Old School Meets New School at VH1's Hip Hop Honors 06

Today's Top Hip Hop Artist Pay Tribute to People that Paved the Way for Them

The 2006, VH1 Hip Hop Honors show was taped, October 7th and will air on television October 17th at 9 p.m. eastern on VH1. Artist honored this year included: The Beastie Boys, Afrika Bambaataa, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Lyte, Rakim, Russell Simmons and The Wu-Tang Clan. Performers at this year’s show included : The Roots, Common, Da Brat, Diddy, Erykah Badu, Fat Joe, George Clinton, KRS-One, Lil John, Lil Kim, Remy Martin, Talib Kweli, Q-Tip, Xzibit and Young Jeezy. 

Artist came out in groups to perform hits from the honorees past. Fabolous, Diddy and Q-Tip stormed the stage wearing Adidas track outfits, while performing a Beastie Boys hit. The Beastie Boys then came out to perform , "Watcha Want" and then went on to rap over the, “Breathe,” beat used by Fabolous on his last album. The Beastie Boys seemed to be a little rusty and looked a little lost on stage. The two trios then all came on stage to exchange handshakes and hugs. 

Next was a really nice tribute for MC Lyte. Lil Kim, Remy Martin, Da Brat and YoYo came out to show some love for one of the first successful female rappers. They performed MC Lyte songs and then MC Lyte came out to perform, "Paper Thin." MC Lyte was looking very good, she has aged nicely. This was a great performance that you should definitely look for when watching the show on TV.