Jay-Z Unloads 35-Song Roots Picnic Set as Freestyle Targets Drake, Kanye and Nicki Minaj
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Updated · stereogum.com · May 31
Jay-Z Unloads 35-Song Roots Picnic Set as Freestyle Targets Drake, Kanye and Nicki Minaj
3 articles · Updated · stereogum.com · May 31
Summary
35 songs marked Jay-Z’s first festival performance in seven years at Philadelphia’s Roots Picnic, where he opened with a freestyle aimed at Drake, Kanye West and Nicki Minaj.
The sharpest new barbs answered Drake’s recent shot on his album “Iceman,” while Jay-Z also mocked Minaj’s MAGA turn and referenced the legal troubles surrounding her husband, Kenneth Petty.
The set doubled as a career-spanning reunion with The Roots, bringing out Jazmine Sullivan, Bilal, Meek Mill, Young Gunz, Peedi Crakk, Freeway and Beanie Sigel.
Friday’s secret warm-up at the Fillmore preceded the festival return, and Jay-Z is set to keep performing with 2 July Yankee Stadium dates tied to the 30th anniversary of “Reasonable Doubt.”