Wu-Tang Clan, Mary J. Blige & More Tapped For Hip Hop 50 Concert At MSG
Wu-Tang Clan, Mary J. Blige, EPMD and more have been tapped for a Funk Flex-curated Hip Hop 50 concert going down in the heart of New York City.
In addition to the aforementioned names, Tyrese, Sean Paul and special guests Mariah Carey and Maxwell will also perform at the show, which takes place on September 15 at Madison Square Garden.
Tickets go on sale on Friday (June 16) via Ticketmaster. Fans can also use the code âDISCOâ for Live Nationâs pre-sale on Thursday (June 15) at 10 a.m. ET.
You can view the full lineup below:
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Hopefully fans get to see Method Man and Mary J. Blige come together to perform their classic hit, âIâll Be There for You/Youâre All I Need to Get Byâ â which Meth recently revealed he resented at first.
During his 2022 visit to Math Hoffaâs My Expert Opinion podcast, the rap vet explained how he hated the image he received from the Grammy Award-winning song and attempted to reject the love he was getting.
Method Man Explains Major Difference Between Wu-Tang Clanâs Era & Hip Hop Today
âI fought that âAll I Needâ shit,â Meth said. âI didnât wanna put it out âcause it was at a point now where, when we were doing these shows [with] Wu-Tang Clan, I would come out and itâd be girls screaming. Now, for me, itâs like, Iâm grimy, same-clothes-for-three-days-in-a-row nigga; who wants to go the sex symbol route at this point?!â
Meanwhile, this isnât the only concert going down in NYC in celebration of Hip Hopâs 50th birthday. A mega concert celebrating the milestone in the genreâs birthplace of the Bronx goes down one month earlier inside Yankee Stadium on August 11.
Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Ice Cube and many more have joined Run-DMC on the star-studded lineup that also includes Fat Joe, T.I., Common, Slick Rick, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah, EPMD, and A$AP Ferg.
Thereâs a Queens of Hip Hop set that will feature Eve, Lil Kim, Remy Ma and Trina. The concert will also pay homage to trailblazers who helped pave the way like Kurtis Blow, Kool Herc, Grandmaster Caz, Roxanne Shante, Melle Mel and the Sugarhill Gang.