Many fans were questioning why certain artists weren’t involved or highlighted during the Grammy’s Hip Hop 50 tribute, and Questlove shared more on the reason why.

Quest said, “general ?s answered about last night: (some are asking if we are playing erasure games so uh….yeah, I don’t play that so—in answering the questions of ‘why wasn’t dada there?’

1. already booked

2. declined our offer straight up

3. or a third option im not gonna get into.”