Hip Hop 50 Live

**Hip Hop 50 Live** was a one-night-only concert in celebration of fifty years of hip hop, held at the Yankee Stadium on August 11, 2023. It was organized by Mass Appeal and Live Nation, who co-produced it with the New York Yankees. It featured many performers who were pioneers of the culture or groundbreaking artists, including DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell, Remy Ma, Snoop Dogg, and Run-DMC. Nas was the penultimate act, where he brought out Kool G Rap and Ms. Lauryn Hill, who performed several songs.

## Background

The concert was announced over social media on May 25, 2023. Presale tickets began on June 8, before general onsale the following day on June 9. The event was sold-out and livestreamed to Mass Appeal's YouTube channel the same day, where a fundraiser was hosted for the Bronx's Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM).

Notable appearances included DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell, who are credited as the pioneers of hip hop, where it was born at a house party on 1520 Sedgewick Avenue in the Bronx, New York; Coke La Rock, proclaimed to be hip hop's first emcee; Lil' Kim, who is also referred to as "Queen of Rap" and "Queen Bee;" and Ms. Lauryn Hill, who broke barriers for female rappers. The hip hop group Run-DMC planned to have their final performance back in April 2023 at the Madison Square Garden, though was billed as their final show at Yankee Stadium as the walk-off performance.

## Performers

* Battlecat (Los Angeles)
* DJ Hurricane (New York)
* Mannie Fresh (New Orleans)
* DJ Marley Marl + Craig G (New York)
* MC Shan (New York)
* Kurtis Blow (New York)
* Roxanne Shante (New York)
* Grandmaster Caz + The Cold Crush Brothers (New York)
* EPMD (New York)
* Melle Mel (New York)
* Eddie "Scorpio" Morris (New York)
* The Sugarhill Gang (Englewood)
* Doug E. Fresh (New York)
* Slick Rick (New York)
* Coke La Rock (New York)
* DJ Kool Herc + Cindy Campbell (New York)
* DJ Drama (Philadelphia)
* Lupe Fiasco (Chicago)
* Common (Chicago)
* DJ Aktive (Philadelphia)
* Remy Ma (New York)
* Trina (Florida)
* Lola Brooke (New York)
* Lil' Kim (New York)
* T.I. (Atlanta)
* Mobb Deep (New York)
* Cam'ron (New York)
* Ghostface Killah (New York)
* Wu-Tang Clang (New York)
* Kid Capri (New York)
* A Boogie wit da Hoodie (New York)
* Fat Joe (New York)
* KRS-One (New York)
* Clark Kent (New York)
* Lil Wayne (New Orleans)
* Ice Cube (Los Angeles)
* Snoop Dogg (Long Beach)
* Too Short (Los Angeles)
* Flo Milli (Mobile)
* Wiz Khalifa (Minot)
* Nas (New York)
* Lauryn Hill (East Orange)
* Run-D.M.C. (New York)

## Set list

1. "N.Y. State of Mind"
2. "Represent"
3. "The Message"
4. "Street Dreams"
5. "Fast Life" (with Kool G Rap)
6. "Ill Street Blues" (with Kool G Rap)
7. "Hate Me Now"
8. "Hot Boyz (Remix)"
9. "Oochie Wally"
10. "You Owe Me" (with Kool G Rap)
11. "Made You Look"
12. "Nobody" (with Ms. Lauryn Hill)
13. "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" (with Ms. Lauryn Hill)
14. "Ready or Not" (with Ms. Lauryn Hill)
15. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (with Ms. Lauryn Hill)
16. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (with Ms. Lauryn Hill)
17. "Fu-Gee-La" (with Ms. Lauryn Hill)
18. "One Mic"

## Gallery

Photo by Johnny NunezPhoto by New York YankeesPhoto by Theo Wargo**@nas**: "Hip Hop was/is always #1. Happy 50th"
* August 12, 2023
* Instagram
**@nas**: "Thank you MLH & KGR! HH50"
* August 13, 2023
* Instagram
**@nas**: "Thank you MLH & KGR! HH50"
* August 13, 2023
* Instagram
**@nas**: "Thank you MLH & KGR! HH50"
* August 13, 2023
* Instagram

* Teaser
* Livestream

## References

1. ↑ Lamarre, Carl (June 5, 2023). "Run-DMC, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg & More to Headline Hip-Hop 50 Live Concert at Yankee Stadium". *Billboard*.
2. ↑ Denis, Kyle (August 12, 2023). "8 Best Moments of Hip Hop 50 Live: Nas, Run-D.M.C., Fat Joe & More". *Billboard*.
3. ↑ "Mass Appeal (@massappeal)". *Instagram*. May 25, 2023.
4. ↑ Amorosi, A.D. (August 11, 2023). "'Hip-Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium' All-Star Music Director on Working with Run-DMC, Lil Wayne and More". *Variety*.
5. ↑ Cohen, Jonathan (August 12, 2023). "For Final Time at 'Hip-Hop 50' in New York". *Spin*.

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