SAN DIEGO — The Grammy Awards on Thursday announced an all-star tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop segment as part of Sunday's 65th annual Grammy Awards telecast and the lineup includes La Jolla resident and 2011 Grammy-winner Swizz Beatz. He is married to singer-songwriter and 15-time Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys, who hosted the Grammys in 2019 and 2020.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, the drummer and band leader of The Roots, will serve as musical director for the hip-hop tribute segment, which will air live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. It which will be introduced by LL Cool J and narrated by rapper Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, who co-founded The Roots with Thompson in 1987.
The other performers will include Big Boi, Busta Rhymes with Spliff Star, De La Soul, DJ Drama, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Missy Elliott, Future, GloRilla, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio/Ethiopian King, Ice-T, Lil Baby, Lil Wayne, The Lox, Method Man, Nelly, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Rahiem, Rakim, RUN-DMC, Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella, Scarface, Too $hort and LL Cool J, who will introduce the segment.
