{"id":507396,"date":"2026-10-25T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507396\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:54:07","slug":"jay-z-enlists-dr-dre-and-snoop-dogg-for-jay-z-30-closer-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507396\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z Enlists Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg for ‘Jay-Z 30’ Closer in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHow does one measure their own legacy: In a series of shows, in the decades since a debut album, in an exhaustive eight-part docuseries<\/a> breaking down the intricacies of rhymes laid down years ago? That seemed to be the existential question looming over \u201cJay-Z<\/a> 30,\u201d a yearlong celebration that began with a spectacular one-off headlining performance at the Roots Picnic in late May<\/a> and concluded on Saturday night with the second of two shows<\/a> at Inglewood, California\u2019s SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Jay, legacy has clearly been weighing on his mind. A new generation of hip-hop artists has emerged, and the decade-long gap since he released an album has opened a space for that generation to question his legacy. So it made sense that he\u2019d revisit his catalog brick by brick, show by show, celebrating a career-long work in progress that crescendoed to a global tour after nearly a decade of artistic dormancy. At SoFi, much like his previous concerts, his performance was a reminder \u2014 no, a reinforcement \u2014 that nothing at that scale is by accident. And he said as much as the curtain fell on an hour-and-a-half finale of his \u201cJay-Z 30\u201d series, encouraging those in attendance to believe in what they\u2019ve actually witnessed.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou gotta be really real with what\u2019s going on in the world,\u201d he said during closer \u201cEncore.\u201d It was a direct rebuttal to the rash of tweets and social media posts claiming that SoFi wasn\u2019t entirely sold out, or that many of the tickets had been given away. \u201cPeople will tell you that nobody was in here tonight, but you got eyes. You can see. People will tell you that the music wasn\u2019t great, but you got ears. You gotta understand, you gotta question everything. This world with AI and everything, it\u2019s 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\u2026 Make sure you question everything you feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJay makes that music that you can feel<\/a>. That\u2019s been the thrill of his shows over the past five months. For those who experienced his rise in real time (and, frankly, many at SoFi probably had, based on their millennial look), Jay has been a pop impresario, a cultural touchstone who helped graft hip-hop culture onto the mainstream. He\u2019s done it through a breathless string of number one albums and hits, and in boardrooms and closed-door meetings. \u201cJay-Z 30\u201d was an invitation to revisit the path that he took to get there, a way to show that legacy isn\u2019t about the hit that\u2019s next, but rather the ones you landed to get there.<\/p>\n

\n\tTo witness it was where the details mattered most. Much like his other performances, the setlist at Jay\u2019s final night at SoFi was somewhat static \u2014 \u201cGirls, Girls, Girls,\u201d for instance, once again bled into \u201c\u201903 Bonnie & Clyde,\u201d while \u201cN\u2014s in Paris\u201d delightfully mashed into \u201cBig Pimpin\u2019.\u201d But the finer details are what make a Jay show such an experience. At each of his shows, he\u2019s found a way to pay homage to the city that\u2019s welcomed him. In Philadelphia, that included guest appearances from Jazmine Sullivan, Bilal and his Roc-A-Fella crew, including Freeway, Beanie Sigel and Peedi Crakk. In New York City, throughout his three-night run at Yankee Stadium<\/a>, he brought out Alicia Keys for \u201cEmpire State of Mind,\u201d as well as Fat Joe and Jadakiss. Naturally, a narrative emerged: Can he really perform a solid headlining set without a supporting cast to sweeten the deal?<\/p>\n

\n\tPerhaps that\u2019s why the guest count at his SoFi shows was so thin compared to others. On Saturday night, he tapped Too Short to perform \u201cBlow the Whistle,\u201d shouting out the Bay Area. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg came out to do a medley of their own massive hits, including \u201cNuthin\u2019 But a \u2018G\u2019 Thang\u201d and \u201cStill D.R.E.\u201d But it was mainly Jay, every day<\/a>, in all his resplendence. He traipsed from era to era, hit to hit, his breath control and spark as refined as ever. This was performance at its peak, a marvel to behold of an artist who helped build hip-hop as an institution while adding to the story still being written.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for what\u2019s next? Rumors have swirled about a new album from collaborators who quickly backpedaled on their statements. The looming question mark of a Super Bowl Halftime Show performance hung in the air at SoFi on Saturday night. But for a string of concerts and a few activations here and there, it felt only right that Jay-Z justify the experience while rapping \u201cHeart of the City (Ain\u2019t No Love)\u201d near the end of the show: \u201cJigga held you down 30 summers, damn, where\u2019s the love?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCheck out the full setlist below:<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Watcher 2
Blow the Whistle (Too $hort)
Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Beach Is Better
FWM
N\u2014a What, N\u2014a Who (Originator 99)
Run This Town
Family Feud
U Don\u2019t Know
On to the Next One
Clique
Dirt Off Your Shoulder
I Know
Never Change
Song Cry
Dead Presidents
Where I\u2019m From
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
Lucifer
No Church in the Wild
D\u2019Evils
Murder Was the Case (Snoop Dogg)
The Next Episode (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)
California Love (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)
Nothin\u2019 but a \u201cG\u201d Thang (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)
Still D.R.E. (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)
99 Problems
Girls, Girls, Girls
Excuse Me Miss
La-La-La (Excuse Me Miss Again)
Change the Game
I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)
Money, Cash, Hoes
Jigga My N\u2014a
Heart of the City (Ain\u2019t No Love)
Empire State of Mind
N\u2014s in Paris \/ Big Pimpin\u2019
Public Service Announcement (Interlude)
Encore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How does one measure their own legacy: In a series of shows, in the decades since a debut…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[46376,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-507396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-jay-z","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}