Questlove, the leader of the all-star mega-medley of hip-hop hits during the Grammy Awards, is set to write a book titled 'Hip-Hop Is History' to commemorate rap's 50th anniversary.
Questlove-led all-star mega-medley of hip-hop hits during the Grammy Awards
His role as a historian got a serious boost when his concert documentary, “Summer of Soul,” won Oscar and Grammy Awards. Combined with the detail-loaded Grammy hip-hop tribute, he’s long since worn the crown as a living music documentarian. This year’s Roots Picnic – the group’s 13-year-old festival in their hometown Philadelphia – saw the group backing a surprise reunion of the Fugees, who’d canceled a planned tour just months before, as the group’s Pras awaits his sentencing on a TK conviction.
Still, the skills of persuasion stood him in good stead when organizing and directing the 2023 Grammys’ 50anniversary celebration — surprisingly, it was no small job enlisting hip-hop to celebrate itself on “Music’s Biggest Night.” At first, as the performance started with Questlove seated behind his drums in the farthest corner of the Crypto.com Arena stage, he believed he had “ruined hip hop’s 50anniversary at the Grammys,” until he got off his stool to wild congratulations. “Uzi got my text, rapped a few bars, even did the dance from his video,” he smiles. “That made all the stress worthwhile.”
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