Grammys 2017: Watch A Tribe Called Quest and Anderson .Paak’s Powerful Performance

A Tribe Called Quest performed with Anderson .Paak at tonight’s Grammy Awards. They did the songs “Movin’ Backwards” and “We the People” from last year’s We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service, as well as “Award Tour” and a snippet of “Can I Kick It.” Consequence and Busta Rhymes joined them, with Busta referring to Donald Trump as “president Agent Orange” before “We the People.” The performance ended with Q-Tip chanting, “Resist! Resist! Resist! Resist!” Watch it below.

Paak was a Best New Artist nominee this year, and was also up for Best Urban Contemporary Album for Malibu. A Tribe Called Quest was not nominated for any awards, as their album was released after the Grammy deadline. Their performance tonight was originally scheduled to feature Dave Grohl, but his appearance was cancelled, with the Recording Academy and AEG Ehrlich Productions explaining that the announcement “was made prematurely.”

For more of Pitchfork’s coverage of this year’s Grammy Awards, click here

A Tribe Called Quest perform with Anderson .Paak, Busta Rhymes and Consequence at the #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/Kz35sUTEs7

— Wolé II (@Kingwole) February 13, 2017

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