Hip Hop Honors

1st VH1 Hip Hop Honors (2004)

Honorees

• DJ Hollywood
• Kool Herc
• KRS-One
• Public Enemy
• Run-DMC
• Rock Steady Crew
• Sugarhill Gang
• 2Pac
• The Graffiti Movement

  Presenters

• Roselyn Sanchez
• Debbie Harry
• Tracy Morgan
• Ice-T
• Taye Diggs
• P. Diddy
• Wyclef Jean
• Foxy Brown

  Performances

• Beastie Boys, Mix Master Mike and Doug E. Fresh – "Here We Go" and "Sucker M.C.'s"
• Fat Joe and Terror Squad – "Lean Back"
• Nas and Olu Dara – "Bridging the Gap"
• Fat Joe – "South Bronx"
• Doug E. Fresh, Kid Rock, Kid Capri and Grandmaster Flash – "DJ Medley"
• Nas – "Keep Ya Head Up"
• Beastie Boys – "Right Right Now Now"
• Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Anthrax – "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"/"Fight the Power"/"Bring the Noise"
• MC Hammer – "Unconditional Love"
• Sugarhill Gang & Chic – "Rapper's Delight"/"Good Times"
• Common – On The 88' Tip

  2nd VH1 Hip Hop Honors (2005)

Honorees

• Big Daddy Kane
• Boyz n the Hood
• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
• Ice-T
• LL Cool J
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• Salt N Pepa

  Presenters

• Anthony Anderson
• Jerry Ferrara
• Spike Lee

  Performances

• Snoop Dogg – "Warning"
• Ice-T – "OG Original Gangster"/"Colors"
• Salt N Pepa featuring En Vogue – "Whatta Man"
• Nelly featuring Ciara – "Doin It"
• Nelly – "I'm Bad"
• LL Cool J – "Mama Said Knock You Out"
• Kanye West – "Gold Digger"
• Faith Evans, Lil' Cease, Ludacris & Kanye West – "Juicy"/ "One More Chance"/ "Hypnotize"
• Common, Black Thought & T.I. – "Raw", "Smooth Operator", & "Set It Off"
• Big Daddy Kane – "Warm It Up, Kane"
• Diddy & Faith Evans – "I'll Be Missing You"

  3rd VH1 Hip Hop Honors (2006)

Honorees

• Afrika Bambaataa
• Beastie Boys
• Eazy-E
• Ice Cube
• MC Lyte
• Rakim
• Russell Simmons
• Wu-Tang Clan

  Presenters

• KRS-One & Outkast – Afrika Bambaataa
• Tracy Morgan – Beastie Boys
• Ice Cube & Ice-T- Eazy-E
• Mike Epps & Fab 5 Freddy- Ice Cube
• Regina King – MC Lyte
• Common – Rakim
• Diddy – Russell Simmons
• Forest Whitaker – Wu-Tang Clan

  Performances

• Lil' Eazy-E, Young Jeezy, DJ Yella – "We Want Eazy"
• Bone Thugs N Harmony – "Tha Crossroads"
• Xzibit – "Check Yo Self"
• WC – "It Was a Good Day"
• Ice Cube – "Why We Thugs"/"Go to Church" w/ Lil Jon
• Diddy, Fabolous and Q-Tip – "Hold It, Now Hit It"/"Paul Revere"
• Beastie Boys – "So What'cha Want"/"The New Style"
• Lil' Kim, Remy Ma, Da Brat, and Yo-Yo – "Cha Cha Cha"/"Kickin' 4 Brooklyn"/"Lyte as a Rock"
• MC Lyte – "Paper Thin"/"Ruffneck"
• Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Styles P., Raekwon – "Paid In Full"/"Eric B. For President"
• Rakim – "Microphone Fiend"/"I Ain't No Joke"
• Wu-Tang Clan – "C.R.E.A.M."/"Triumph"
• Erykah Badu, George Clinton and the funkadelics
• Rakim – It's Nothing

  4th VH1 Hip Hop Honors (2007)

Honorees

• A Tribe Called Quest
• Missy Elliott
• Snoop Dogg
• Whodini
• Teddy Riley and Andre Harrell for new jack swing
• Wild Style

  Presenters

• Kerry Washington – Missy Elliott
• P. Diddy and Doug E. Fresh – Andre Harrell and Teddy Riley
• LL Cool J – Wild Style
• Chris Rock – Whodini
• Harvey Keitel – Snoop Dogg
• Tracy Morgan – A Tribe Called Quest

