Written by Gidplot

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
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The Hip Hop Honors 2009: Def Jam premiered last night on VH1.  This year’s event was the first to celebrate a specific brand of hip hop, as opposed to a collection of hip hop greats.  The result was dope, featuring performances by Def Jam artists The Roots, Public Enemy, Scarface, Ludacris, Method Man & Redman, DMX, Onyx, Ja Rule & Ashanti, and Rick Ross, with guest appearances/collaborations by Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kid Rock, KRS One, Wale, Gym Class Heroes, & Trey Songz.  Below is the video for the full event, as well as a few of the better performances from the night.  You can browse through all of the clips from the night, including interviews with hip-hop “architects” Russel Simmons, Rick Rubin, Lyor Cohen, L.A.Reid, and Bill Adler, HERE

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FULL SHOW

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The Roots, Eminem, and DJ Jazzy Jeff perform LL Cool J’s “Rock The Bells”

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Ludacris & Scarface perform “Guess Who’s Back?” and “Southern Hospitality”

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DMX and Gym Class Heroes perform “Party Up”

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Mary J. Blige & Method Man perform “I’ll Be There For You” and “You’re All I Need To Get By”

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 12:36 pm and is filed under Events, Music, Video. Tags: Ashanti, Bill Adler, Def Jam, Dj Jazzy Jeff, DMX, Eminem, Guess Who's Back?, Gym Class Heroes, Hip Hop Honors 2009: Def Jam, I'll Be There For You, Ja Rule, Kid Rock, KRS-One, LA Reid, LL Cool J, ludacris, Lyor Cohen, Mary J Blige, Method Man, Onyx, Party Up, Public Enemy, Redman, Rick Ross, Rick Rubin, Rock the Bells, Russel Simmons, Scarface, Southern Hospitality, The Roots, Trey Sognz, VH1, Wale, You're All I Need To Get By