Medellín, Expressed In Hip Hop • Discoverology

Medellín, Expressed In Hip Hop

Alongside the government-level efforts to regenerate the city, some residents took matters into their own hands and formed grassroots arts, activism, and charitable projects. Photographer Ozzie Hoppe captures the Colombian city’s growing hip-hop community.

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