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i am robin givhan, senior critic-at-large for the washington post. today, as part of our race in america series, we are talking about the smithsonian anthology of hip-hop and rap, which will be released tomorrow. my guests today are kevin young, the director of the national museum of african american history and culture, and dr. dwandalyn reece, who is the organization's associate director for curatorial affairs. welcome to you both. curatorial affairs. welcome to you both. dr. reece: thank you. mr. young: thanks for having us. ms. givhan: i thought i would start with you, dr. reece, and if you can just give us a sense of why the smithsonian felt it was important to put together this anthology. what was the impetus for it? dr. reece: well, the impetus, i mean, it ties a lot to the philosophy of smithsonian folkways records and the national museum of african american culture. and our museum is about the past but also about the present and the future. and hip-hop has been around with us for 40-plus years, and so it's just a natural outgrowth of looking

i am robin givhan, senior critic-at-large for the washington post. today, as part of our race in america series, we are talking about the smithsonian anthol

for more on how vigil abloh shaped fashion and beyond, i'm joined by robin givhan, the senior critic at large for the "washington post." ms. givhan, thank you for joinings newshour, what has been the reaction to the death in the fashion industry? >> the fashion industry has been in shockment i don't think anyone really realized the gravity of the illness. and he was only 41 years old. the other aspect is just immense sadness that this was someone at the top of their game and really paving a way for others to have such a short, short legacy. >> why did his work have such resonance. did he have a unique signature you can describe or was it just the force of his character? >> i think it was the combination of things. one was that he came to fashion from really a-- he hadn't studied at fit, he hadn't studied at parsons, he really came from the creative world of music. from branding, from working with kayne west. and he also was someone who walked very tall when he got to louis vuitton. he was very much proud of the fact that he was a black de cyber at that level. and he sought to hire ot