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65th Annual Grammy Awards: Hip-Hop 50 Honored With Star-Studded Performance

See parts of the performance including everyone from LL Cool J to GloRilla.

After LL Cool J presented Dr. Dre with the โ€œGlobal Impact Awardโ€ for his contributions to music at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, he introduced the highly-anticipated tribute to hip-hopโ€™s 50th anniversary.

The Questlove-curated performance, which was narrated by fellow Roots member Black Thought, featured performances that began with the โ€˜70/โ€™80s-era of the culture and quick sets by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, LL Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim and more before moving to the โ€˜90s with Queen Latifah performing โ€œU.N.I.T.Y.โ€, Scarface with โ€œMy Mindโ€™s Playing Tricks On Meโ€, Big Boi with โ€œATLiensโ€ and more.

Grandmaster Flash And Roxanne Shantรฉ Visit New Yorkโ€™s City Hall To Share Hip Hop 50 Plans

Grandmaster Flash And Roxanne Shantรฉ Visit New Yorkโ€™s City Hall To Share Hip Hop 50 Plans

That all was followed by Latifah narrating the third chapter representing the 2000s. Nelly performed โ€œHot In Herreโ€ and Lil Wayne did โ€œA Milliโ€ before the contemporary stylings of Lil Baby doing โ€œFreestyleโ€, GloRilla performing โ€œF.N.F. (Letโ€™s Go)โ€, Future performing โ€œF*ck Up Some Commasโ€, and Lil Uzi Vert doing โ€œJust Wanna Rockโ€ to conclude the set.

Check out what went down below.

Here are some additional photos from the star-studded, banging performance.ย 

FEBRUARY 05: (L-R) Spliff Star and Busta Rhymes perform onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
(L-R) Spliff Star and Busta Rhymes
 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: (L-R) Chuck D and Flavor Flav of Public Enemy perform onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles,
(L-R) Chuck D and Flavor Flav of Public Enemy
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: (L-R) Darryl McDaniels and Joseph Simmons of Run-D.M.C. perform onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
(L-R) Darryl McDaniels and Joseph Simmons of Run-D.M.C.
LL Cool J performs onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
LL Cool J performs onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards.
Missy Elliott performing at the 2023 Grammys

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