by Jeroslyn JoVonn
October 30, 2023
Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, and Black Thought will take to the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, to tape “A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop” particular.
An official Grammy celebration of fifty years of hip-hop will shut out the yr on CBS.
On November 8, hip-hop legends Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, and Black Thought will take to the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California to tape “A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop” particular, Billboard experiences.
The 2-hour particular will air Sunday, Dec. 10, and proceed the “50 Years of Hip Hop” section that was featured within the sixty fifth annual Grammy Awards.
Famend acts slated to hit the stage embrace Massive Daddy Kane, Cypress Hill, DJ Quik, and Warren G. Different historical past makers on the lineup embrace Arrested Improvement, the primary hip-hop group to win the Grammy for greatest new artist, and Three 6 Mafia, the primary hip-hop act to carry out a nominated music on the Academy Awards and win an Oscar for his or her Hustle & Movement theme music, “It’s Exhausting Out Right here for a Pimp.”
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of Two One 5 Leisure and LL Cool J are government producing the particular that features appearances from Bun B, Widespread, De La Soul, and Jermaine Dupri.
Questlove is including to the curator position he took when organizing the acclaimed 15-minute Grammy section.
“For 5 many years, hip-hop has not solely been a defining drive in music, however a significant affect on our tradition,” Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy mentioned. “Its contributions to artwork, trend, sport, politics, and society can’t be overstated.”
The particular highlights how lengthy hip-hop has come since D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Recent Prince’s hit “Mother and father Simply Don’t Perceive” turned the primary hip-hop recording to win a Grammy for greatest rap efficiency. Nevertheless, Will Smith, Jazzy Jeff, and different rap acts boycotted the Grammys in 1989 after studying the class wouldn’t be televised.
A yr later, Recent Prince and Jazzy Jeff turned the primary hip-hop act to carry out on the Grammys.
“We’d prefer to dedicate this efficiency to all of the rappers final yr that stood with us and helped us to earn the precise to be on this stage tonight,” Smith mentioned initially of the efficiency.
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