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Jay-Z Gives Surprise Tony Awards Performance With Alicia Keys: Watch

The rapper reunited with his “Empire State of Mind” collaborator for an epic performance with the company of the musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen.’

At the start of the performance, Alicia sat in the center with a piano, as the cast of Hell’s Kitchen joined her, and she sang a duet of “Empire State of Mind (Part II) with leading lady Maleah Joi Moon. The camera then cut to Jay on the steps of the theater, rapping one of his verses from the classic song, and the crowd went wild. While the rapper has been sparing about his concerts in recent years, Hov did give a surprise performance of his song “Public Service Announcement” at Tom Brady’s Patriots Hall of Fame induction earlier in the week.

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