Jay-Z levererar diss-fylld freestyle på Roots Picnic

31 maj 2026

Jay-Z var huvudattraktion på Roots Picnic i Philadelphia den 30 maj med en överraskande freestyle som innehöll uppenbara pikar mot Drake, Kanye West och Nicki Minaj. Framträdandet markerade hans första egna huvudnummer på mer än fem år.

Jay-Z inledde det 90 minuter långa setet med ”Hovi Baby” innan han gick över till en fyra minuter lång a cappella-freestyle. Han rappade rader riktade mot Drake, bland annat ”The jig is up/We got up 10/wrong chart champ”, och refererade till tvister om musikrättigheter. Ytterligare rader riktade sig mot Kanye West rörande kommentarer om hans barn, och verkade rikta sig mot Nicki Minaj med referenser till personliga angelägenheter.

Vad folk säger

Fans hyllade Jay-Z:s energiska freestyle på Roots Picnic med pikar mot Drake, Kanye och Nicki, och kallade det en stark återkomst till formen; andra, som Bobby Shmurda, kritiserade den som oäkta eller förlegad, vilket väckte debatt om hans konstnärliga inriktning.

Bobby Shmurda went off on Jay-Z over his freestyle at Roots Picnic.

“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

— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) 31 maj 2026

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) 31 maj 2026

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) 1 juni 2026

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) 1 juni 2026

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) 1 juni 2026

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• https://theshaderoom.com/dame-dash-reacts-jay-z-roots-picnic-freestyle-instagram-photo-the-shade-room/
• https://theshaderoom.com/jay-z-reacts-fans-calling-beyonce-roots-picnic-performance-videos-the-shade-room/
• https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/31/jay-z-disses-kanye-west-nicki-minaj-drake/
• https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jay-z-drake-kanye-west-nicki-minaj-freestyle-roots-picnic-1235570499/
• https://pitchfork.com/news/heres-what-went-down-at-jay-zs-headlining-roots-picnic-show/
• https://www.billboard.com/lists/jay-z-2026-roots-picnic-setlist/
• https://www.billboard.com/lists/jay-z-headlines-roots-picnic-2026-best-moments-review/