BRONX, NY – The rapper who claims he made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee, performed three sold out shows at The Cathedral, up in Da Bronx this past weekend. The N.Y. Yankees organization practically rolled out the red carpet for Mr. Shawn Corey Carter, who set a new Stadium record for ticket sales with 45,832 for Saturday’s performance. His image was flashed outside the stadium, the merchandise had the interlocking NY logo displayed, and as long as the Yankees got a piece of the pie, Jay-Z can do no wrong.
The two heads of the “Evil Empire” would have retired the rapper’s number, the number 4 he controversially donned on his 2010 concert jerseys. The 4 signified the day of his September birthday, which was approved by those two greedy heads who disregarded The Pride of the Yankees, Lou Gehrig, whose number 4 was the first number ever retired in professional sports.
Mr. Carter, who has more nicknames than Babe Ruth, is also known as, The Carter Administration, Jigga, Hova, El Presidente and HOV, was the first musical act ever performed at the new Yankee Stadium back in 2010. The Brooklyn-born rapper keeps his charitable causes on the down low. His words of, “the greatest form of giving is anonymous to anonymous,” reflects George Steinbrenner’s philosophy of, “If you do something good for someone, and more than two people know about it, you didn’t do it for the right reason.”
To Jay-Z’s credit, he surprised his fanbase by doing something the Yankees abandoned last year. Before the Friday show began, the giant screen showed his so-called wife, Beyonce, snipping his dreaded dreadlocks inside an empty Yankee Stadium while he sat in the stands. He then came on stage looking fresh which could have been a message to the scruffy Yankees on their new grooming policy.
Sunday’s show exposed what happens when sh1t hits the fan. Security had a complete meltdown when a few fans bum-rushed the gate and entered without tickets. These same guards that bully Yankee fans during games got bullied back by the concert-crashers, who were not stupid enough to pay the outrageous entrance price. That led to a three-hour delay, and showed the true meaning of the Bobby Bonilla line, “I’ll show you Da Bronx!”
