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- [Reporter] The 65th Grammy Awards

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celebrated 50 years of hip-hop

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complete with a giant
14-minute tribute to the genre.

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While the tribute featured
countless icons of hip-hop

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from Reverend Run to
Queen Latifah to Scarface,

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to Too $hort and Public Enemy,

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there was one artist that
dropped out of the extravaganza.

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That was Will Smith.

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I'll give the spoiler alert away.

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Will Smith was a part of
the festivities tonight

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but they started shooting
"Bad Boys 4" this week,

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said Questlove, who curated the tribute.

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Questlove told variety
that performers like Ice-T,

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Queen Latifah and LL Cool J had to quote,

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"Leave their respective shows
to join the celebration."

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Even though Mr. Smith was absent

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and we weren't able to get jiggy with it

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and it would've been his
first award show appearance

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since the slap, the
tribute was pretty dope,

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even if Smith didn't get
jiggy with it at the Grammys.