  Performances

• Tweet – "The Rain "
• Timbaland & Eve – "Work It"
• Eve and Keyshia Cole – "Hot Boyz"
• Fatman Scoop and Ciara – "Lose Control"
• Nelly Furtado – "Get Ur Freak On "
• Ne-Yo – "I Like"
• T-Pain – "I Want Her"
• Ne-Yo & Keyshia Cole – "Remember The Time"
• Kool Moe Dee – "How Ya Like Me Now"
• Teddy Riley – "No Diggity"/"Rump Shaker"
• Nick Cannon – "Funky Beat"
• Nelly – "One Love"
• Jermaine Dupri – "Five Minutes of Funk"
• Whodini – "Friends" and "Freaks Come Out at Night"
• T.I. and B.G. – "Deep Cover"
• Pharrell and Daz – "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang"
• Ice-T – "Gin and Juice"
• Bow Wow – "Who Am I "
• Snoop Dogg and Pharrell – "Drop It Like It's Hot"
• Busta Rhymes, Common, Lupe Fiasco, and Pharrell – "Bonita Applebum"/"Electric Relaxation"/"Scenario"
• A Tribe Called Quest – "Check The Rhime"/"Award Tour"

  5th Annual Hip Hop Honors (2008)

Honorees

• Cypress Hill
• De La Soul
• Naughty By Nature
• Slick Rick
• Too Short

  Presenters

• Freddy Rodriguez – Cypress Hill
• Joy Bryant – De La Soul
• Michael Strahan – Slick Rick
• Luke Campbell – Too Short
• Eve – Naughty by Nature

  Performances

• Fat Joe – "The Phuncky Feel One"
• Jim Jones – "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"
• Gym Class Heroes and Mack 10 – "Insane in the Brain"
• Cypress Hill – "How I Could Just Kill a Man" / " Superstar"
• Q-Tip & Estelle – "A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays""
• Mos Def & Public Enemy – "Stakes Is High"
• Cee-Lo – "Potholes in My Lawn"
• EPMD – "Ego Trippin' "
• De La Soul and Q-Tip – "Me Myself and I" / "Oooh." / "Buddy"
• MC Lyte – "The Ruler's Back"
• Busta Rhymes with Spliff Star – "The Show"
• Ghostface Killah w/ Biz Markie – "La Di Da Di"
• Fabolous and Dana Dane – "Hey Young World"
• Eve – "Mona Lisa"
• Slick Rick – "Children's Story"
• Estelle w/ The Roots – "Ike’s Mood 1"
• Mos Def w/ The Roots – "Warning"
• Scarface w/ The Roots – "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"
• Public Enemy w/ The Roots – "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"
• Kid Rock – "Life Is...Too Short"
• Lil Jon – "Shake That Monkey"
• Bun B – "Blow the Whistle"
• Scarface – "The Ghetto"
• Too Short – "Gettin' It" / "Money in the Ghetto"
• Wyclef Jean and Juelz Santana – "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
• Big Boi w/ Wyclef Jean – "O.P.P."
• Naughty by Nature – "Uptown Anthem" / "Hip Hop Hooray"

  6th Annual Hip Hop Honors (2009)

Honorees

• Def Jam Recordings

  Presenters

• Tracy Morgan
• Chris Rock
• Anthony Anderson
• Jimmy Fallon
• Brett Ratner

  Performances

• Eminem, The Roots, and DJ Jazzy Jeff – "Rock the Bells"
• Public Enemy with the Roots, Street Sweeper Social Club and DJ Jazzy Jeff – "Rebel Without a Pause"
• Method Man & Redman – "Da Rockwilder"
• DMX and Gym Class Heroes – "Party Up "
• Ludacris and Scarface – "Guess Who's Back/Southern Hospitality"
• Mary J. Blige and Method Man – "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"
• Rick Ross- "Hustlin'"
• Warren G and Trey Songz – "Regulate"
• Gym Class Heroes, Wale and KRS-One – "No Sleep till Brooklyn"
• Ja Rule and Ashanti – "Down 4 U"/"Always on Time"
• Onyx – "Slam"
• Kid Rock – "I'm Bad"
• EPMD – "Crossover"
• Foxy Brown and Fabolous – "I'll Be"
• Ghostface Killah and Chrisette Michele – "Back Like That"
• Wale – "Touch the Sky"

  7th VH1 Hip Hop Honors (2010)

Honorees

• 2 Live Crew
• J. Prince
• Jermaine Dupri
• Luther Campbell
• Master P
• Organized Noise
• Timbaland

  Presenters

• Jonah Hill
• Donald Glover
• Taraji P. Henson
• T.I.
• Lauren London
• Kelly Rowland
• Eddie Griffin
• Kid Rock
• David Banner
• Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas

