*The VH1 “Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens” went down Monday evening live from Lincoln Center in NYC. The event, as you can tell by its title, celebrated the women who helped pioneer hip-hop.
The show’s honorees were Queen Latifah, Lil Kim, Missy Elliott and Salt-N-Pepa and featured appearances from Diddy, Michelle Obama, Pharrell, Timbaland, Nelly Furtado and many more.
Check out some of the performances:
Lil’ Kim performs her hits “Big Momma Thing,” “Queen B” and “It’s All About the Benjamins” with The Lox:
Fantasia, Monica and Tweet perform a medley of “Free Yourself,” “So Gone,’ ‘Let It Go” and “Lady Marmalade”:
Queen Latifah, Yo Yo, Monie Love, Da Brat, Ms Jade, MC Lyte, Lady of Rage, Suga T, Rah Digga, Mia X, and Eve perform Queen Latifah’s hit “U.N.I.T.Y.” to close out Hip Hop Honors:
Oh, and speaking of Puffy and Lil’ Kim, the diminutive raptress was pleasantly shocked by the appearance of Diddy. She thought he had a previous engagement, but little did she know that engagement was paying tribute to her.
“With your style…you changed the female MC game…and became one of the biggest international stars in rap history,” Puff Daddy said. “Kim made rap feminine and sexy, stylish and hardcore all at the same time.”
She did indeed. However, Puff Daddy noted that, above all, it’s Lil’ Kim’s fearlessness that makes her the icon she is today.
“It’s her courage,” Puff Daddy said. “She has no fear. Fearless. She’s not afraid to do things differently. She’s a diva at times. She’s high maintenance with me at times. At the end of the day, she demands the ultimate respect, and that’s how you treat a queen.”
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