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Malice and Pusha T on the 2025 ESPY Awards

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Key Takeaways:

• Clipse’s efficiency on the 2025 ESPYs featured a medley of “Grindin’” and their new single “Ace Trumpets.”
• Their ESPYs set follows latest performances on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” signaling a full-scale comeback.
• GELO and Busta Rhymes additionally carried out on the awards present, contributing to an evening that celebrated Hip Hop’s legacy and future.

Clipse threw all of it the best way again to ’02 for his or her efficiency on the 2025 ESPY Awards. On Wednesday (July 16) night time, Pusha T and Malice hit the stage for a particular rendition of their traditional “Grindin’” and new single “Ace Trumpets.”

“From ghetto to ghetto, to backyard to yard / I sell it whipped or un-whipped, it’s soft or hard,” Pusha T rapped. Malice — who sadly didn’t get to rap his personal verses — tagged in for a few of his brother’s strains. “Where my money makers at?” the duo chanted, hyping up the viewers earlier than segueing into their lead single from Let God Sort Em Out.

Watch the complete efficiency under.

Clipse was removed from the one thrilling performers to hit the ESPYs stage final night time. GELO, who’s gearing as much as launch his debut album, League of My Own, turned the gang up with a efficiency of “Tweaker.” And who higher to introduce the basketball player-turned-rapper than his brother, Lonzo Ball? “If you trynna have a good time tonight, put your hands together and give it up for my brother,” the Cleveland Cavaliers level guard mentioned.

Later that night, Busta Rhymes additionally got here out to do his iconic verse from Chris Brown’s “Look At Me Now.” Scroll under to see each performances.

Clipse is in the midst of what could also be their strongest stretch but. Just final week, they carried out a stripped-down set for NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concerts.” Then, on Tuesday (July 15), they made a shifting look on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to carry out “The Birds Don’t Sing,” devoted to their late mother and father, Mildred and Gene Elliott Thornton.

The duo is about to convey Let God Sort Em Out on the highway in August. They’ll sweep by cities like New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles and extra by September. After that, they’ll head abroad for a brief European run starting in November. In the meantime, hearken to the album under.