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.
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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.
The announcement of a third Yankee Stadium show extends more than a concert run; it formalizes a spatial claim, turning a borough into a monument.
In a $20 million lawsuit, Jay-Z’s legal team is challenging the anonymity of a Jane Doe plaintiff, pointing to recent rulings in cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The rapper has outlined the verified fan and general sale process for two landmark album performances in New York this July.
The festival moves to the historic Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia for its 2026 edition, featuring a joint headlining set.
