Jay-Z Closes Jay-Z 30 Tour in LA With Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg joined Jay-Z on stage at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles this weekend, closing the Jay-Z 30 tour with a medley of West Coast classics. The pair performed "The Next Episode," "Still D.R.E.," "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" and "California Love" during the second and final night of the run.

The tour marked the 30th anniversary of Jay-Z's debut album, Reasonable Doubt. It began earlier this year with a headlining performance at Philadelphia's Roots Picnic. Across the run, Jay-Z broke Yankee Stadium's ticket sales record and welcomed guest appearances from Nas, The-Dream, Rihanna and Beyoncé.

Who appeared on night one?

On Friday, October 23, Jay-Z brought out Scarface for "This Can't Be Life" and "Mind Playing Tricks on Me." His daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, accompanied him on piano during "The Story of O.J." and "Dead Presidents / Dead Presidents II." After closing his main set with "Public Service Announcement," Jay-Z returned for an encore with John Legend and DJ Khaled. The three performed "God Did," a song that runs more than eight minutes.

What happened on night two?

Too $hort opened the guest spots with a medley of the "Blow the Whistle Freestyle" and the original 2006 track "Blow the Whistle." Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg then delivered the evening's marquee appearance. Snoop Dogg also performed "Murder Was the Case (DeathAfterVisualizingEternity)."

Jay-Z paused to honor the late Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle, killed in a 2019 shooting. He projected a black-and-white photograph of Hussle while playing "Hussle & Motivate," then folded "Last Time That I Checc'd" into a performance of "On to the Next One."

What did Jay-Z say about the criticism?

During the closer, Jay-Z addressed online criticism of the tour, including claims about low-priced resale tickets. His response, delivered from the stage, was pointed.

"Y'all gotta be very aware of what's going on in the world, right? People will tell you that nobody was in here tonight, but you got eyes, you can see. People will tell you that the music wasn't great, but you got ears," he said. "You gotta understand, you gotta question everything in this world of AI."

What does the set list tell us?

Both nights stretched deep into the catalog. Night one ran 30 songs, from "Hovi Baby" through the "God Did" encore, spanning Reasonable Doubt material, "99 Problems," "Empire State of Mind" and "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)." Night two reached 38 songs, adding rarities and covers including "I Wanna Be Where You Are," "D.A.N.C.E.," "Chase the Devil," "Feeling Good" and "Tristessa," alongside a stretch of "D'Evils / Free Mason / Murder Was the Case." Blue Ivy Carter's piano role on night one and the scale of the guest roster made the finale a family and regional affair at once — Brooklyn hip-hop meeting its Los Angeles counterparts on their home ground.

The tour now stands as the defining live statement of Jay-Z's 30th-anniversary year, and the SoFi sendoff sets the bar for whatever he stages next.