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In celebration of the release of Yasiin Bey and Ferrari Sheppard’s collaboration project Dec 99th, the duo tore down New York City’s Apollo Theater for a special concert performance Wednesday night and brought out special guests Slick Rick and Pharoahe Monch.
The artist formerly known as Mos Def performed with Rick the Ruler to perform “Auditorium” off the 2009 album, The Ecstatic.
That magical moment when two legends of the mic stand on our stage. #YasiinBey @therulernyc #epic #YasiinBeyApollo pic.twitter.com/N5JU7Q9u1l
— Apollo Theater (@ApolloTheater) December 22, 2016
They know, y’all know what it is. @MosDefOfficial pic.twitter.com/XJO3Chpya9
— Slick Rick (@therulernyc) December 22, 2016
In attendance as well, Pharoache Monch later tweeted about the night, “The world famous Apollo theater Tree Of Hope. I definitely just gave a fist bump to the stump, I spoke to it for a minute too.”
The world famous Apollo theater Tree Of Hope. I definitely just gave a fist bump to the stump, I spoke to it for a minute too. #kikishepard pic.twitter.com/SjgPZE5XX2
— PHAROAHE MONCH (@pharoahemonch) December 22, 2016
Dec. 99th was released on Tidal yesterday and features previously released songs “NAW,” “Local Time,” and “Seaside Panic Room.” Bey, who announced his retirement in October, says it will be his last album.
“All I can say is thank you. That was really special” – #YasiinBey is rhyming his way into history right now. #YasiinBeyApollo pic.twitter.com/ulEvU6HZMj
— Apollo Theater (@ApolloTheater) December 22, 2016
“You can’t be everything to everybody. But you better be real to yourself.” – #YasiinBey #YasiinBeyApollo pic.twitter.com/UViwCeiNRQ
— Apollo Theater (@ApolloTheater) December 22, 2016
Just last month, Bey was allowed to leave South Africa after spending most of 2016 out on bail in the country. In January, the Brooklyn-born emcee was charged with using a false passport and travel document while attempting to leave the country. And it took 11 months for the situation to be concluded. After he “unreservedly apologized to the government of South Africa,” Bey was allowed to leave.
