Kardinal Offishall has helped honor Hip Hop’s fiftieth anniversary with a tribute efficiency on the 2023 Juno Awards, giving Canadian Hip Hop acts their flowers.
On Monday (March 13), the Toronto MC took to the stage alongside fellow Canadian native Haviah Mighty to pay homage to Hip Hop’s enlargement into his residence nation.
Sporting a De La Soul jacket, the rapper kicked off the present with a shout-out to DJ Kool Herc for serving to give delivery to the style through the Back to School Jam he hosted within the Bronx on August 11, 1973.
After Kardinal’s temporary historical past lesson, he and Mighty highlighted Hip Hop’s affect in Canada earlier than welcoming Canadian Hip Hop pioneer Michie Mee to carry out her 1991 hit “Jamaican Funk.” The duo continued to pay homage to legendary Canadian artists of the previous like Maestro Fresh Wes, Dream Warriors, Ghetto Concept, and extra.
Later, Offishall and Mighty transitioned into the fashionable period to honor Canada’s newer stars, equivalent to Drake, and a number of other different acts, together with Cadence Weapon, Tasha the Amazon, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Shad, Smiley, Northsidebenji, and Pat Stay.
Check out the efficiency under:
THAT PERFORMANCE 🔥 @Choclair, @DJMelBoogie, #DreamWarriors, @HaviahMighty, @KardinalO, @MaestroFreshWes, @MichieBadgalMee and @sincerelyTOBi rejoice the fiftieth Anniversary of Hip Hop with this epic collaboration #JUNOS pic.twitter.com/S0SRm39uo0
— CBC Music (@CBCMusic) March 14, 2023
This wasn’t the one tribute to highlight the style’s five-decade historical past in current weeks. During final month’s 2023 Grammys, a number of artists, together with, Salt-N-Pepa, Run-DMC, GloRilla, and Lil Uzi Vert, honored Hip Hop with a multigenerational celebration efficiency.
Led by LL COOL J and curated by Questlove, the Hip Hop 50 tribute on the sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards was kicked off by Black Thought backed by the remainder of The Roots crew. With DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ Drama holding down the turntables, a parade of artists, beginning with the Furious Five and Run-DMC, kicked off a journey celebrating the style’s whole historical past.
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Following acts like De La Soul, Queen Latifah, Public Enemy, and Rakim, the present moved into the late ’90s and early 2000s with appearances by Method Man, The LOX, Missy Elliott, and Nelly. The present was closed out by GloRilla, Lil Baby, and Lil Uzi Vert, representing the present era of Hip Hop expertise.
At the tip of the efficiency, LL COOL J returned with a message for the group: “From The Bronx to the 5 boroughs, to the West Coast to the Heartland; abroad to Europe, to Africa, to Asia; TikTok, no matter’s subsequent. Because because of the 33 Hip Hop artists on stage and the numerous extra we love, Hip Hop is a world platform at the moment.
He added: “We’re celebrating. Happy 50th anniversary to Hip Hop, baby!”
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