The rapper will return to the UK stage for the first time since 2018, with a September 4th date marking three decades in music.
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The rapper will return to the UK stage for the first time since 2018, with a September 4th date marking three decades in music.
A 1,245 percent streaming jump for Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ 2009 anthem after Game 4 measures the moment’s impact more clearly than any highlight reel.
The rapper has booked a series of live dates tied to Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint, revived his 40/40 Club for a Fanatics Fest activation, and scheduled international shows—while remaining silent on whether new music follows.
The one-off date caps a run of celebratory performances marking three decades since *Reasonable Doubt*, following a sold-out Yankee Stadium stand and his first solo concert in six years.
Jay-Z’s Saturday night headlining set paired a career-spanning performance with a rare onstage gathering of the full State Property crew, while the festival itself showed the results of a necessary relocation.
During his headlining set with The Roots at Yankee Stadium, Jay Z debuted a freestyle that responded to Drake’s recent diss and took direct aim at Kanye West and Nicki Minaj.
After seven years away from festival stages, Jay-Z headlined Roots Picnic with a career-spanning set and an opening freestyle that targeted Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Kanye West directly.
The former president writes about listening to Jay-Z and Eminem before debates, and traces a lineage from spirituals to suffrage anthems to civil rights.
Ten years later, Beyoncé’s Lemonade remains a high-concept flex that redefined pop ambition, even as its cultural moment has cooled.
In a new GQ interview, JAY-Z states he is musically “fulfilled” and chose not to release a recent project he felt was an “angry offering” to the world.
