This past week at the worlds largest greenfield music and performing arts festival, Jay-Z became the first American rap artist to preform at Glastonbury.
London Bridges are fallin down, not bridges but britches when Jigga’s in town!
Despite critism from numerous musicians and music critics, Jigga rocked the festival with about 180,000 in attendance throughout the three days. Moving away from white rockers of the past and towards a greater mix of music, Jay stole the show opening with his own cover of Oasis’ “Wonderwall”. The fact that rappers have made their appearance at the worlds major music festivals shows its prevalence among the music culture today. I grew up a Hip Hop head and always felt somewhat left out of the music scene. I am white and supposed to listen to white music, but our generation has bucked that age old trend. This is evidence of the diversity with which surrounded me from a young age and will hopefully be a piece of dispelling racism in our country. With my idol Young Hov rocking stages all over the world and mixing it up with all kinds of musicians, Hip Hop is truly here to stay.
Check out his entire set available for listening or download at datpiff.com
