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player ready...Mos Def and Vivica A. Fox will host the inaugural “Hip-Hop Honors” on VH1 next month.
The awards show, scheduled to air Oct. 12, will pay tribute to a number of innovators of hip-hop, including Run-DMC, Kool DJ Herc, Public Enemy, KRS-ONE and the Sugarhill Gang. It will also feature performances by a number of old-school artists collaborating with up-and-coming rappers.
Among those scheduled either to perform or present awards at the show, which will tape Oct. 3 in New York, are Ice-T, the Beastie Boys, Nas, MC Hammer, Afeni Shakur and Grandmaster Flash.
Fox, who stars in the Lifetime series “Missing,” recently appeared in “Kill Bill, Vol. 1” and “Ella Enchanted.”
Mos Def earned an Emmy nomination this year for his work in the HBO movie “Something the Lord Made.” He’s also appeared in “The Italian Job” and “Monster’s Ball.”
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