VH1 is taking its annual Hip-Hop Honors show on the road, with a 15-city tour that will feature The Roots, Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte and other performers, which have yet to be announced. The tour will launch on
September 13 at The House of Blues on L.A.’s Sunset Strip and wraps on October 5 at The Nokia Theatre in Times Square. October’s closing date will serve as a segue into VH1‘s fourth annual Hip-Hop Honors show, which has previously featured The Roots as the house band, although the legendary Hip-Hop band has yet to be one of the show’s honorees.
While the lineup for the 2007 televised edition of Hip-Hop Honors have yet to be announced, the show will follow its format of using new and established artists to pay tribute to Hip-Hop’s pioneers. Co-executive producer Nelson George explained the importance of VH1‘s all-inclusive approach.
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“We try to keep younger artists in the mix to honor them, because it shows the connections and the tradition,” said George to HipHopDX. “There definitely is a schism between the Hip-Hop audience from now and the one from ’87–even the one from ’97 for that matter.”
