Hip Hop 50 Live

Hip Hop 50 Live
Location	The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Venue	Yankee Stadium
Date(s)	August 11, 2023

Hip Hop 50 Live was a one-night-only concert in celebration of fifty years of hip hop, held at the Yankee Stadium on August 11, 2023; the birthplace credited to DJ Kool Herc in The Bronx, New York, 1973. The sold-out event was produced by Mass Appeal and Live Nation. American rapper Lupe Fiasco was one of the many headliners, where he performed his early hits. He was accompanied by DJ Sky Gellatly and wore a TextFX t-shirt.

Background

Presale tickets began on June 8, 2023, before general public onsale the following day on June 9. A fundraiser livestream was hosted on Mass Appeal's YouTube channel for those that could not attend in person. All donations went towards Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM), a Bronx museum that preserves and commemorates the hip hop music and culture.

During his performance, Fiasco gave a shout-out to the late rappers Fred the Godson, Vice Verses, Nipsey Hussle, and DMX, before he launched into "Hip-Hop Saved My Life". He stated before the final song of his set, "I was backstage jumping around like a little kid, standing around all those legends. Seeing all those people I grew up on, all those raps that I studied and learned since a little-ass kid, to be up here now, to rock at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx is so amazing, it feels so good [...] I feel like an absolute Superstar".

Set list

1. "Kick, Push"
2. "Hip-Hop Saved My Life"
3. "Superstar"

Date

Date		City	Venue
Fri	August 11, 2023	New York City	Yankee Stadium

Gallery

• Performance
• "Superstar"

Photo by Daniel Shirey

Photo by Daniel Shirey

Photo by Peter Olohan

Photo by Peter Olohan

Photo by Peter Olohan