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Too $hort, Cypress Hill Celebrated During 2008 Hip-Hop Honors
Published Monday, August 18, 2008 8:13 AM

By Tai Saint Louis

VH1 has announced the list of honorees for the 2008 Hip-Hop Honors, choosing five pioneering acts to be celebrated during awards ceremony’s fifth annual installment.



Hosted once again by comedian Tracy Morgan, the televised show will feature current Hip-Hop acts at they pay homage to artist representing various stages and flavors of Hip-Hop culture.



This year’s honorees are Cypress Hill and Too $hort, representing for the West Coast; De La Soul, who played an intricate role in the development of the Native Tongue movement; East Coast pioneer Slick Rick; and New Jersey’s own Naughty By Nature, who achieved fame in the late 90s, powered by their anthem “Hip-Hop Horray.”



The list of performers for this year’s event has not yet been released. “VH1 Hip Hop Honors has come to represent the pinnacle of innovation and achievement in Hip-Hop music,” said Tom Calderone, Executive Vice President and General Manager of VH1. “This year’s five honorees are no different and are being recognized for their significant contributions to Hip-Hop culture and for helping to elevate hip hop into a truly global phenomenon.”



This year’s VH1 Hip-Hop Honors will premier at 10pm on October 7 on VH1 and VH1 Soul.



The show’s executive producers are veteran Hip-Hop journalist and author Nelson George, and pioneering vee-jay Fab 5 Freddy.

Source: allhiphop

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ChildOfDaGrove2

Good Looks! They should have G-Unit perform as Naughty by Nature.

chronic89

I don't understand why they haven't honored dre yet..
in few years they will run out of the honrees :D

Hydrargyrum

Only Slick Rick, naughty by nature, and De la Soul should be honored. fuck a Too Short and Cypress Hill.

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LawrenceSouljah

Wonder who's gonna cover these cats. I can see Dialated Peoples doin' Cypress Hill and T.I. doin' Too Short.

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nwoite13

fuck a too short & cypress hill ? that is totall bullshit . too short helped put the bay & the west coast on the map also too short is where the south stole most of there style from .Too short is older then naughty by nature, and De la Soul .too short was dropping albums before naughty by nature, and De la Soul has a album at all . so stop player hating & show respect to a west coast king & legend who is big big part of hip hop .Without too short there would be no UGK or any southern rappers at all. cypress hill was the first pot smoking rap fgroup & there beats & music were on another leval,hater i knowm ore then you because i have lived & listen to hip hop since 1982 .I am 30 years old now. so that means you don't know your hip hop history at all compared to me when you are hating on hip hop legends like Too Short & Cypress Hill.

Hydrargyrum

Come at me again when you can spell, sir.

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nwoite13

so you take the internet nerd way out . only losers & nerds who have no life who just got told the truth care about spelling on the internet because it excuse so they can be right & run from the truth. reread what i worte again before you come at someone with the knoledge of hip hop like i do because you can't touch me, youngster at all.

Hydrargyrum

Is that a bad thing? And when did I claim I know more about hip-hop than you do?

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nwoite13

because not all southern rap is bad . UGK,geto boys ,& outkast are some of the greatest rap groups ever . also without too short the bay would have never been put on the map & there would have been no 2pac at all. to short is the king of the bay & helped put the west coast on map also. get off the east coasts dick.

Hydrargyrum

Answer the other question.

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nwoite13

what other question? do you mean when did you claim you know more about hip-hop than you me . you act like you do & what you wrote is also saying you think you do .