A Tribe Called Quest Reunite Onstage, Plus Missy Elliott, Snoop and More Stars Celebrate Rap at VH1’s Hip-Hop Honors

Published: October 5, 2007, 11:00 am

Hip-hop has been taking a lot of heat lately for its so-called negative lyrics and images, but VH1's Hip-Hop Honors embodied the Zulu Nation's original mantra for what hip-hop was all about: Peace, love, unity and having fun. Public Enemy were honored at the first Hip-Hop Honors in 2004, and they came out to last night's event in New York City to show support. Chuck D plugged his latest brainchild female contingent Crew Grrl Order on the red carpet and talked up a new label for the ladies. SHEdigital, the first all-woman digital recording label it's run by women, Chuck said. I believe it's an unprecedented first. Speaking of unprecedented, PE's producer Hank Shocklee revealed he's writing a book about the making of their seminal 1988 classic It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. Inside the Hammerstein Ballroom, the folks up front looked like they were hired to be there, going wild and rapping line-for-line along with each

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