Includes whereas clauses.

Adds new GS 145-52 adopting the censored version of Petey Pablo’s “Raise Up” as the State’s official hip-hop song.

Appropriates $6.5 million for 2026-27 and 2027-28 from the General Fund to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for the North Carolina Music Heritage and Tourism Initiative. Directs the Initiative to use funds for (i) a statewide “First in Flight, First in Sound” promotion campaign, (ii) hip-hop related events, (iii) promotional partnerships with local governments and HBCUs, (iv) a hip-hop music heritage trail, and (v) an informational and promotional mobile app. Requires the Initiative to represent cultural and hip-hop music scenes from across the state, including Greenville, Fayetteville, Durham, Charlotte, and Raleigh at minimum and to have two honorary chairpersons representing the State’s hip-hop music and heritage.