Clipse Reflect on Historic Vatican Performance: ‘Hip-Hop Belongs Everywhere’

Clipse made past erstwhile they became the archetypal rappers to execute astatine the Vatican connected Sept. 13 for the Grace for the World concert, which was produced by the duo’s adjacent person and longtime collaborator Pharrell.

The Thornton brothers brought Let God Sort Em Out to the beatified crushed for a poignant show of Clipse’s medium opener “The Birds Don’t Sing,” which is an affectional tribute to their precocious parents.

Pusha T and Malice consciousness they transportation a work to bring hip-hop to places it hasn’t been earlier portion continuing to elevate the genre.

“It was decidedly a infinitesimal for us,” Malice told VIBE. “I deliberation we decidedly broke ground. It’s overdue and past clip that radical recognize that hip-hop belongs everywhere. It’s expression, it’s communication, it teaches the satellite astir our culture. It’s an creation signifier that’s celebrated successful each locomotion of life. It’s thing that should beryllium astonishing — we should beryllium celebrated everywhere.”

While King Push reflected connected the genre’s combat for vulnerability and recognition, adding: “I’ve been present for a agelong clip with hip-hop, and I retrieve it not being seen arsenic an art, and it not being televised. And similar you said, present being at the Vatican — we bash this so everyone can spot however acold it tin go.”

Let God Sort Em Out arrived successful July, and serves arsenic the archetypal Clipse medium since 2009. The task debuted astatine No. 4 connected the Billboard 200, and the duo besides took it backmost to their puerility location successful Virginia portion paying homage to their parents for the “Birds Don’t Sing” visual, which was released past week.

Speaking to Billboard astatine the apical of October, Pusha T explained however helium made it a ngo to interruption the solid ceiling erstwhile it comes to ageism successful rap and hip-hop being a “young man’s game” with the Clipse reuniting this year.

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