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Hip-Hop was in the home on the 2026 Grammy Awards because the Clipse, Tyler, The Creator and Lauryn Hill all delivered show-stopping performances on Music’s Biggest Night.
Tyler, who received Best Album Cover and was nominated for an additional 5 awards, introduced his two most up-to-date albums, Chromakopia and Don’t Tap the Glass, to life inside Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena with a usually theatrical medley that proved why he’s one in all rap’s best showmen.
The Hawthorne, California native kicked issues off with a high-energy rendition of “Thought I Was Dead” whereas rocking his military-style Chromakopia outfit and masks.
As his set segued right into a lush interlude model of “Like Him,” legendary actress Regina King joined Tyler on stage to play the function of his mother and provides the multi-hyphenate rapper a motivational speech — simply because the real-life model does all through Chromakopia.
Tyler then switched gears to his Don’t Tap the Glass period, full along with his purple leather-based threads and matching Ferrari, which he crashed into his Chromakopia character (a metaphor for that section of his profession being formally over?).
Backed by a gasoline station backdrop, Tyler closed issues out with the sexually-charged “Sugar On My Tongue,” stuffed with Michael Jackson-esque dance strikes and an explosive finale.
Later through the ceremony, Lauryn Hill made her first Grammys look in 27 years to guide an all-star tribute to D’Angelo and Roberta Flack, each of whom tragically handed away final 12 months.
“D and I by no means bought to do that on stage collectively. Make time for folks you like when you can,” the Fugees legend urged the viewers earlier than performing their lovely 1998 collaboration “Nothing Even Matters” with D’Angelo’s band, The Vanguard.
Channeling the late R&B icon, Lucky Daye sprinkled some “Brown Sugar” on Music’s Biggest Night, former D’Angelo collaborators Raphael Saadiq and Anthony Hamilton joined forces to carry out “Lady” and Leon Thomas, who received Best R&B Album and Best Traditional R&B Performance, served up a slice of “Devil’s Pie.”
Arguably one of the best D’Angelo impression got here courtesy of Bilal, who put his seasoned falsetto to good use to ship a sensual but non secular rendition of “Untitled (How Does It Feel).”
The posthumous highlight then shifted to Roberta Flack, with Lauryn Hill performing a stirring cowl of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” proving she’s nonetheless a pure expertise in entrance of the mic.
From there, Leon Bridges, Jon Batiste, October London, Lalah Hathaway, John Legend and Chaka Khan hit the stage to do justice to different Flack classics like “Compared to What,” “The Closer I Get to You” and “Where is the Love.”
Another spotlight of the night time was Lauryn Hill reuniting with Wyclef Jean for a medley of Flack’s 1973 hit “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and the Fugees’ personal model, which grew to become a global smash in its personal proper within the mid ’90s.
Closing out the 2026 Grammys, the Clipse put a bow on Music’s Biggest Night with an announcement efficiency of “So Far Ahead” that blended Christian gospel and coke rap.
The duo’s Let God Sort Em Out co-conspirator Pharrell opened the sermon along with his heavenly refrain, backed by the Voices of Fire choir, earlier than Pusha T and Malice blessed the congregration with their reflective, razor-sharp verses.
The Clipse’s debut efficiency on the Grammys then resulted in essentially the most excellent approach doable: with faux snow falling from the sky as Push and P stunted on ’em in a mink coats.
The efficiency was the icing on the cake for the Virginia Beach brothers, who earlier within the night time received their first-ever Grammy for Best Rap Performance due to “Chains & Whips,” their blistering, bars-heavy collaboration with Kendrick Lamar.
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