For the final night of his sold-out three-night residency at The Bronx’s Yankee Stadium, Jay-Z brought a handful of the biggest and most pivotal names in contemporary hip-hop, R&B and pop music, including Beyoncé, Rihanna, Usher, The-Dream, Teyana Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, Jeezy and Clipse. From memory-lane Ruff Ryders callbacks with Swizz Beatz to all-out celebrations of NYC’s historic summer alongside Jadakiss and Fat Joe, Extra Innings was arguably the best of the three culture-shaking nights.

While Beyoncé followed up her viral Friday night appearance (during which she sang the hook of “Can’t Knock the Hustle”) with a smoldering rendition of “Drunk In Love,” Rihanna graced the stage for her first public performance in three years with “Run This Town” and “B—h Better Have My Money.” Teyana Taylor held it down for Harlem by lending her voice (and dance moves) to “Hustle,” Usher put on his best Bobby “Blue” Bland tribute with “Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love),” and The-Dream did Frank Ocean justice with his version of “No Church in the Wild.”

Jeezy snuck away from his ongoing Vegas Residency to deliver winning performances of “Seen It All” and “Go Crazy,” Clipse mounted a characteristically charismatic rendition of “Grindin,” and, at the end of a five-song set, Pharrell teased that JAŸ is going to “kill all them n—as” in whatever new music he has on the way.

At 44 songs, Extra Innings boasted the lengthiest setlist out of all three Yankee Stadium shows — something of a shocker considering the Sunday night show suffered a four-hour delay due to non-ticketholders breaching security, forcing the venue to close all entrances for an extended period.

Check out the full setlist from Night Three of Jay-Z’s three-night Yankee Stadium run below.


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