Hip-Hop Runzz (half & MARATHON)

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AUG 11, 2026 | Global Hip-Hop Celebration Day 

NOV 26, 2026 | 2.5 mile turkey trot

Hip-Hop Runzz LLC, aiming to be a major running & sporting event company organizing in-person & virtual events. Commemorating the two iconic jazz and hip-hop music photos taken in Harlem at 17 East 126th New York, NY 10035.  Honoring the merit of both male and female album, song, career and impact.  YouTube channel intended to encourage and promote generations to run inspired while using history, music and art as a guide to better health, fitness performance and livelihoods. 

Company Essay

Commemorate your favorite instrument, beats & rhymes in dedication to two huge influential music eras. The two iconic Jazz and Hip-Hop photos taken in Harlem at 17 East 126th New York, NY 10035. These events will commemorate the work of hip-hop and jazz artist of each genre. Honoring a male or female album, song, career and impact. Hip-hop artist each have various stories expressed from their personal experience throughout their life, opinion of a subject or freedom statements. It's mostly favored, that the main objective from all hip-hop expressionist, is to not throw your life away by giving up in school, using drugs or participating in gang violence, self-esteem, peer pressure, domestic violence, womanizing, child molestation, instead find peace in this hectic world and try to pull someone else up. Because people wasted or lost their life doing so. Men and women have used music to build self-esteem and confidence during stress times. These artists are not only replication of historic black jazz poets but American poets in general. People throughout the five boroughs of NYC urban design communities, can share their experiences growing up in these neighborhoods, relationships with artist and how hip-hop music helped them overcome peer pressure to participate in negativity or down-in-out temptation, instead strive and simply be aware of your surroundings. Those who benefited from the positive messages can share their journey, accomplishments and health tips with others. Those who survived the street lifestyle can start a new chapter in their life and others by participating my concept event and reflect while striving for a healthy life.

The objective of these events, in my opinion, can be to recreate self-identity, unity in broken communities and families, ignited by a era 'all for themselves' or 'kill or be killed'. Future generation can continue to listen and learn from music before putting themselves at risk. Fans should realize the maturity phase since the birth of hip-hop. The experience definitely helped mode lives, others and urban developed communities. Most of the humane eras all had its development phases involving pros and cons.  Jazz music went through a more soulful development phase. Those artist music and generation mostly expressed and matured from the hardship of civil rights. Communities during that era were heavy involved in entrepreneurship, inventing and writing. Hip-Hop and Jazz music was and still is, uplifting plus insightful to people not in the streets, a way to be aware of what was occurring during an early time of modernization in the 90s. A platform to continue to be physically productive while following in the footsteps of music history, would be a fitting third replication in the form of a sporting event...

Youtube Channel @hiphoprunzz

Works Cited

Parks, Gordon. A Great Day In Hip-Hop. The Gordon Parks Foundation, 1998. Analog film.

Parks, Gordon. A Great Day In Hip-Hop. XXL magazine, December 1998. Print.

Weiner, Randy and Rob Hanning. Club XII. Red Zone, 1989. Performance.

Kane, Art. A Great Day In Harlem. Esquire magazine, 1958. Print.

Eppse, Meryl R. and A. P. Forster. An Elementary History of America: including the contributions of the Negro race. National Publication Co, 1949. Print.

Holmes, J.B. Map of property in Harlem formerly belonging to Charles Henry Hall: together with adjoining properties, New York, City Surveyor, 1849. Print.

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Meet The Team 

Question?

What is a virtual run event or virtual race series in the sporting industry?

Answer

A virtual run event or series is not an in-person running event, it's a run event or group of run events to be completed anywhere at your convenience.   Record with a GPS tracker watch or download an activity tracker app. They are reliable with safety and fun engaging features to complete your virtual run event.  Each registrant will have the entire year to register, record and submit results to complete Hip-Hop Runzz half marathon or marathon. 

Question?

How to register with a shop purchase?

Answer 

Select to share your information with seller during checkout, then obtain code from email to complete your registration on RunSignup or Race Roster.  Contact us if you have not received your participant code to complete registration.

Question?

What to do with tracking error?

Answer

Runners may experience weather issues, GPS errors, battery dying and so on.  A redo can be done another day & time.  Feel free to redo until accurate tracking is recording because only result submissions completed in one session will be accepted.  Runners have unlimited support towards having a great virtual running experience with Hip-Hop Runzz.

Question?

How to submit results?

Answer

Upload results manually if your registered here on RunSignup.  Race Roster registrants can upload manually or automatically through ASICS Runkeeper™ app

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Participant items for in-person & virtual events can be mailed, picked up or received on race day with number bib, finisher breaktape and surprising items that vary each year.  Results submissions will be verified before receiving award.

March 11, 2026 Eastern Standard Time

The 2nd annual turkey trot theme will be revealed this afternoon.  Congrats to all student-athletes and fans in the NCAA Big East basketball tournament opening today at MSG New York City. 
 

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AUG 12, 2026 | 13.1 miles

SEPT 29, 2026 | 26.2 miles

Choose an area anywhere indoor or outdoor to complete the run distance in one session.  Feel free to start and finish at the iconic photo location in Harlem at 17 East 126th New York, NY 10035.  Complete the half marathon or marathon on their iconic day or any day throughout 2026.  Have fun solo or with friends & family, stay safe and alert while running with headphones.  Take photos and video to share in scrapbook or online.  Runners have unlimited training & strategy support towards having a great running experience.

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