First off, I have to show love to the people at VH-1 that read my site on the regulack and invited me to work the red carpet for the 2006 Hip-Hop Honors Awards show. When you see the broadcast of the show you will be treated to a view of one of the truly historic Hip-Hop concerts. The performances were all sharp and there are some dope surprises tucked into the show. Tune in to VH-1 on October 17th @ 9:00pm. You won’t be disappointed.
As far the red carpet was concerned it was a super charged setting filled with so many artists and personalities that I can’t recount them all. There are a few people that stood out in my mind so let me give you the scoop on them…
MASTER P was unavailable, but KING TEE pitched in to do my cameraman work at the last second. Without his help I wouldn’t have been as on point as I was. You need several sets of eyes to help you navigate the swirl of activity on the carpet.
ESKAY from NAH’RIGHT is a beast! He had a designated spot of the carpet right near the stage. It looks like that XXL/Harris Publishing machinery has found out what most of us on the internets knew already.
DON DIVA Magazine held it down right alongside me and occasionally stole my shine, but they were veterans on the red carpet and they were smart enough to bring their product with them.
MUSIC CHOICE video show was on my other side and they were cool too. The lesson I took from them is that I need to step my recording equipment game up. Next year I come out the gate with a DP dot com flagged microphone.
RAKIM ALLAH, the God emcee, is one of the classiest artists ever in the world of Hip-Hop. I hope for nothing but continued success from him. This dude is unpretentious and cool as all shit.
FAT JOE keeps it realer than most all day, everyday. He spent some good time chatting with us and even gave me a few drops for this websites upcoming podcasts.
ICE CUBE also kicked it with me for a hot second second and dropped some real street knowledge on what Hip-Hop needs to do to remain relevant art form into the next generation. ICE CUBE is a superior performer too. Wait ’til you see his stage show.
MC LYTE is still my girl. I haven’t seen her in a loooooooong time and she still remembers the kid. Bigger than all that is the fact that he looked great and hasn’t aged a bit. She also killed it onstage.
KWAME is my dude from way before this rap shiite so you know he gave the website some sick drops.
You can’t play with my YOYO. This is my rappin’ baby mama. She was dimed out like a mother.
True to form, REMY MA was a hot mess.
The BEASTIE BOYS weren’t as cool as I imagined…
A funny moment was WONDER MIKE from the SugarHill Gang looking to get some sound bites in with the press corps. I used that time he was standing around to fix my equipment. Instead I should have asked him what it felt like to be famous for stealing someone’s rhymebook?
WENDY WILLIAMS is a biiiiiig bitch, but she is totally hittable, as my dude ZILLA would say.
The original gangster ICE T and his hot piece of azz wife showed some love to the kid too. I ccould have totally stuck my tongue down her bulbous breasts.
The RZA and GZA were dope enough to give me some sick drops on my microphone. When I redo my ‘KILLA BEEZ FOR LIFE’ mix CD I will include those joints.
All in all it was a great day and the show that VH-1 produced was incredible. I may have to give Viacom a pass from my wrath for a few weeks, or until the next coonfest FLAVOR FLAV program they create.
“I AM HIP-HOP, WE ARE ALL HIP-HOP”
– KRS-1
