The crowd at the infamous Key Club in Hollywood, Calif., was pleasantly surprised when superstar 50 Cent unexpectedly took the stage to perform his remix to YG’s hit song “Toot It & Boot It,” during YG’s concert.
And if that wasn’t enough, 50 Cent’s protégé, Lloyd Banks, appeared to perform his hit song, “Beemer, Benz, or Bentley.”
The audience was worked into a frenzy by all the star power hitting the stage. And just when you thought they couldn’t take any more, once again another star showed up. Kevin McCall, shirtless and very ripped, blasted out on stage to perform the hit song “Dueces.” In addition, The New Boys did a song with YG, and new group Audio Push performed their radio smash hit “Up Down.”
With dozens of fellow artists and friends on stage to back him up, YG put on a roof-rattling show.
“I signed him because he has a command of the crowd that reminded me of the classic MCs,” said an SVP of A&R about why YG was the first West Coast rapper to be signed to Def Jam in the last 15 years. “You don’t see many young rappers with that kind of command, especially from someone who has never signed a record deal.”
If YG is the beginning of the new West Coast artist movement, then we believe they are in good hands. –marqueta smith
