LL Cool J, Arrested Development, Cypress Hill, Queen Latifah To Perform at ‘A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop’

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CBS airs the event, taped at YouTube Theater in L.A., December 10

A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop on CBS
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LL Cool J, Arrested Development, Common, Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Jermaine Dupri, Big Daddy Kane, Queen Latifah, Questlove, Remy Ma and Digable Planets are on the list of performers at A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop, which airs on CBS and streams on Paramount Plus Sunday, December 10. 

The special tapes November 8 at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. The theater is located at Hollywood Park, a sports and entertainment destination in Inglewood, California. 

A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop is produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment. Jesse Collins, Shawn Gee and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of Two One Five Entertainment, Dionne Harmon, Claudine Joseph, LL Cool J, Fatima Robinson and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay are executive producers. Marcelo Gama directs the special. 

Last month, MTV’s VMAs also celebrated 50 years of hip hop.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.