Jay-Z Closes JAŸ-Z 30 Run With SoFi Stadium Finale

Jay-Z closed his JAŸ-Z 30 anniversary run at SoFi Stadium on October 24, bringing Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Too $hort onstage for a finale built around West Coast rap. The performance was the second of two Los Angeles-area shows and the final stop of the concert series. Too $hort appeared early in the show to perform “Blow the Whistle.” Later, Snoop Dogg joined Jay-Z for “Murder Was the Case,” before Dr. Dre joined them for a run of songs including “The Next Episode,” “California Love,” “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” and “Still D.R.E.” Jay-Z also paid tribute to the late Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle, incorporating Hussle’s image and music into the set. Elements of Hussle’s “Hussle Motivate” were woven into “Hard Knock Life,” while the instrumental from “Last Time That I Checcd” accompanied “On to the Next One.” During “Encore,” Jay-Z addressed claims circulating online about attendance and the quality of the performance, urging the audience to question information in an era of artificial intelligence and propaganda. The claims that tickets had been given away or that the stadium was sparsely occupied were not independently established in the reporting. Jay-Z challenged the rumors...