

July 10, 2026, marked night one of JAŸ-Z’s three-day Yankee Stadium residency, and the reason for the season was JAŸ’s debut album, Reasonable Doubt. Though 30 years had passed since the album’s release, production from DJ Premier, DJ Ski, and the dearly departed Clark Kent sounded prime for the moment, timeless boom-bap that would only provide clearer understanding of how JAŸ built his legend. He was joined early by Beyoncé, who sang the chorus of “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” and also daughter Blue Ivy, who played the piano melody of “Feelin’ It,” and then later by Nas, who performed a short medley of his own hits, lending an official credence to the notion of the Queens-bred MC as one of Jiggaman’s few actual peers in both lyricism and longevity.