Iconic New York City venue, Webster Hall, reopened its doors on Friday night (April 26) after two years of renovations for JAY-Z’s B-Sides 2 concert.
During the rare event, Hov — dressed to the nines — brought out a roster of his famous friends, including Nas, Cam’ron and Jim Jones.
At one point, the Roc Nation mogul asked his longtime engineer DJ Young Guru to lower the bass as he went into a two-minute long freestyle dedicated to slain Grammy Award-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle.
“Gentrify your own hood before these people do it,” he spit. “Claim eminent domain and have your people move in/That’s a small glimpse into what Nipsey was doing/For anybody still confused as to what he was doing.”
Nas also joined Hov on stage for a solid 10-minute rap volley, performing cuts such as “The World Is Yours,” “Dead Presidents” and “New York State of Mind,” while Cam’ron hopped on stage to tag team “Welcome To New York City.”
Terminal 5 hosted Jay’s first B-Sides concert in 2015. He performed cuts such as “Where I’m From,” “So Ghetto” and “44 Four’s,” a remix to his 1996 Reasonable Doubt joint “22 Two’s.” He also linked up with his Roc-A-Fella team — Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, Freeway and the Young Gunz — for a live performance of “You, Me and Her” and “What We Do.”
Much like he did with Nip, Jay paid tribute to the late Chinx as part of the performance as well.
“[A] young man got killed in Queens,” he said at the time. “His name was Chinx. And I think it’s real important for us — Like, I can’t understand that we’re seriously under attack like never before. Rest in peace to Chinx. And we still killing each other. We need to understand that we are kings and queens.”
Other notable guests on-hand for the 2019 version included Yasiin Bey, Dave Chappelle, Fabolous, Swizz Beatz and more.
Check out photos of the event below.
Real shit! Congrats
Shouldn’t the big takeaway be that him Cam are suddenly cool? Or has that been the case for awhile now and I just didn’t know, because this article also says he did another concert where he brought out Beanie Sigel in 2015, and all this time I thought they were still beefing.
Cam is a nobody, we wouldn’t even click on the title if it wasn’t about Nip and Jay
Shouldn’t the big takeaway here be that Jay and Cam apparently squashed their beef, not the fact that Jay acknowledged a rapper who’s been acknowledged by everyone in the past 3 weeks?
Well that show seemed unbelievable
Looks like King HOV was nice enough to bring that broke woman beater on stage. Nas only showed love to Nipsey Hussle after he died, but King HOV is a true supporter. He did buy 100 copies of Crenshaw at $100 a pop after all. I don’t remember broke ass Nas doing that. And King HOV and Cam been cool with each other since Jim Jones signed to the ROC last year. Why wouldn’t he be cool with that? It’s the ROC!
So you are saying to us that Cam and Jim Jones have more money than Nas? Really… Bruh you have a lot of hate in your heart on Nas. You got to let it go bruh. How can you sleep at night hating on another brother that does so much for his people and children. You never learned from the death of 2PAC, Biggie and now Nipsey and so many others. Jealousy is winning your heart over bruh! You need Jesus! Get down on your knees and start praying bruh and ask him for forgiveness with that hate in your heart on Nas. Our People’s Champ! The GOAT.
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Cam very well might have more money than Nas. He’s been owning businesses for decades. He doesn’t speak on what he owns or invests in due to haters. Nas just getting his money up the last few years.
Nas isn’t broke. He doesn’t own all the shit that Jay does, but I’ve seen two different stories in the past 3 years where a company he invested in made it big and he profited millions off it. Just FYI.
King ? dread head ?Z
He brought him on stage cause he been on his dick he love NASIR STYLE
Yeah jigga is like looking past all bs that took place with him in simple rap beefs and doing what really matters at this turbulent time in the world, especially in hip hop
yo yall better chill with the bullshit. stop callin every black man a king. white people laugh
In 6 months, Cam will be on IG live talking shit about how Hov didn’t pay him…place your bets…
Lmao!
Stfu, ur mom shld of killed u when u was born fuck boy. Troll ass RIP NIP
jay-z… you got to feel sorry for the guy with a head like that. new York city… horse head… you know.
which rapper is going to be next in the firing line. look at what has been going on in rock music… dropping like fucking flies.
Nas the almighty! The GOAT
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Love how whenever I comment, the only thing that everybody replies back with is how Nas isn’t broke but completely ignore everything else I typed. So y’all agree on him being a woman beater? Or how King HOV destroyed Nas’ pathetic career with “Takeover”? Or about Kelis continuously sucking his bank account dry for child support? What about Lil Nas X already having a much better career in three months than the original Nas had in almost 30 years? You guys agree with that too? Can’t be a GOAT if you’re catching L after L after L your entire career. King HOV forever the true GOAT. It’s the ROC!
Have you ever seen the book ” Nas Lost”? I bought it years ago but never read it.
….but never read it, that tells me everything I need to know
Hell yeah. I I read that shit everyday, along with Decoded. Classic books. You should read it sometime. It’s the ROC!
You got some serious issues homie, real talk. This is like 5th time on here shitting on Nas. And you refer to jay z king hove. Lol dickrinding much?
How you gonna say “RIP Nipsey” then follow it up with a bunch of hate? FOH.
FUCK YOU LIL BITCH!!!! YOU & YO MAMA CAN SUCK A LIL BABIES PEPE
It’s like The Streetz Is Talking , Belly , and Paid In Full all in one !
Cam could go toe to toe with Jay in his prime
Much respect to Jay for the Nip salute