I stayed up watching this concert which finished 4am UK time.
Jay kicked off the night with Empire State of Mind. The band were on point and you could tell this was going to be a great night. As always Jay made that stage his own.
He also brought out a few guests.
Kid Cudi held his own on stage with Jay.
Kanye West and Rihanna came out for “Run This Town”. Kanye then performed a few tracks (Cant Tell Me Nothing, Good Life).
John Mayer did his thing.
Pharrell came out for a couple of tracks
Beyonce performed one track and still did her thing!
Mary J Blige came out to perform “Cant Knock The Hustle”.
To end the night Jay performed “Encore” and Diddy jumped on stage. Kanye then came out.
This year’s VH1 Hip Hop Honours will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Def Jam Records.
Eminem, Rick Ross, Fabolous, Mary J. Blige, Redman, The Roots, Scarface, Method Man, ONYX, Public Enemy, Warren G and many more are scheduled to perform to celebrate the label’s success.
Special tributes will be made to Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons who were the co-founders of Def Jam Records.
Kevin Liles, Lyor Cohen, Julie Greenwald, Jay-Z and L.A. Reid are also expected to be honoured.
The 6th annual VH1 Hip Hop Honours will be hosted by Tracy Morgan and will take place on October 13th.
)01. Signs Intro
02. Do It Now
03. Juice (Produced by Boi-1da)
04. The Winner (produced by Tha Bizness)
05. Slow It Down
06. Something
07. Stunt On You
08. Belly
09. The One (Feat. Mary J. Blige)
10. Digital Girl (Remix) (Feat. Jamie Foxx, Kanye West & The-Dream)
11. Invented Sex (Feat. Trey Songz)
12. Successful (Feat. Trey Songz)
13. Unstoppable (Feat. Lil Wayne & Santogold)
14. Im Going In (Feat. Lil Wayne & Young Jeezy)
15. Take You Down
16. Best I Ever Had (Feat. Ma$e)
17. Thank Me Later Outro