It was an exciting night at the Hollywood Palladium on Wednesday as Jay-Z, along with DJ AM, celebrated the reopening of the famed venue. AM took his spot behind the turntables in his first live appearance since surviving a fiery plane crash in Columbia, S.C. The crash proved fatal for four people and seriously injured the celebrity DJ and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. Jay ran through his hits and commanded the stage with his usual confidence before pausing to dedicate '99 Problems' to Sen. John McCain and an unnamed "homegirl." Jay offered up a hint that he was talking about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and added, "the one who says 'You betcha.' " I'm gonna get in trouble for this," Jay laughed before launching into the first verse of the Grammy-winning record, "but f--- it, this is freedom of speech."
Check out this video of the hip-hop star and avid Barack Obama supporter as he explains Election Day ID rules.
Reader Comments(1 of 1)
Princessniya521at 10-18-2008
that's true john mccain & sarah palin got problems
ktls13at 10-18-2008
Jay-Z only wants Nobama to win because hes black too.
Princessniya521at 10-18-2008
it's not the fact that obama is african-american it's that he actually cares about the economy, health, education, and freedom
Christineat 10-18-2008
Yes, and white people only want McCain to win because he's white, right? Now, how do you distinguish between racial pride, racism, and caring about the issues? The last Obama rally I went to, I remember seeing every color of the multi-cultural rainbow out there, which is something you don't see too often at McCain rallies.
goofyfootsurfat 10-23-2008
Maybe so but who cares? He is the best candidate! I'm white by the way.
Tori!at 10-24-2008
Senator Obama is of mixed racial heritage, and was raised in part by his caucasian grandparents. Black vs. white is probably less of an issue to him than naysayers would have us believe.
bluehorses40at 10-18-2008
Jay-hasbeenZ is no kind of role model. I don't know why the "rich and famous" think that regular people care about what they think. Anyone that cares what about what these "stars" have to say, needs to start thinking for themselves and quit giving their money to these people. When I go to a concert, I pay to hear the music. Not their opinions on ANYTHING. If I want to hear from an a**hole, I'll fart.
helloat 10-19-2008
Ok and McCain sux ktls so where's your point? Obama is actually the best bet to turn this shit hole around. However if u want to still keep ur hopes up that McCain is gonna win when he's clearly not going to have fun lmao.
brickcity2atlat 10-20-2008
Actually This will be the first time that Jay-Z will vote because all of us that live in the inner cities of America know that politicians do very little to help us.We as black people are voting for Obama because he is QUALIFIED! being black is the the icing on the cake.When Jesse Jackson ran most of whites in this country voted for his opponent because he was WHITE or because Jesse was BLACK either way...lol.Now we have someone who not only represents us as black people...but he also represent whites and trancends color lines.....the only color that should matter is GREEN
beezinzat 10-23-2008
Jay-Z is soooo qualified to make political statements! If I'm at a concert I just want the performer to PERFORM. I get enough political crap when I'm watching TV or reading the paper. All of these celebrities need to shut up about politics and act/sing/rap...whatever it is that got them famous.
Jianeat 10-24-2008
All i have to say no matter whom anyone votes for it's all in gods hands and by obama making it this far as a man of color, has already proven, god is trying to tell all of us something a change is goona come!
Larry Macedoat 10-24-2008
WHY IS IT A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF NATURALIZED CITIZENS WON'T VOTE FOR OBAMA? THINK ABOUT THE TIME INVESTED IN BECOMING A US CITIZEN, THEN THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WITHOUT OBVIOUS EXPERIENCE GIVING IT ALL AWAY AND TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THE PROBLEM. OBAMA WANTS TO GIVE ILLEGAL ALIENS DRIVER LICENSES, WELFARE, HEALTHCARE, VOTING PRIVILEGES AND ALL OF THE PERKS OUR NATURALIZED CITIZENS WORKED SO HARD FOR. WHY?
Yo your cuteat 10-24-2008
my view on this is wack i aint even voting because its based on race its lame like tiger woods isnt black every african american rides him like he is same with obama and i am black i wont say afican american cause i believe thats just false i was born in america why cant i just be plain american if i was born in canada wouldnt i just be canadian not african canadian or whatever idk i'm just not voting because of this whole race situation i wish it was palin and hil clinton runnin lol