The GRAMMYs celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with a blow-out performance that featured dozens of icons spanning generations performing onstage.
The celebration of the genre was a joyous medley of classics paying homage to the greats, jumping from its early days with Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC and LL Cool J to Queen Latifah's"U.N.I.T.Y." and Nelly's"Hot in Herre" before moving forward to the present day with songs from Lil Baby and GloRilla."Quest calls me, says 'Ice, I want you to perform at the Grammys. I was in New York resting. It was cold. It was 5 degrees.
"From the Bronx to TikTok, to the whole world. We love you baby," Cool J shouted from stage."We started in the Bronx and ever since then it's gone everywhere – to the five burroughs, to the West Coast, to the heartland, overseas, to Europe, to Africa, to Asia, to TikTok and whatever else is next.
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