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Jay-Z to Perform Special Concert for Obama Inauguration

by Jarrett Martineau | January 6, 2009 at 04:17 pm

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Jay-Z continues to lend his artistic and political support to President-elect Barack Obama and Tuesday it was announced that the megastar rap icon will perform at a special inauguration concert in Washington, D.C on January 19th.

For more on the historic inaguration and its related events, please check out our Obama Inaguration channel.

Live Nation has confirmed an inauguration concert in Washington D.C., featuring Mogul/rapper Jay-Z on January 19.
The rapper will be backed by a live band when he hits the stage at The Warner Theatre in D.C., which is located on 13th Street.

Prior to Barack Obama’s historic election as the first African-American of the United States, Jay-Z championed the president’s bid for office via concerts, voter registration drives nationwide and through his celebratory track “History.”

The event will be held the evening before Obama is officially inaugurated as President on January 20th.

Tickets for the event are slated to go on sale January 9 at 10:00 am via ticketmaster, Livenation.com or the Warner Theatre Box Office.

Barack Obama will officially be inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States on January 20 in Washington, D.C.

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Paschen

at 17:31 on January 6th, 2009

I like his commitment and political engagement. It is commendable.

Alex Johnson (not verified)

at 14:54 on January 7th, 2009

Jay-Z paid a surprise visit to early voting in Ft. Lauderdale and took pictures with everyone in line at the African American Library polling place and also visited an Obama volunteer office on Sistrunk Blvd and a local barber shop. Everyone was so excited, which was a good thing, because that day the lines hit an all time high of eight hours to vote! In Broward County, Florida, Obama received over 80% of the vote in early voting.

eckster

at 00:47 on January 8th, 2009

jay-z has and will be the face to take hiphop to the next level a lot of people look up to him and out of most of the rap artists i don't see why he can't be a roll model for young people and his backing of Obama i thunk shows he wants to see were he can take hiphop to.