Jay-Z is back on the big stage, and he’s debuting a new look to match.
The New York rapper took a trip to Philadelphia to headline Saturday night at Roots Picnic, the Roots’ annual festival. What’s most noticeable, aside from this being his first proper performance in years, is his new Afro.
Among the surprises includes an acapella freestyle where Jigga appears to take aim at some of his detractors with bars such as:
“I ain’t much for meetings no how, canceled the brunches, I remember the hunger pains…the price of the bricks is going up, it’s gonna cost a B to ‘Say My Name’.”
And, “The jig is up, I’m up 10, wrong chart champ, n***as looked up to Hov, I never looked up to them.”
The freestyle appears to be partially in response to Drake’s disses across ICEMAN, notably the line, “You boys got big on my name, that’s big enough/ We know how you OGs rocking already my n***a, the jig is up,” on “Janice STFU.”
Hov also invited a slew of special guests, all from Philly, including Meek Mill to perform “Dreams and Nightmares.”
Jazmine Sullivan also performed two of her hits, “Need U Bad” and “La-La-La,” as well as the hook of “Feelin’ It.”
And of course State Property made an appearance to reunite with their labelhead to perform a medley, including “Roc the Mic” and “Girls, Girls, Girls.”
The performance comes ahead of three sold-out shows at Yankee Stadium, the perfect hometown venue to commemorate a legend’s career.
Check out the complete setlist below.
- freestyle
- U Don’t Know
- FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt
- N***a What, N***a Who
- Run This Town
- Jigga My N***a
- No Church in the Wild (with Bilal)
- Where I’m From
- Dirt Off My Shoulders
- I Know
- Never Change
- Feelin’ It (with Jazmine Sullivan)
- Need U Bad (Jazmine Sullivan solo)
- Can I Live
- The Story of 0J
- Dead Presidents I & II
- Excuse Me Miss/La La La
- You, Me, Him and Her (with Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel)
- Gotta Have It (Beanie Sigel, and Peedi Crakk)
- Roc the Mic (Freeway and Beanie Sigel)
- Flipside (Freeway and Peedi, Crakk)
- Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop (Young Gunz)
- What We Do (with Freeway and Beanie Sigel)
- Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)…
- I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) /Big Pimpin’
- Public Service Announcement
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