  Performances

• "It’s Your Birthday",” featuring Luther Campbell
• "Scarred",” featuring Luther Campbell, Trick Daddy and Pitbull
• "I Wanna Rock ",” featuring Luther Campbell

• Mind Playing Tricks on Me,” Game and Willie D
• Po Pimp,” featuring "A.K".
• Nolia Clap,” featuring Juvenile
• Get Throwed,” featuring Drake and Bun B

• I Think They Like Me,” featuring Jermaine Dupri, Dem Franchize Boyz, "Buddie ", "Jizzal Man ", "Parlae" and "Pimpin' "’
• Money Ain't a Thang,” featuring Jermaine Dupri
• Jump,” featuring Bow Wow, Jermaine Dupri and Lil Jon
• Fresh Azimiz,” featuring Bow Wow, Jermaine Dupri and Lil Jon
• Welcome to Atlanta,” featuring P. Diddy and Jermaine Dupri

• I'm Bout It,” featuring Romeo Miller, "Lil D", "Black Don" and "Valentino"
• "That's Cool",” featuring Silkk the Shocker and Trina
• I Miss My Homies,” featuring Gucci Mane
• Make 'Em Say Uhh!” featuring Mystikal

• Wasted,” featuring Gucci Mane
• Never Scared,” featuring Bone Crusher
• Get Low,” featuring Lil Jon, Ying Yang Twins, "Kaine" and "D-Roc"

• Big Pimpin,” featuring Bun B
• Make Me Better,” featuring Fabolous
• The Way I Are,” featuring Keri Hilson, D.O.E. and Sebastian
• Get Ur Freak On,” featuring Missy Elliott
• Work It,” featuring Missy Elliott

• "Like a Boss",” featuring Slim Thug
• Sittin' Sidewayz,” featuring Paul Wall
• Ridin',” featuring Chamillionaire

• Me So Horny,” featuring "Fresh Kid Ice" and "Marquis"
• "Hoochie Mama",” featuring "Marquis" and "Fresh Kid Ice"
• Banned in the U.S.A.,” featuring Uncle Luke

• Player's Ball,” featuring "Rico Wade"
• Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik,” featuring Nelly, Murphy Lee and "Rico Wade"
• Cell Therapy,” featuring Khujo and "Rico Wade"
• "Dirty South",” featuring Khujo and Cool Breeze
• So Fresh, So Clean,” featuring Cool Breeze, Sleepy Brown and "Rico Wade"
• Saturday,” featuring Asher Roth, "Rico Wade" and Sleepy Brown

• "Million Dollar Girl",” featuring Trina
• Low,” featuring Flo Rida
• I'm So Hood,” featuring Rick Ross and "DJ Sam Sneed"
• Super High,” featuring Rick Ross and "DJ Sam Sneed"
• I Know You Want Me,” featuring Pitbull

  8th VH1 Hip Hop Honors (2016)

Honorees

• Missy Elliott
• Queen Latifah
• Salt-N-Pepa
• Lil' Kim

  Performances

• Remy Ma & Fat Joe – All the Way Up
• Fantasia, Monica & Tweet – Lady Marmalade
• Remy Ma, Nelly Furtado & Trina – Work It
• Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Mia X, Nikki D, Da Brat & Rah Digga – U.N.I.T.Y.
• Queen Latifah, Da Brat, Rah Digga, Lady of Rage & Yo-Yo – When You're Good to Mama

• Naughty by Nature – Hip Hop Hooray

  9th VH1 Hip Hop Honors (2017)

Honorees

• Mariah Carey
• Jermaine Dupri
• Martin Lawrence
• Master P
• Hype Williams

  Presenters

• DJ Khaled and Asahd Khaled
• Kelly Rowland
• Keith Powers and Karrueche Tran
• T.I.
• Pharrell Williams
• Tichina Arnold, Affion Crocket, and Lamorne Morris
• Ice Cube

  Performances

• Missy Elliott – She's A Bitch
• Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, The Lox and Mase – Honey

• Havoc, Lil' Kim and Fabolous – Quiet Storm

• Ty Dolla $ign – "This Is How We Do It"
• Xscape's Kandi and Tiny – "No Scrubs"
• Warren G and Ty Dolla $ign – "Regulate"
• Fat Joe and Remy Ma – "Still Not A Player"

• Trick Daddy and Trina – "Nann"
• Romeo – "I Got the Hook-Up!"
• Silkk The Shocker and Romeo – "Make Em Say Uhh!"
• Xscape – "Just Kickin' It"