‘Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop,’ Helmed by Questlove, Airing in December
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Hip-hop’s 50th anniversary got off to a rousing start at the Grammy Awards in February with a massive 15-minute medley orchestrated by Roots drummer and rap scholar Questlove and featuring LL Cool J, Ice-T, Public Enemy, Rakim, Queen Latifah, Method Man and many more — and the organizers promised that a much bigger show would be coming later in the year.
However, the Hollywood strikes put the entire project on pause, and Quest declined to discuss it during an interview with Variety in August.
Well, the actors’ strike isn’t over but they’ve apparently sorted things out, because CBS and the Recording Academy have announced “A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop,” a live concert special honoring hip-hop legends, airing Sunday, Dec.
10 (8:30-10:30 PM, ET/8:00-10:00 PM, PT) on CBS. The star-studded lineup includes the Roots’ Black Thought, Bun B, Common, De La Soul, Jermaine Dupri, J.J.
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