Topline<\/p>\n
Jay-Z\u2019s concert at Yankee Stadium in New York was delayed by several hours on Sunday night following a reported security breach that led to a lockdown, prompting the billionaire rapper to take the stage after midnight and apologize to fans, saying he was concerned about people getting trampled.<\/p>\n
Jay-Z’s concert began after a four hour delay caused by a security breach and a lockdown at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n
Associated PressKey Facts<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s event was the last of Jay-Z\u2019s three nights of concerts in New York and its start was delayed by more than four hours, according to local news outlet ABC7 Eyewitness News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Citing an unnamed police source, the ABC News affiliate reported that a \u201clarge group\u201d of people allegedly breached security and shoved their way through various checkpoints, prompting authorities to initiate a lockdown.<\/p>\n The show was scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET, and doors opened at 6 p.m., but the lockdown meant no one was allowed to enter or leave the venue for several hours.<\/p>\n The rapper eventually took the stage after midnight as security allowed fans to trickle in and apologized for the delay.<\/p>\n Explaining the delay, Jay-Z said<\/a> there were \u201clike 10,000 people outside\u201d when the doors were shut and he didn\u2019t want to start before everyone entered to avoid a stampede-like situation.<\/p>\n Crucial Quote<\/p>\n According to the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the rapper said, \u201cThey closed the door for you guys\u2019 safety and everyone\u2019s safety outside. There\u2019s 10,000 people outside; I don\u2019t want to start the music and people get trampled. I\u2019m really sorry for the inconvenience, but I had to make sure everyone was OK. I appreciate your patience.\u201d<\/p>\n What Happened After the concert started?<\/p>\n Despite the major delay, the final night was a star-studded one, featuring guest appearances<\/a> by Beyonc\u00e9, Rihanna, Usher, Teyana Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, Pharrell Williams, Fat Joe, Jeezy, Pusha T, and Jadakiss. <\/p>\n Forbes Valuation<\/p>\n According to Forbes\u2019 estimates<\/a>, Jay-Z has a net worth of $2.8 billion as of Monday morning. This makes him the richest musician in the world, ahead of Taylor Swift<\/a>, who has an estimated net worth of $2 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline Jay-Z\u2019s concert at Yankee Stadium in New York was delayed by several hours on Sunday night following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[14986,8,15112,28461,9,7,28460],"class_list":["post-52118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-beyonce","tag-headlines","tag-jay-z","tag-jay-z-concert","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-yankee-stadium"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/116913222682813961","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}