The 2023 Grammy Awards brought out plenty of hip-hop greats and stars of today for a tribute performance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ever-evolving genre.
The tribute, which was hosted by rap legend LL Cool J paid homage to the culture-defining genre that started in 1973. That year, Clive Campbell, aka DJ Kool Herc, and his sister Cindy threw a party in the recreation room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx where hip-hop was born, per Uproxx. After this, hip-hop went global.
During the tribute, hip-hop artists from the ’80s, ’90s, 2000s, and 2020s came together to give a 10 minute-performance of songs that shaped the hip-hop culture.
The performance included performances from hip-hop’s best of the past, present and future, including: Big Boi, Busta Rhymes with Spliff Star, De La Soul, DJ Drama, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Future, GloRilla, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Mele Mel and Scorpio/Ethiopian King, Ice-T, Lil Baby, The Lox, Method Man, Missy Elliott, Nelly, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Questlove, Rahiem, Rakim, The Roots, Run-DMC, Salt-N-Pepa and DJ Spinderella, Scarface, Swizz Beatz and Too $hort.
All of the performances were conducted by The Roots’ Questlove and Black Thought. The latter also narrated DJ Jazzy Jeff was MC.
Watch clips below:
Multiple generations of Hip-Hop take the stage for a 50th Hip-Hop anniversary performance at the 65th annual #Grammys
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Trecho da performance em homenagem aos 50 anos do hip hop, Rakim, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Ice T, Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Busta Rhymes e mais rappers se apresentaram #Grammys pic.twitter.com/FPtKh3mGiZ
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