To assistance footwear disconnected the 50th day of hip-hop music, The Roots and 2023 Grammys curated a star-studded show with Ice-T, Missy Elliott, Nelly, LL Cool J and more.
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During music's biggest nighttime astatine the Crypto.com Arena, lawsuit organizers decided to observe the 50th day of hip-hop with a star-studded performance. What came adjacent was a must-see tribute that near the full assemblage dancing the nighttime away.
"We're going to stone the doorbell for the 50th anniversary," LL Cool J proclaimed. "The Roots has curated thing spectacular. A flash guardant done a half-century of 1 of the top ongoing philharmonic stories ever told. It's a communicative that each began connected August 11, 1973 erstwhile a DJ was astatine a enactment successful the Bronx and played the interruption beats that kickstarted a planetary philharmonic revolution."
Ice-T, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes, Nelly and Lil Uzi Vert were conscionable immoderate of the artists who began to instrumentality the signifier and execute a medley of hits. And portion The Recording Academy couldn't item every deserving artist, they surely gave fans a travel down representation lane.
DJ Khaled and Jay-Z couldn't halt dancing from their seats portion Adele was spotted singing on to Missy's show of "Lose Control."
And possibly the champion portion was that LL Cool J made it wide this is lone the opening of a year-long solemnisation passim Paramount and CBS' properties. He besides helped denote the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, which volition go an yearly contented connected Grammy night.
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"This grant volition admit the contributions of creators and professionals with a proven way grounds of uplifting Black music," helium said. "The recipient of this inaugural grant is nary different than an icon who helped specify westbound seashore hip-hop and has go 1 of the astir palmy stories of our times."
His sanction is Dr. Dre.
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Watch the 2023 Grammy Awards Sunday, Feb. 5, astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected CBS and don't miss E! News connected Monday, Feb. 6, astatine 11 p.m. for a recap of music's biggest night.