is out that Brooklyn and down to the David H. Koch Theater for the 2024 Tony Awards for a special duet with . Keys, 43, joined the cast of for a live performance at the Sunday, June 16, awards show.
loosely based on Key’s life story growing up in New York City using her discography, performed a medley on the awards show. The number also featured Keys and Jay-Z singing “Empire State of Mind.” Keys rocked a black two-piece with an oversized Gucci coat and gold jewelry as she belted the track.
After encouraging the audience to put their hands in the air, she added, “Are we in New York City at the Tony Awards?” Keys further noted that she needed to “do something crazy” since the Tonys were held in her hometown of NYC. Jay-Z, 54, then walked out on the stage to perform his portion of the rap, rocking a Louis Vuitton jacket and backward cap. “Brooklyn, New York City in the Tonys, tonight,” he quipped at the end of the number.
Jay-Z and Keys originally released their duet in 2009 as an ode to New York City. “ [Jay-Z] had the record. He was reaching out to me to do the record for a minute.
And for whatever reason, the people that represented me did not tell me about the record,” Keys recalled of the recording process during a December 2021 appearance on the “Drink Champs” podcast. “I don’t know why. It created a whole new thing for me to make sure I was in front of my s–t.
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