an event. It’s legacy in motion.
#HipHopeBall #StapleOfTheStreets #WilmingtonDE #CommunityLeader #HealthHopeHipHop
🙏🏾 THANK YOU to our corporate sponsors!
Your support of the 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball — March 14th at The Queen — helps fuel the mission of the Health, Hope & Hip-Hop Foundation.
Together, we’re closing healthcare disparity gaps, increasing health literacy, and turning culture into a catalyst for change. 💪🏾
We couldn’t have done it without you.
@pfizerinc
@jnjinnovativemedicine
@bristolmyerssquibb
@dartfirststateofficial
@sanofi
See link in bio for tickets.
#HipHopeBall #healthhopehiphop #HealthEquity #CloseTheGap #SponsorLove
🎙️ NEW EPISODE JUST DROPPED‼️
"Prostate Talk: No Filter, No Excuses — Real Brothers, Real Stories" 🔥
Two survivors. One raw conversation. Zero sugarcoating. 💯
Your boy Oya Gilbert pulled up to the @healthevoices Conference and sat down with Mark Harris and Robert Ginyard — and they held NOTHING back.
We`re talking prostate cancer, PSA levels, treatment decisions, intimacy after surgery, generational health secrets that are HURTING our families, and finding your WHY to stay alive. 🙏🏾
If you`ve been sleeping on your health… this episode is your wake-up call. ⏰
🎧 Listen on Podbean for free or all major platforms
📺 Watch on YouTube → healthhopehiphop 🔗 in bio!
🔁 Repost this — somebody in your feed needs it TODAY
#HipHopeHooray #HealthHopeHipHop #ProstateCancer #BlackMensHealth #KnowYourPSA #Healthevoices
🚨 WILMINGTON — IT’S OFFICIAL 🚨
🎤 Big Daddy Kane LIVE
🗓 March 14, 2026
📍 The Queen
The Hip Hope Ball isn’t just a party.
It’s a room full of influence.
It’s conversations that don’t usually happen.
It’s culture being used for impact.
I explain what really makes this night different in the clip 👀🎥
🔥 Tickets are available now and include:
✨ VIP Mixer (OPEN BAR)
✨ Seated Dinner
✨ The Official Program (after dinner)
✨ Live Performances
✨ Afterparty Access
Don’t drop the ball.
🎟 Tickets in bio
#HipHopeBall #HipHopeBallDE26 #HipHopCulture #DontDropTheBall
🚨 EARLY BIRD ENDS TODAY 🚨
The countdown is on!
The $145 Early Bird Special for the 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball closes TONIGHT.
🗓 March 14, 2026
📍 The Queen – Wilmington, DE
🎤 Headlined by the legendary @officialbigdaddykane
Our founder, Oya “Grand G” Gilbert, recently sat down with Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur of @allhiphopcom to talk about the vision behind this powerful night of culture + impact.
This isn’t your typical gala.
It’s hip-hop.
It’s purpose.
It’s community.
Don’t miss your chance to be in the room.
🎟 Grab your ticket now:
Link in bio or
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2nd-annual-hip-hope-ball-a-celebration-to-ignite-change
#HipHopeBall #BigDaddyKane #HealthHopeHipHop #EarlyBird #CultureMeetsPurpose #HipHopForHealth
📣 WE’RE ECSTATIC!
At our 2ND ANNUAL HIP HOPE BALL, we’re honoring 🎤 PHILADELPHIA FREEWAY with this year’s
✨ RECOGNITION OF THE REAL ✨
This award celebrates those who turn real-life challenges into real advocacy — using their voice, influence, and lived experience to advance health equity and uplift the community.
From battling kidney failure and undergoing years of dialysis to receiving a life-saving transplant, Freeway has been transparent about his health journey. He has also spoken openly about navigating grief — showing strength, faith, and resilience in the face of loss.
That authenticity. That impact. That purpose.
That’s REAL.
