The Kennedy Center just named a new directer of hip-hop culture, infact, she is their first ever director of hip-hop culture and contemporary music.

Meet Simone Eccleston.

In a statement she said:

“With the Kennedy Center serving as the preeminent home for our nation’s arts and culture, the creation of a programmatic platform for hip-hop culture is deeply significant,” 

The Kennedy Center Senior Vice President Robert van Leer said that the new program will create collaborations with other programs and that Eccleston will be leading a commitment to music and culture in hip-hop. She will also be trying to get the community more involved.

Leer said:

“We are thrilled to have an arts administrator of Simone’s caliber join us — someone who can lead that exploration of what hip-hop at the Kennedy Center can become in the coming years,”

“And we believe it is the Center’s responsibility to develop and elevate thought-leaders like Simone to champion the bright future of our nation’s cultural institutions.”