Will Smith was invited to participate in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip hop, organized by the drummer of the hip hop group The Roots, Questlove
O Grammy Awardsthe music industry’s most important award, presented a tribute to 50 years of Hip Hop, with songs from the last five decades and artists from all eras to celebrate the musical genre. Will Smithwho was scheduled to be part of the tribute, did not attend the awards.
Artists participating in the Hip Hop Tribute include Big Boi, Black Thought, Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Missy Elliott, GloRilla, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle Mel, The Furious Five, Public Enemy, Ice- T, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, The Lox, Method Man, Nelly, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Rahiem, Rakim, Run-DMC, Salt-N-Pepa, Scarface, Swizz Beatz and Too $hort.
Hip-hop historians trace the birth of hip-hop to a Bronx house party on August 11, 1973. Several tributes and performances took place before the date, including the Super Bowl LVI 2022which was a tribute to the genre that brought together some of its greatest artists such as doctor dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar It is 50 Cent.
Arranged by the drummer of the hip hop group The Roots, questlove, the presentation lasted about 14 minutes. To the Variety, questlove revealed why the star of Fresh prince of Bel Air declined to participate in the tribute.
spoiler: Will Smith would be part of tonight’s festivities, but they started filming bad boys 4 this week. There were a lot of preliminary shots he had to do, so he couldn’t do the rehearsals.”
Will Smith is returning to the spotlight after starring in one of the main events of pop culture in 2022, with the slap he gave to Chris Rock in the ceremony of oscarafter the comedian made a joke about his wife’s alopecia, Jada Pinkett Smith. The first production of Smith since the incident was Emancipation: A Story of Freedom (2023), which had its premiere postponed after the incident.
Source: Rollingstone
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