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Hip Hop pioneers Salt-N-Pepa were partying with fellow rap icon Missy Elliott after the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in LA.
“These three women are the bricklayers to that foundation that holds hip-hop together. They gave us their shoulders to stand on,” Elliott said while introducing the famed rappers and their DJ, Spinderella, at the ceremony.
“Salt, Pepa, Spinderella, y’all are one of the greatest teachers in hip-hop. I thank y’all for teaching me that life is all about expression,” said Elliott, who previously made history as the first female rapper to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
After the show, the ladies kept the party going at the W Hollywood, where DJ Kiss spun tunes for the crowd.
We’re told the icons had their own separate VIP sections at the party.
Elliott was spotted in deep conversation with Mona Scot-Young and Pepa, whose mother passed away last week. “I want to honor my mom [who] just passed away, and she was my strength, my guidance. She taught me love, how to persevere. I want to thank you mom for everything,” she said earlier in the night.
Donald Glover inducted fellow hip-hop inductees Outkast, who also got emotional during their acceptance speeches. Andre 3000 teared up as he reflected on their journey getting their start “in little rooms.”
Andre acknowledged fellow inductee, Jack White’s speech, and then choked up in the middle of his.
“One thing Jack said… Man, he’s one of my favorites man. We love you man, but one thing he said, he said something about little rooms. And we started in… little rooms. Great things start in little rooms. That’s it.”
Big Boi then got on the mic, and said, “Long live Uncle Moonie,” referring to his uncle who was gunned down in a road rage accident in June.
Big Boi was on stage with J.I.D, Janelle Monae, Doja Cat, Tyler The Creator, Sleepy Brown and Killer Mike, and Monae performed “Hey Ya!” which apparently left an impact on CeeLo Green, as he was spotted singing the song in the men’s restroom later.
Speaking of, ahem, bathrooms, Teddy Swims couldn’t go in peace. He gifted a fan a safety pin from his jacket, after the unnamed man asked him for it at the urinal.
“He happily took it off and gave it to him before performing [on stage],” a spy told Page Six.
Swims paid tribute to 2025 inductee, Joe Cocker, by perfoming “Feelin Alright.”
He also closed out the night by performing with a group including Cyndi Lauper, who sang “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” after Chappell Roan inducted her.
Stevie Wonder, Maxwell, Jennifer Hudson, Questlove, Flea, Beck and Omar’s band kicked off the evening with an electric performing honoring Sly and the Family Stone.
Mick Fleetwood inducted Bad Company, and David Letterman had the room stitches remembering Warren Zevon.
Iggy Pop inducted The White Stripes, with Jack White accepting for the band. Jim Carrey inducted Soundgarden, and the late Chris Cornell’s daughter, Lily, joined him onstage to introduce performers Taylor Momsen, Mike McCready, Brandi Carlile and Jerry Cantrell who performed with bandmembers Matt Cameron, Ben Shepherd, Kim Thaylil and Hiro Yamamoto.
Meanwhile, Carey and “Gossip Girl” star, Momsen, were spotted backstage dishing about her crochet skills. “She [said] she’s going to make him a blanket,” a spy told us.
Hall of Fame chairman, John Sykes, summed up the evening as the “second best thing to happen in LA this week.”
Sykes was enthusiastic about the ceremony being, “back in Southern California, where it should be,” which left one Clevelander gasping in the audience. “I’m offended,” they quipped.
Time will tell if the ceremony, which has shuffled between NYC and its the Hall of Fame’s home in Cleveland, will be back in LA, as Sykes seemed to suggest.
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