Live capture of ‘Hip-Hop 50 Live’, the anniversary concert held on 11 August 2023 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, to celebrate the 50th birthday of hip-hop, born precisely in that New York borough. Orchestrated by Mass Appeal, the event gathered a staggering bill of legends and major figures of the genre: Run-DMC, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Ice Cube, Nas, Fat Joe, Ghostface Killah, EPMD, Melle Mel, Lil’ Kim, T.I., Common, Slick Rick and pioneer DJ Kool Herc, with segments dedicated to the ‘Queens of Hip-Hop’ and the ‘Pillars of Hip-Hop’. This filmed full concert conveys the scale of a unique gathering, where founding classics and anthems of several generations follow one another, carried by legendary DJs and a fired-up New York crowd. A major document for the aficionado, this live performance tells fifty years of hip-hop culture in a single evening, in the very place of its birth. An essential live concert to gauge the legacy of a genre gone global.
Personnel & credits
- Run-D.M.C. — rap
- Snoop Dogg — rap
- Lil Wayne — rap
- Ice Cube — rap
- Nas — rap
- Wiz Khalifa — rap
- Common — rap
- Ghostface Killah — rap
- Method Man — rap
- Lil' Kim — rap
- Eve — rap
- Remy Ma — rap
- Trina — rap
- T.I. — rap
- Fat Joe — rap
- Cam'ron — rap
- EPMD — rap
- Slick Rick — rap
- KRS-One — rap
- Lupe Fiasco — rap
- Grandmaster Melle Mel — rap
- Kurtis Blow — rap
- Roxanne Shanté — rap
- The Sugarhill Gang — rap
- Doug E. Fresh — rap
- A Boogie Wit da Hoodie — rap
- Ashanti — vocals
- DJ Kool Herc — DJ
- Kid Capri — DJ
- Clark Kent — DJ
- Marley Marl — DJ
- Mannie Fresh — DJ
- DJ Battlecat — DJ
