The final episode of DJ Cassidy's series Pass the Mic will air following the BET Hip Hop Awards on Oct. 4. The grand finale will be focused on the second golden age of hip-hop" between 1993 and 2003, and will feature a host of rap stars, including Swizz Beatz, Busta Rhymes, Ice Cube, and Method Man.

The series was started by the DJ during the pandemic in 2020 as a way of bringing together Hip-Hop and R&B stars.

“I’ve celebrated 220 legendary artists and 166 iconic songs in these 10 episodes,” Cassidy said, per Variety. “I’ve always admired people like Michael Jordan who went out on top, and I feel like 10 is a nice, round number with which to conclude an epic run of musical celebration. And this episode being the final dream episode that I envisioned from the beginning, it seemed like the right time to close the curtain on the first generation of ‘Pass the Mic’ before I continue to expand the brand into new endeavors of celebration.”

He specifically mentioned how incredible it felt to get the endorsement of LL COOL J following the airing of Vol. 2.

“There were roughly 40 individuals on that one show," he said. "And after that show premiered, LL Cool J went on Instagram Live, spur of the moment, impromptu, to talk about the show. And watching him talk about that edition was one of the greatest moments of my life. Immediately thousands of people signed on because he was simply so excited by what he had not only seen, but taken part in. One of the things he said was, ‘This is a capsule of the culture that will last for hundreds of years.’ And LL brought on Doug E. Fresh, who actually made a tear come from my eye when he said, ‘What I realized watching that for 40 minutes was that we were all just a piece of a puzzle. And when Cassidy put together that puzzle, it was beautiful.'”