Rap Icons Celebrates 50 Years Of Hip-Hop At Grammys 2023 With Epic Performance

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Rap Icons Celebrates 50 Years Of Hip-Hop At Grammys 2023 With Epic Performance

Rappers celebrate 50 years of Hip-Hop at Grammys.

The 65th annual Grammy awards took place earlier tonight, and it celebrated 50 years of Hip-Hop with a spectacular performance. The segment kicked off with Dr. Dre receiving the Global Impact Award, which is now renamed after his name.

“I’m extremely moved by this award,” Dre said. “I want to say thank you to the Recording Academy and the Black Music Collective for this honour. I know everybody in here probably knows this already, but this is the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Where would I be without out? Where would a lot of people be without hip-hop?

“Hip-hop became a lifeline for me growing up as a teenager in Compton and it started with a song called ‘The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel’. Scratching and mixing on the turntables had me hooked and became the entry point to a 40-year career of doing something that I really love.”

After his speech, Questlove and The Roots hit the stage to bring out the likes of Run DMC for a performance of “King Of Rock”, LL Cool J for “Rock The Bells”, Queen Latifah for “UNITY”, Missy Elliott for “Lose Control”, Method Man for “Wu-Tang Clan”. Busta Rhymes also took the stage with “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” and his verse from Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now.”

The 50th anniversary celebration of hip-hop was divided into three segments. The first segment featured a series of performances by Grandmaster Flash, Barshon, Melle Mel, Rahiem, and Scorpio, who performed short pieces of “Flash to the Beat” and “The Message.” This was followed by Run-D.M.C. performing “King of Rock,” LL Cool J with “I Can’t Live Without My Radio,” DJ Jazzy Jeff with “Rock the Bells,” Salt-N-Pepa with “My Mic Sounds Nice,” Rakim with “Eric B Is President,” and Chuck D and Flavor Flav with “Rebel Without a Pause.” Although Will Smith was invited to perform, he was unable to attend the rehearsals due to filming commitments for Bad Boys 4.

The second part of the tribute began with Black Thought and LL Cool J performing “El Shabazz (Skit),” followed by De La Soul with “Buddy” and Scarface with “My Mind’s Playing Tricks on Me.” Ice-T took the stage with “New Jack Hustler (Nino’s Theme),” and was followed by Queen Latifah’s powerful rendition of “U.N.I.T.Y.” This section also featured Method Man performing “Method Man” for Wu-Tang Clan and Big Boi rapping “ATLiens” solo for Outkast. Busta Rhymes and Spliff Star then performed fast-paced versions of “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” and “Look at Me Now,” before Missy Elliot took over with “Lose Control.”

The final segment was narrated by Queen Latifah, who introduced Nelly and City Spud’s performance of “Hot in Herre,” followed by Too $hort with “Blow the Whistle” and Swizz Beatz and the Lox with “We Gonna Make It.” The modern era of hip-hop was represented by Lil Baby with “Freestyle” and Glorilla with “F.N.F. (Let’s Go).” Lastly, Lil Uzi Vert closed the massive tribute with a brief performance of “Just Wanna Rock.”

The segment also includes performances from Nelly, Too Short, The LOX, Lil Baby, GloRilla and Lil Uzi Vert.

Watch the whole thing below.

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