BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO QUEENS INVITED BY SIRIUSXM & PANDORA TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF HIP-HOP!

For the Love: Community Giveback Powered by Cricket invites fans to the Knockdown Center to celebrate hip-hop’s next 50 years with local students, families, and businesses supporting the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens. The event will feature various festivities throughout the afternoon, from breakdancing performances and double-dutch to live, interactive broadcasts of SiriusXM Hip-Hop Nation’s Gray Rizzy and The Heat’s DJ Steel. SiriusXM personalities Mina SayWhat, Torae, Coach PR, D-Stroy, Bugsy, DJ Superstar Jay, DJ Wallah, and DJ Taj will also be on hand during the event to host, DJ, and more. Food will be provided by a host of local, BIPOC-owned and operated food trucks.

As part of the Community Giveback, to keep inspiring the next generation of young talent, SiriusXM has teamed up with Cricket to present the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens with a check in support of the organization's impactful work, as well as backpacks filled with school supplies. Boys & Girls Club members in attendance will get to take home a backpack and design and customize it to suit their style.

Vanessa Carter