About Hip Hop Tech Week 2027
Where culture, code, and ownership build the future.
A premium New York City platform for creators, founders, technologists, investors, artists, educators, media builders and cultural entrepreneurs shaping what comes next.
Why we exist
Hip-Hop built global influence. Now we build ownership.
The Hip-Hop entrepreneur starts with an idea before resources: a phone, a laptop, a camera, a beat, a brand concept, a product idea, a story or a community.
Then comes the friction: limited access, capital, technical support, investor networks and ownership strategy. Too often, culture creates the value while someone else owns the platform, the data, the rights, the equity and the upside.
Hip Hop Tech Week exists to help change that.
What we are building
A platform for culture, technology and capital.
This is not about chasing trends. It is about using technology to build real businesses, protect intellectual property, grow audiences, access capital and own more of the future.
Build the business
Turn attention, talent and imagination into practical companies, products and platforms.
Protect the upside
Understand intellectual property, ownership, capital and the systems behind durable value.
Use technology with purpose
Connect AI, creator tools, finance, media, gaming and emerging technology to real work.
Move with community
Create relationships, knowledge and operating momentum that extend beyond one room.
This is where influence becomes infrastructure.
Who it is for
Built for builders, not spectators.
A room for people who want to connect, build, own and grow.
- Creators turning attention into business
- Artists building direct fan relationships
- Influencers launching brands and platforms
- Startup founders building with culture
- Investors looking for the next market signal
- Technologists building tools for real communities
- Educators preparing the next generation
- Brands that understand culture is direction
2018 → 2027
Built from experience. Driven by the moment.
Founder credibility
Hip Hop Tech Week was founded by Metanize, a culture-tech entrepreneur, producer and ecosystem builder creating spaces where innovation, entrepreneurship, blockchain and culture meet.
- Brooklyn Tech Week, inaugural event — 2018
- Blockchain Crypto Summit in partnership with Consensys / Ethereum — 2018
- First Hip-Hop Tech Con — 2020
Hip Hop Tech Week is the next institutional step: an annual platform for the people turning creativity into companies, communities, intellectual property, media, technology and economic power.
Why New York City
The right home for this future.
Hip-Hop was born in New York, but its influence belongs to the world. New York City is where culture, finance, media, fashion, education, technology, startups and global ambition collide.
This is not nostalgia. This is strategy.
The next move
The future belongs to builders.
Creativity is the beginning of companies, platforms, products, intellectual property, movements and markets. Join the people connecting culture with technology, imagination with execution, and influence with ownership.