How to watch Hip Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium with Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Run-D.M.C.

You don’t have to be in New York City to see tonight’s concert celebrating the birth of hip hop.

Hip Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium, an event with hip hop royalty including Run-D.M.C., Melle Mel, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Kurtis Blow, Common, Lil Kim, and the Sugarhill Gang, begins at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. You can watch the concert on the Mass Appeal YouTube channel where it’s streaming exclusively.

The Bronx is considered the birthplace of hip hop, and Aug. 11, 1973, the birthdate. At his sister’s birthday party, DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell) used two turntables to create ongoing loops of music, especially the “break beats,” which excited dancers, he shared with History.com. DJ Cool Herc and his sister Cindy Campbell are scheduled to be part of the event.

Also scheduled to participate: Nas, Wiz Khalifa, T.I., Cam’Ron, EPMD, Ghostface Killah, Lupe Fiasco and Slick Rick.

Adam Blackstone, who won an Emmy for musical direction of the 2022 Super Bowl 56 halftime show, which featured Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent, and Omar Edwards, musical director for Jay-Z, are the event’s directors.

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Scheduled Hip Hop 50 Live sets

Bronz Bombers set: featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Fat Joe and Kid Capri
Queens of Hip Hop: featuring Lil Kim, Remy Ma, and Trina
Pillars of Hip Hop: featuring DJ Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell, Grandmaster Caz, Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, Roxanne Shante, Scorpio and the Sugarhill Gang
Legendary DJ sets: featuring Battlecat, Chuck Chillout, Clark Kent, Drama, Hurricane, Mannie Fresh, and Marley Marl
Bottom of the 9th … The Walk-off: featuring Run D.M.C., Nas, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Ice Cube