Missy Elliot, Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes, & More Rock Out In Explosive Hip Hop Grammy Performance

Now that’s however it’s done. While determination were galore unthinkable performances astatine the 2023 Grammys, 1 of the astir almighty moments came with immoderate of the top performers of the past 50 years came unneurotic to observe Hip Hop. The genre’s affluent past was connected afloat show close from the start, arsenic LL Cool J came retired to present the show-stopping featuring truthful galore of his friends.

Missy Elliott performed during the hep hop tribute connected Feb. 5. (Rob Latour/Shutterstock)

There was Lil Baby & Scarface & Swizz Beatz; pioneers of the genre similar Grandmaster Flash, RUN-DMC, and Method Man; some of the top women to ever lend to the hep hop nation, similar Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, and Salt-N-Pepa reunited erstwhile more. And that was conscionable the beginning!

Queen Latifah performed during the hep hop 50th day astatine the 2023 GRAMMYS. (Rob Latour/Shutterstock)

Questlove served arsenic shaper and philharmonic director, meaning that euphony was provided by The Roots, with Black Thought narrating the hip-hop journey. Then, adjacent much talents made their mode to the stage, including Ice-T, Big Boi, Busta Rhymes with Spliff Star, Future, GloRilla, Nelly, Public Enemy, and Too $hort. All successful all, it was a show to behold and a quality to perceive to, having specified an unthinkable radical travel unneurotic for this erstwhile successful a beingness celebration. In lawsuit you missed it, present is the acceptable database from the historical performance:

Grandmaster Flash w/ Barshon, Mele Mel, Rahiem & Scorpio – “Flash To The Beat”

Grandmaster Flash w/ Barshon, Mele Mel, Rahiem & Scorpio – “The Message” Run-DMC – “King Of Rock”

LL Cool J – “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”

DJ Jazzy Jeff – “Rock The Bells”

Salt-N-Pepa – “My Mic Sounds Nice”

Rakim – “Eric B Is President”

Chuck D & Flavor Flav – “Rebel Without A Pause”

De La Soul – “Buddy”

Scarface – “My Mind’s Playing Tricks On Me” Ice-T – “New Jack Hustler (Nino’s Theme)”

Queen Latifah – “U.N.I.T.Y.”

Method Man – “Method Man” Big Boi – “ATLiens”

Busta Rhymes & Spliff Star – “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” / “Look At Me Now”

Missy Elliot – “Lose Control”

Nelly & City Spud – “Hot In Herre”

Too $hort – “Blow The Whistle”

Swizz Beatz & The Lox – “We Gonna Make It”

Lil Wayne – “A Milli”

Lil Baby – “Freestyle”

GloRilla – “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” Future – “F*ck Up Some Commas”

LL Cool J – “Just Wanna Rock”

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