Jay-Z brought out Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Too Short Saturday at the rapper’s second concert at Los Angeles’ So-Fi Stadium, the final gig of the Jay-Z 30 Tour.
Too Short was the first guest to take the stage, performing his 2006 hit “Blow the Whistle,” with Jay-Z tacking on his “Playoff” freestyle of the track:
Later in the show, Jay-Z rapped his own “D’Evils” over the beat of Snoop Dogg’s “Murder Was the Case,” at which point that rapper came out onstage. Dr. Dre was next out, with Jay-Z bestowed the stage to the G-funk duo, who performed a medley of “The Next Episode,” “California Love,” “Nothin’ But a ‘G’ Thang,” and “Still D.R.E.”:
Prior to the gig, there were unconfirmed reports on social media that ticket prices for Saturday’s show had plummeted, with tickets even being given away for free. During “Encore,” Jay-Z addressed the rumors, and AI in general. “You gotta be really real with what’s going on in the world,” Jay-Z said (via Variety).
“People will tell you that nobody was in here tonight, but you got eyes. You can see. People will tell you that the music wasn’t great, but you got ears. You gotta understand, you gotta question everything. This world with AI and everything, it’s been going on forever. They called it propaganda before. But now, the technology has caught up and people are tricked. A lot of tricknology for us… Make sure you question everything you feel.”
The previous night at So-Fi, Jay-Z brought out his own daughter Blue Ivy for “The Story of O.J.” and “Dead Presidents,” Geto Boys’ Scarface for “This Can’t Be Life” and “Mind Playing Tricks,” and DJ Khaled and John Legend for a show-ending “God Did.”
The retrospective Jay-Z 30 Tour opened in July with three star-studded nights at New York’s Yankee Stadium, followed by gigs in London and Paris.
