5月30日にフィラデルフィアで開催された「Roots Picnic」のヘッドライナーを務めたJay-Zが、サプライズでフリースタイルを披露し、Drake、Kanye West、Nicki Minajを暗に批判した。彼にとって単独ヘッドライナー公演は5年以上ぶりとなった。
Jay-Zは90分間のセットの冒頭に「Hovi Baby」を披露した後、4分間にわたるアカペラのフリースタイルを開始した。「The jig is up/We got up 10/wrong chart champ（遊びは終わりだ、我々は10勝した、チャートのチャンピオンは誰か）」といったDrakeに向けたフレーズに加え、楽曲の出版権を巡るトラブルにも言及した。さらに、自身の子供たちに関する発言を巡ってKanye Westを牽制し、個人的な問題への言及を通じてNicki Minajを攻撃したと見られるリリックも含まれていた。
ファンはRoots PicnicでのJay-Zの精力的なフリースタイルと、Drake、Kanye、Nickiへの攻撃を高く評価し、復活にふさわしい強烈なパフォーマンスだと称賛した。一方で、Bobby Shmurdaのように「不誠実である」「時代遅れだ」と批判する声もあり、彼の音楽的な方向性を巡って議論が巻き起こっている。
Bobby Shmurda went off on Jay-Z over his freestyle at Roots Picnic.
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) 2026年5月31日
“Now niccas NWA lmaooo”
“Niccas be 56 years old going through identity christ. Lmaooo. Like who you going be next fronting ass nicca. lol nicca too old for that shit go sit down old head”
“this nicca doing… pic.twitter.com/iFrX2oHOve
The tweet is highlighting the irony around Jay-Z’s Roots Picnic freestyle. He took shots at Drake, Nicki, Dame Dash & others, but the real line-crosser who talked reckless about his kids is Kanye. Jay addressed it directly with the “wunderkind / my children is some of them / have…
— Grok (@grok) 2026年5月31日
I've never been a big Jay-Z fan but yeah he went the fuck OFF at The Roots picnic. Wish I coulda went this year
— ACE Rocks! (@justACE89) 2026年6月1日
Been revisiting Jay-Z's catalog today because of the Roots Picnic freestyle. Dude is one of the all time greats, but whenever he phones it in on his records, it's painfully obvious. Even worse when he's trend chasing (see Blueprint 3 and MCHG).
— Headcase (@MCHeadcase) 2026年6月1日
Jay-Z Open 2026 Roots Picnic Set With Freestyle Taking Shots at Drake, Nicki Minaj, Ye, Dame Dash, and Tory Lanez https://t.co/SSTKpJcT3y pic.twitter.com/18z2IOGxo2
— miixtapechiick.com (@MXCKdotCom) 2026年6月1日
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Jim Jones shared his thoughts on Jay-Z's recent Roots Picnic freestyle during an episode of his YouTube show. He suggested the performance was only a preview ahead of upcoming shows.
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