Twenty-three years after their debut album, Clipse performed at the Grammy Awards for the first time on Sunday night, with longtime collaborator Pharrell Williams by their side. Last year’s universally acclaimed Let God Sort Em Out, the duo’s first album in 16 years, earned Clipse five Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album. It took Williams, the legendary producer who first convinced them to form a duo back in Virginia Beach, to orchestrate a proper return. “We were sitting in the car,” Malice told Rolling Stone in 2024. '”When Rolling Stone asked whether it would be another 16 years before we hear from Clipse again, Malice was emphatic: “No way.