If you're a hip hop fan, you can't miss this: legendary bass player Doug Wimbish will visit Harper College on November 2, 2023 to discuss the key role he played in the early days of this world-changing music, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Doug was a member of the Sugar Hill Records house band on early hip hop classics like "The Message," "White Lines," and "Apache." Bass player for the innovative and Grammy-winning rock band Living Colour, Doug has also worked with artists including James Brown, Madonna, Annie Lennox, Mos Def, Seal, Jeff Beck, George Clinton, Depeche Mode, and Mick Jagger, to name only a few.

Join us as Doug talks about the history of hip hop, about his career in the business, and about the healing power of music and community. Doug will play some of his classic bass lines, and invites aspiring MCs, poets, bassists, guitar players, drummers, and DJs to join him for an open jam after the talk. Learn more here →

Since 2011, Doug Wimbish has been working with the DREAM Project & the world’s only Bachata Academy music students, located in Cabarete, Dominican Republic. As a brand ambassador for Spector Bass, Doug has coordinated the donations of Spector basses for the DREAM Project Bachata Academy bass students. In 2014, The DREAM Project’s newly established music program received it’s first electric bass, donated by Spector via the WimBash Music Festival. Doug recently visited DREAM’s Bachata Academy in March 2023, providing bass master classes and joining the Bachata Academy students in a performance at Cabarete’s La Chabola.