HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty The Universal Hip Hop Museum will be able to advance their mission in the coming years. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has secured 3 million dollars in funding for the institution. As reported by News One U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced she secured $3 million in funding in the year-end omnibus package to go toward construction of the Universal Hip Hop Museum, which broke ground in the South Bronx in May 2021 and is slated to open in 2024. The omnibus is expected to pass Congress and be signed into law this week. The Universal Hip Hop Museum aims to become a tourist hub honoring the genre’s influence over art, music, fashion, film, marketing and entertainment, celebrating the pioneers who built the culture, such as Gran...