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Hip-hop has had a contentious relationship with theGrammybut tonight’s 50th anniversary performance was a much-deserved celebration of the genre. The loaded showcase achieved performance co-curator Quest loves previously stated goal to span the breadth of hip-hop’s 50 years. The Recording Academy has been critisize for controversial award slection in rap categories in the past , but this performance was a decision that few hip-hop heads could complain about.
Trailblazing artists from the genre’s past five decades performed, including Big Boi, Black Thought, Busta Rhymes with Spliff Star, De La Soul, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Missy Elliott, GloRilla, Grandmaster Flash, Ice-T, Lil Baby, The Lox, Method Man, Nelly, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Rahiem, Rakim, RUN-D.M.C., Salt-N-Pepa, Scarface, Swizz Beatz, and Too $hort.
Black Thought opened up the set, and was followed-up by Eighties legends such as Grandmaster Melle Mel, the Furious Five, Rakim, Public Enemy, and Geto Boys. Queen Latifah transitioned the set into the Nineties with “UNITY,” followed by Method Man, Big Boi, and Busta Rhymes. Missy Elliott roused the crowd with “Lose Control,” and was followed by Nelly, Too Short, and Jadakiss. Lil Baby pushed the set further into the modern day with the help of GloRilla and Lil Uzi Vert. LL Cool J then shouted out hip-hop as a whole, celebrating that the genre elevated “from the Bronx, to Tik Tok, to the whole world.”