Queen Latifah, Redman, Wyclef Jean, More Rep NJ Hip Hop for MTV Special

New York could also be hip hop’s birthplace, however New Jersey rappers have loads of rights to the legacy — simply ask the Backyard State All-Stars main the cost for ‘MTV Unplugged’s resurrection.

Final month, a number of Backyard State rap pioneers equivalent to Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, Redman and Naughty By Nature’s Treach, took over the Newark Symphony Corridor to have a good time their particular contributions to Hip Hop’s fiftieth anniversary.

Different Jersey-grown expertise for the particular consists of Def Jam’s first feminine act Heather B., Poor Righteous Lecturers, Woman Luck, Lords Of The Underground, and “Rapper’s Delight” creators The Sugarhill Gang.

Adam Blackstone, the music director who helped Rihanna break Tremendous Bowl numbers again in February, is steering the ship right here and can also be a part of the frat … he hails from Trenton.

Queen Latifah is likely one of the co-executive producers for the particular, which airs on December 14 on MTV earlier than encoring on BET on Friday and VH1 the next Tuesday.