James Cordens Apple Ad is Something to be Seen!

James Corden the Late Late Show host was nominated for an Emmy award, he appeared in a Carpool Karaoke with host Jimmy Kimmel during the intro to the show and he debuted a new Apple Music ad in which Cordon is pitching some predictably terrible ideas to Apple executives Jimmy lovine, Eddy Cue and Bozoma Saint John. Cordon Dressing up as Slash, David Bowie , the Spice Girls and Pharrell to sell hs concepts to the unimpressed Apple executives however he looses the executives when in a commercial Corden helps out a thirsty child with an iPhone instead of water. “why don’t you give him water?” Asks and exasperated lovine.

“What if I’m giving birth to Justin Bieber, who’s giving birth to Anthony Kiedis, who’s giving birth to a phone?” Cordon asks the Apple executives. Not so much. Okay, better yet, Cordon as every iconic musician on your Apple Music Playlist?

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Apple has ordered 16 episodes of Corden’s Carpool Karaoke, which will stream first exclusively on the service.

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The 2016 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors

Eve, Missy Elliot, Salt-N-Pepa, Queen Latifah and Lil’ Kim – Vh1 Hip Hop Honors 2016

After a six-year hiatus the once annual event Vh1 Hip Hop Honors are back! Now for those of you not familiar with the Vh1 Hip Hop honors, it is a TV special that honors old school and golden age hip hop rappers and contributors. Hip hop honors features live performances by most of the honorees along with new school artist who were influenced by them.

This year the honors were held on Monday 11th July 2016 live from David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City and was hosted by Grammy award-winning rapper Eve. This year’s Vh1 Hip Hop Honors theme is ‘All Hail the Queens‘ to pay homage to the female pioneers, trailblazers and the trend-setters who have paved the way for women to be heard in this male dominated genre. Being honored this year were Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Salt-N-Pepa feat. DJ Spinderella and Lil’ Kim.

Queen Latifah has been dominating this genre for decades and took out a Grammy for Best Solo Rap Performance in 1994.

Queen Latifah – Vh1 Hip Hop Honors 2016

Missy Elliott is the only female rapper to have achieved RIAA platinum certification on ALL of her albums, she is one of the most influential produces of all time.

Miss Elliott – Vh1 Hip Hop Honors 2016

 

Salt-N-Pepa feat. DJ Spinderella broke through in the ‘Golden Age of Hip Hop’ and become the first female rap group to attain platinum status.

 

Salt-N-Pepa – Vh1 Hip Hop Honors 2016

Lil’ Kim the multi-platinum rapper and fashion icon broke records when her debut album ‘Hard Core’ spawned three consecutive #1 rap hits.

Lil’ Kim – Vh1 Hip Hop Honors 2016

 

The First Lady Michelle Obama also made an appearance during this years honors via a pre-taped video, and had high praises for both Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah, she not only views them as icons but also as friends. She said “I’m so grateful to you for your passion and your contributions to our world, and I can’t wait to see everything you’ll continue to achieve in the years ahead.”  Michelle also went on to say “I’m so proud of the two of you because through your music and your activism-including your support of our Let Girls Learn initiatives you all are empowering young women around the world to believe in themselves and fulfill their boundless promise.”

Performances on the night were by:

Naughty by Nature, Common, Da Brat, Mc Lyte, Rah Digga, Suga T, Yo-Yo and Monie Love who all paid tribute to Queen Latifah, performing a medley of ‘You’re Good To Mama‘, ‘Come Into My House‘, ‘Had It Up 2 Here‘, ‘Monie In The Middle‘ and ‘Ladies’ First‘

Timbaland, Pharrell, Remy Ma, Nelly Furtado, Trina, Eve, Tweet, Monica, Keyshia Cole, Jazmine Sullivan, Raven Symone and Fantasia, preformed a medley of ‘Work It‘, ‘Get Ur Freak On‘, ‘Hot Boyz‘, ‘One Minute Man‘, ‘Lose Control‘ and ‘WTF‘  tribute to Missy Elliott.

Amber Rose, Keke Palmer, Ashanti and Dreezy preformemed ‘Shoop‘, ‘Whatta Man‘ and ‘Push It‘ to tribute Salt-N-Pepa.

French Montana, Rich Homie Quan, Teyana Taylor, The Lox, Desiigner, Dej Loaf and Jessica White performed ‘Crush On You’, ‘No Time‘ and ‘All About The Benjamins‘ also preformed was ‘Big Momma Thing‘, ‘Queen B‘ tribute to Lil’ Kim.

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I couldn’t think of any women more deserving than Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot, Salt-N-Pepa and Lil’ Kim to receive the Vh1 Hip Hop honors this year,  I grew up listening to all these women, not only have they done a lot for the music industry but have also done so much for young girls around the world. So congratulations ladies this is well deserved!