We’re honored to celebrate him at the 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball. 🏆🔥
#RecognitionOfTheReal #HipHopeBall #HealthHopeHipHop #HipHopForHealth #RealRecognizeReal CommunityChampion
CLIP DROP 🎙️
I asked Dr. Greg “Grouchy” Watkins one question…
“What was your rock bottom?”
His answer?
Not what most people expect.
This one hits different.
Watch this clip on YouTube: HealthHopeHipHop
or listen on all major platforms.
If you or someone you love is struggling with alcoholism or substance use, you’re not alone.
SAMHSA National Helpline (24/7): 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
#HipHopeHooray #HealthHopeHipHop #Sobriety #MentalHealth #HipHopCulture
🎥 HIP HOPE BALL RECAP 🔥
If you were there… you KNOW.
If you weren’t… this year… Don’t Drop the Ball. 🏆✨
📅 March 14, 2026 | The Queen (Wilmington, DE)
🎟 Tickets ON SALE NOW:
⭐ Golden Era Experience: $145 Early Bird (until Feb 14) ➡️ $175 after Feb 14
⭐ Golden Era Priority Table (10 seats | near the stage): $2,250
🎫 Balcony Seated: $125
Get yours now using link in bio
#HipHopeBall #HipHopeBallDE26 #DontDropTheBall #GoldenEra #HipHopCulture
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today and always. ✊🏾✨
At HH&HH, we’re committed to justice, equity, and better health outcomes for our communities.
The dream lives on through the work. 💙
#MLKDay #HHHH #HealthEquity #HopeAndHipHop #CommunityFirst
CLIP DROP 🎙️
I asked Dr. Greg “Grouchy” Watkins if sobriety challenges came from the hip-hop industry…
And his answer?
Let’s just say it went way deeper than the music business.
This is one of those moments that makes you pause and think.
To watch this clip + full episode, go to YouTube: HealthHopeHipHop.
If you or someone you love is struggling with alcoholism or substance use, you’re not alone.
SAMHSA National Helpline (24/7): 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
#HipHopeHooray #HealthHopeHipHop #Sobriety #MentalHealth #HipHopCulture
NEW EPISODE 🎙️
“Open Bar to Open Eyes” with Dr. Greg “Grouchy” Watkins (AllHipHop.com)
This one is REAL.
We talk hip-hop culture… but we also talk the side folks don’t always say out loud:
alcoholism, sobriety, mental health, and what it really costs to keep “pushing through.”
To watch this episode, go to YouTube at healthhopehiphop or click the link in bio.
If you or someone you love is struggling with alcoholism or substance use, you’re not alone.
SAMHSA National Helpline (24/7): 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Filming location: Johnson Victrola Museum
Provided by: Vertie Lee- Curator Of Education · State of Delaware
#HipHopeHooray #HealthHopeHipHop #Sobriety #MentalHealth #HipHopCulture
🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Hip Hope Hooray! Men Talkin’ Health
Dr. Grouchy Greg Watkins sits down with me to talk about alcoholism + his sobriety journey 💪🏾🖤
📅 Jan 14 | 4PM EST
📺 YouTube: @healthhopehiphop
🎧 Listen on all major platforms
💬 What does “healing” mean to you right now?
#HipHopeHooray #MenTalkinHealth #SobrietyJourney #RecoveryIsReal #AlcoholismAwareness #HealthHopeHipHop
✨ TICKETS ARE LIVE ✨
The 2nd Annual Hip Hope Ball is officially on.
📅 March 14, 2026
📍 The Queen | Wilmington, DE
An elevated night where hip-hop culture meets purpose — bringing together community, leaders, and change-makers for an unforgettable experience.
🎟️ Early Bird tickets for the Golden Era Experience are available now
👑 This is the best ticket — early entry, Meet & Greet Mixer, seated dinner, live performances, and afterparty vibes.
Headliner is none other than the legendary Big Daddy Kane
Secure your seat now 👇
Ticket 🔗 in bio
Dress code: Golden Era Attire or Upscale with Golden Era accents
#HipHopeBall #HipHopeBallDE26 #GoldenEra #HipHopCulture #IgniteChange
