VH1 Hip Hop Honors

Tonight VH1 is honoring those who have laid out the foundation.

Tonight they are acknowledging the 5th annual VH1 Hip Hop awards and these are the pioneers:

Cypress Hill



De La Soul



Slick Rick



Too Short



Naughty by Nature (Watch them in 2009)

The Rulers Back and Free

After doing time for 5+ years in the joint for attempted murder, Slick Rick aka Ricky Walters aka Rick the Ruler was granted a pardon from NY Governor David Paterson. He almost got deported back to his home country - United Kingdom, luckily his lawyers came through and was able to put this under the water. The attempt to murder his cousin and another man back in '91 almost ruined his career. Was it worth it? We may hear it in his next album, stay tuned.

Lesson learned today: "Anger would just make life not enjoyable, you know what I mean?" - Slick Rick