Jay-Z closed out his Jay-Z 30 Tour this weekend at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, ending a headlining run that broke the Yankee Stadium ticket sales record and featured guest appearances from Nas, The-Dream, Rihanna and Beyoncé. The tour celebrated the 30th anniversary of Jay’s debut album Reasonable doubtand debuted earlier this year with a headlining show at Philadelphia’s Roots Picnic.
On Friday, October 23, he invited Scarface on stage to rap “This Can’t Be Life” and “Mind Playing Tricks on Me.” Following previous tour stops, Jay’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, accompanied him on piano during “The Story of OJ” and “Dead Presidents/Dead Presidents II”. After finishing his main set with “Public Service Announcement,” he returned to the stage for an encore with two other guests: John Legend and DJ Khaled, who joined him in a rendition of their eight-minute-plus song “God Did.”
The second and final night of the tour saw Jay-Z joined by Too $hort for a medley of his famous “Blow the Whistle Freestyle” and the original “Blow the Whistle” from 2006. But the highlight guest spot of the evening featured Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, who both came out to perform a medley of hits, including “The Next Episode,” “Still Dre,” “Nuthin But a G Thang” and more. of course, “California Love”. Jay also took the opportunity to pay tribute to the late Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was killed in a shooting in 2019. He projected a black-and-white photo of the artist while he performed his song “Hussle & Motivate,” then incorporated the rapper’s “Last Time That I Checc’d” into a performance of “On to the Next One.”
During the tour, Jay-Z also took a moment to respond to criticism regarding the tour, particularly regarding alleged cheap resale tickets, circulating online. “You all must be very aware of what’s going on in the world, right? People will tell you no one was here tonight, but you have eyes, you can see. People will tell you the music wasn’t great, but you have ears,” he said. “We have to understand, we have to question everything in this world of AI.”
Revisit Alphonse Pierre’s concert review At Yankee Stadium, Jay-Z came down to Earth.
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