JAŸ-Z Announces Anniversary Shows at Yankee Stadium
The rap icon is celebrating three decades of ‘Reasonable Doubt’ and twenty-five years of ‘The Blueprint.’
Jay-Z looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League final football match between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid CF. Real Madrid CF won 2-0 over Borussia Dortmund.
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JAŸ-Z is hitting the stage this summer in New York City. The legendary rapper has announced performance dates in July at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The shows are in recognition of major anniversaries for two of his most critically acclaimed albums and will take place on two consecutive nights this summer. July 10 is dedicated to Reasonable Doubt, while July 11 is dedicated to The Blueprint.
Released in 1996, Reasonable Doubt is JAŸ-Z ’s debut studio album, announcing the Brooklyn rapper as a major force in East Coast hip-hop of the period. It included classic tracks like “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” “Can I Live” and “Dead Presidents, Pt. II.” Five years later, The Blueprint cemented Hov’s rise to hip-hop’s upper echelons and heralded the emergence of Kanye West as a hitmaking producer. It features fan-favorites like “IZZO (H.O.V.A.)” and “Heart Of the City (Ain’t No Love).”
It was also recently announced that JAŸ-Z will be headlining the 2026 Roots Picnic in May. The rap legend is scheduled to headline the May 30 date of the popular festival at Philadelphia’s Belmont Plateau. It will be his first performance with The Roots in over a decade. Organizers made the announcement on Tuesday, Mar. 17.
Prior to these announcements, JAŸ-Z had been relatively quiet performance-wise over the past few years. But he did make a cameo appearance at Beyoncé’s 2025 Cowboy Carter tour stop in Paris, He also performed at Tom Brady’s New England Patriots Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2024 and at the Grammys in 2023, but he hasn’t gone on a solo tour in almost a decade: his last big solo tour was in 2017.
