•
Kanye West (ft.
Yolanda Adams) — "
Jesus Walks" •
Rick James (featuring
Teena Marie) — "
Fire & Desire" •
OutKast — "
Roses" •
Alicia Keys — "
If I Ain't Got You" •
India.Arie — "
Georgia on My Mind" (
Ray Charles tribute) •
Jay-Z (featuring
Kid Rock,
Dave Navarro,
Sheila E.,
Rick Rubin,
Questlove, Omar Edwards and
Adam Blackstone) — "
99 Problems" and "
Public Service Announcement (Interlude)" •
Janet Jackson (featuring
Elephant Man) — Medley: "
All Nite (Don't Stop)," "
R&B Junkie" and "All Nite (Don't Stop) (So So Def Remix)." (Janet opened her medley with a spoken word poem that references the controversy and fallout from her performance on the
Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show: "''Life is strange. One day you're adored; the next you're scorned.
How do you handle the confusion? Where you put the frustration? I know a place, a place that lifts the fog, that eases the pain''''") •
Hip-Hop 25th Anniversary Celebration: •
Sugarhill Gang— "
Rapper's Delight" •
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five — "
The Message" •
MC Lyte — "
Paper Thin" •
Slick Rick — "" •
Doug E. Fresh -- "
The Show"/"
La Di Da Di" •
Public Enemy -- "
Fight the Power" •
Smokie Norful -- "Can't Nobody" •
The Isley Brothers -- "
Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)", "
Between the Sheets", "
For the Love of You", "
Contagious", "
It's Your Thing" and "
Shout" (
Lifetime Achievement Award performance) ==Presenters==