bridget kelly sang empire state of mind with jay z.
bridget kelly sang empire state of mind with jay z.
who sings empire state of mind with jay z?
bridget kelly
bridget kelly, who is of a biracial background, was born on april 8, 1986, in new york city. she is a graduate of fiorello h. laguardia high school of music & art and performing arts in manhattan. in 2008, she signed a record deal with jay-z's roc nation. kelly has regularly filled in for alicia keys, when performing the song "empire state of mind" with jay-z, including performances on the "friday night with jonathan ross", as well as "later...with jools holland" show, the coldplay, viva la vida tour, and the 9/11 memorial service. kelly also performed with jay z during a performance at the mtv europe music awards 2009. she performed "empire state of mind" at coachella valley music and arts festival as well as bonnaroo music festival in summer 2010, with jay-z. kelly also performed "empire state of mind" with jay-z on saturday night live on may 8, 2010, as well as rock am ring on june 4 and t in the park on june 12, 2010. she subsequently performed with jay-z during "empire state of mind" at peace & love in borlänge, sweden. also at summer sonic 2010 in chiba, japan in august 2010 at chiba marine stadium. also at yankee stadium, september 13, 2010.
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initially friends, nas and jay z had met a number of times in the 1990s with no animosity between the two. jay z requested that nas appear on his 1996 album reasonable doubt on the track ""bring it on""; however, nas never showed up to the studio and was not included on the album. in response to this, jay z asked producer ski beatz to sample a line from nas' song "the world is yours", with the sample featured heavily in what went on to be "dead presidents ii". the two traded subliminal responses for the next couple of years, until the beef was escalated further in 2001 after jay z publicly addressed nas at the summer jam, performing what would go on to be known as "takeover", ending the performance by saying "ask nas, he don't want it with hov". after jay z eventually released the song on his 2001 album the blueprint, nas responded with the song ether, from his album stillmatic, with both fans and critics saying that the song had effectively saved nas' career and marked his return to prominence, and almost unanimously agreeing nas had won their feud. jay z responded with a freestyle over the instrumental to nas' "got ur self a gun", known as ""supa ugly"". in the song, jay z makes reference to nas' girlfriend and daughter, going into graphic detail about having an affair with his girlfriend. jay z's mother was personally disgusted by the song, and demanded he apologise to nas and his family, which he did in december 2001 on hot 97. supa ugly marked the last direct diss song between jay z and nas, however, the two continued to trade subliminals on their subsequent releases. the feud was officially bought to an end in 2005, when jay z and nas performed on stage together in a surprise concert also featuring p diddy, kanye west and beanie sigel. the following year, nas signed with def jam recordings, of which jay z then served as president.
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