Like Beyonce, we did not attend the grand re-opening of Jay-Z‘s 40/40 Club in Times Square last night. (Was Beyonce tending to Blue Ivy, or did she have more important things to do, like catch the season premiere of American Idol? We’ll never know…)
But of course there was a plethora of celebrity at the soiree to make up for Queen Bey’s absence. Of course, proud papa Jay was on hand, as was Renee Graziano from Mob Wives, Spike Lee, Selita Ebanks, Ashanti, Russell Simmons, basically this place was a who’s who of who’s hot. Yes, we just implied that Warren Buffett, who was also there, is hot. Check out our gallery below featuring all of Jay-Z’s nearest and dearest, and a few VH1 stars who snagged an invite, too.
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It’s no secret what we think of this year’s Hip Hop Honors recipients. If we were host Tracy Morgan, we might say we want to take them out back behind the middle school and get them pregnant. So since you already know what we think, we thought we’d ask some of hip hop’s deftest minds and smoothest voices for their opinions of the honorees. Here’s the Roots‘ super-producer Questlove, who will be at the ceremony airing on October 8th at 10 p.m., on Snoop Dogg:
I believe that Snoop Dogg is hands-down the most charismatic figure in hip hop history. I know that it’s very dangerous to speak in those terms of hip hop, but you really have to examine his track record. To me, the one element that he has [is] longevity. Yes, Slick Rick has a very charismatic voice [and] great narrative. There’s a lot of MCs that have awesome narratives. There are a lot of MCs that have great voices, and presence when they’re on television. But the name of the game is can you give me a triple double score fifteen years in a row? That is where your greatness will come to life. He has an amazing voice, and he has an amazing amount of context when it comes to his career.
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