Jay-Z made a shock look on the 77th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16. Within the midst of a efficiency with the solid of Hell’s Kitchen, Alicia Keys ran out of the David H. Koch Theater’s primary room and joined Hov on the theater’s entrance stairs. The 2 then carried out their basic New York anthem “Empire State of Thoughts” whereas the efficiency was streamed into the auditorium.
In the beginning of the efficiency, Alicia sat within the middle with a piano, because the solid of Hell’s Kitchen joined her, and he or she sang a duet of “Empire State of Thoughts (Half II) with main girl Maleah Joi Moon. For individuals who could not know, Hell’s Kitchen is a jukebox musical, telling the story of the singer’s life together with her music interspersed all through it.
As they completed the partial efficiency of Alicia’s solo tackle the tune, she stood up from the piano and ran by way of the group. “Are we in New York Metropolis tonight? Are we on the Tony Awards tonight? Needed to do one thing loopy! It’s my hometown!” she mentioned, because the beat from the unique “Empire State of Thoughts” may very well be heard.
The digicam then reduce to Jay on the steps of the theater, rapping one in all his verses from the basic tune, and the group went wild. Alicia then ran out and started singing alongside him. It was an incredible efficiency of the basic tune.
Hell’s Kitchen was the most-nominated musical on the 77th Annual Tony Awards, being up for 13 awards, tying it with the play Stereophonic. Two actresses took dwelling awards from the present. Maleah received the Finest Efficiency by a Main Actress in a Musical Award, and Kecia Lewis received for Finest Efficiency by a Featured Actress in a Musical.
The efficiency additionally marked one other latest stay look by Jay. Whereas the rapper has been sparing about his live shows in recent times, Hov did give a shock efficiency of his tune “Public Service Announcement” at Tom Brady’s Patriots Corridor of Fame induction earlier within the week.