The Best Hip-Hop Performances At The VMAs (Of All Time!)

Since the MTV Video Music Awards debuted in 1984, the performances have become a central part of the glamorous (and sometimes over-the-top) production. And over the years, hip-hop artists have delivered some of the best VMA performances of ALL TIME! (say that in a Kanye voice) We crawled through the archives and found a few of the best hip-hop performances from the VMAs.

10. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Murder Was The Case” (1994)

9. Bone Thugs N Harmony – “The Crossroads” (1996)

8. Jayz feat. Alicia Keys – “Empire State Of Mind” (2009)

7. Lauryn Hill – “Lost Ones/Everything is Everything”

6. Kanye West Feat. Pusha T – “Runaway” (2010)

5. Puff Daddy, Sting, Faith Evans, 112 – “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)

4. Watch The Throne – “Otis” (2011)

3. Eminem Snoop  Dogg & Dr. Dre – My name is, Conscience,  & Nuthin but A G Thing (1999)

2. 50 cent fea.t Snoop – P.I.M.P. (2003 VMAS)

1. Run DMC & Aerosmith – Walk This Way  (1987)