Every year VH1 salutes rap's musical, political, and cultural impact with Hip Hop Honors. This year, we celebrate the incredible legacy of Def Jam Records. The show airs on VH1 on Tuesday, October 13th, at 9 pm ET/PT.
For 25 years Def Jam created the stars that pushed hip hop culture forward, including LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rick Ross and Rihanna.
Tracy Morgan returns as host and celebrating 25 Years of Def Jam will be performances by a superstar lineup including: DMX, Eminem, Fabolous, Gym Class Heroes, Ja Rule, Kid Rock, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Method Man, Onyx, Public Enemy, Redman, Rick Ross, Scarface, The Roots, Trey Songz, and Warren G.
Comedy legend Chris Rock, Late Night's Jimmy Fallon and director Brett Ratner will also be on hand as presenters.
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Hip Hop Events
This year VH1 will join forces with one of the top DJ crews in music - The Heavy Hitters,
to create events dedicated to Hip-Hop and Def Jams 25th Anniversary. You can catch VH1
and some of the top Hip Hop DJ's hosting parties in a club near you. 9/25/09 in Kentucky
at Style Ultra Lounge with DJ E-Feezy
, 9/26/09 in Boston at X&O Lounge with DJ Chubby
Chub, 9/28/09 & 10/5/09 in Orlando at Tavern on the Lake with
DJ Prostyle, 10/1/09 in
Sacramento at Azukar Lounge with DJ Knuckles,
10/4/09 in Virginia at The Q Club with DJ Lonnie B
, 10/9/09 in Chicago at Shrine with DJ Timbuck2, 10/10/09 in Philadelphia at
Lotus Lounge with DJ Kam, 10/10/09 in New Jersey`
at Abyss with DJ Rey-mo & DJ Wallah.
Click here to see pictures from the official NYC pre-party!
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