{"id":2444369,"date":"2019-05-19T08:54:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T14:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=837236"},"modified":"2019-05-19T08:54:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T14:54:17","slug":"see-dj-khaled-pay-tribute-to-nipsey-hussle-during-star-studded-snl-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/see-dj-khaled-pay-tribute-to-nipsey-hussle-during-star-studded-snl-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"See DJ Khaled Pay Tribute To Nipsey Hussle During Star-Studded \u2018SNL\u2019 Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-19-at-7.39.41-AM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dj-khaled\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dj-khaled\" data-tag=\"dj-khaled\">DJ Khaled<\/a> provided a star-studded set for his <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/saturday-night-live\/\" id=\"auto-tag_saturday-night-live\" data-tag=\"saturday-night-live\">Saturday Night Live<\/a><\/em> debut as he joined host Paul Rudd&nbsp;on the Season 44 finale.<\/p>\n<p>Khaled appeared clad in a sweatshirt with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/nipsey-hussle\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nipsey-hussle\" data-tag=\"nipsey-hussle\">Nipsey Hussle<\/a> emblazoned on the front while he blistered through a medley of songs from his new album <em>Father of Asahd<\/em>, with each track featuring some of the album\u2019s many guests: SZA sweetly belted vocals on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dj-khaled-sza-just-us-video-837116\/\">Just Us<\/a>,\u201d while Meek Mill dropped in for a rendition of \u201cWeather the Storm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the most poignant moment came during the gospel-tinged performance of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dj-khaled-nipsey-hussle-john-legend-higher-video-watch-836545\/\">Higher<\/a>\u201d with John Legend against a neon backdrop of Hussle\u2019s face; the late rapper appeared on that Father of Asahd track. \u201cLong live Nipsey Hussle. The marathon continues,\u201d Khaled told the crowd at the end of the performance.<\/p>\n<p>Khaled also recruited Lil Wayne and Big Sean for an energetic version of \u201cJealous\u201d before slowing things down with the downtempo \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dj-khaled-meek-mill-j-balvin-lil-baby-you-stay-video-837190\/\">You Stay<\/a>\u201d alongside Meek, Jeremih, J Balvin and Lil Baby.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKfAR_owRjg?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Khaled also made a cameo in a <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> rap tribute where&nbsp;Pete Davidson chronicled moments from <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, but swiftly changed course to spitting bars about his favorite show <em>Grace and Frankie<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUi8Yg9Z85Q?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Father of Asahd<\/em>, Khaled\u2019s 11th studio album and follow-up to his 2017 LP <em>Grateful<\/em>, was released on Friday and also features guest musicians including Beyonc\u00e9, Jay Z, Cardi B, Justin Bieber and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dj-khaled-nipsey-hussle-snl-837236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DJ Khaled provided a star-studded set for his Saturday Night Live debut as he joined host Paul Rudd&nbsp;on the Season 44 finale. Khaled appeared clad in a sweatshirt with Nipsey Hussle emblazoned on the front while he blistered through a medley of songs from his new album Father of Asahd, with each track featuring some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 10:50:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}