Do You Remember?: 7 Times Hip Hop Lit Up The SNL Stage

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NBC’s Saturday Night Live doesn’t always make us laugh, but whoever books their live musical guests is doing something right.

From Donald Glover’s viral performance earlier this month, to legendary shows from Kendrick Lamar, 2Pac, OutKast, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Drake and Nate Dogg, re-live (or discover) these gems from the SNL archive.

via @OnlyHipHopFacts, here are Kendrick and Pac electrifying the stage in different decades.

Hit the next page to see Ja Rule and Ashanti murder the stage in 2001.

https://twitter.com/onlyhiphopfacts/status/996104170355740677

Hit the next page to see Kanye take the power in 2010.

Hit the next page to see Drake and Sampha’s emotional performance of “Too Much.”

Hit the next page to see 50 Cent and Nate Dogg in 2003.

Hit the next page to see Outkast in 2002.