How does one measure their own legacy: In a series of shows, in the decades since a debut album, in an exhaustive eight-part docuseries breaking down the intricacies of rhymes laid down years ago? That seemed to be the existential question looming over “Jay-Z 30,” a yearlong celebration that began with a spectacular one-off headlining performance at the Roots Picnic in late May and concluded on Saturday night with the second of two shows at Inglewood, California’s SoFi Stadium.
\n\nFor Jay, legacy has clearly been weighing on his mind. A new generation of hip-hop artists has emerged, and the decade-long gap since he released an album has opened a space for that generation to question his legacy. So it made sense that he’d revisit his catalog brick by brick, show by show, celebrating a career-long work in progress that crescendoed to a global tour after nearly a decade of artistic dormancy. At SoFi, much like his previous concerts, his performance was a reminder — no, a reinforcement — that nothing at that scale is by accident. And he said as much as the curtain fell on an hour-and-a-half finale of his “Jay-Z 30” series, encouraging those in attendance to believe…
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