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1Xtra celebrates the one and only JAY-Z, with an hour of his greatest tunes and the best moments from the man himself at the BBC!

1Xtra celebrates the one and only JAY-Z, with an hour of his greatest tunes and the best moments from the man himself at the BBC! Expect tracks from 4:44, The Black Album and Watch The Throne.

JAY-Z was the first rapper honoured in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the first solo living rapper inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Tue 23 Dec 202503:00
BBC Radio 1Xtra

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Music Played

  • JAY-Z & Ye

    Paris

    • Watch The Throne.
    • Def Jam.

  • JAY-Z

    Public Service Announcement (Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012)

  • JAY-Z

    Big Pimpin’ (feat. UGK)

    • Def Jam.

  • JAY-Z

    Dirt Off Your Shoulder

    • Roc-A-Fella.

  • JAY-Z

    '03 Bonnie & Clyde (feat. Beyoncé)

    • '03 Bonnie & Clyde.
    • Roc-A-Fella.

  • JAY-Z

    Change Clothes (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • Change Clothes.
    • Roc-A-Fella Records.

  • JAY-Z, Rihanna & Ye

    Run This Town

    • Roc Nation.

  • JAY-Z & Swizz Beatz

    On To The Next One

    • Roc Nation.

  • JAY-Z & Ye

    Otis

    • Mercury.

  • JAY-Z

    Empire State Of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)

    • Roc Nation.

  • JAY-Z

    4:44

    • 4:44.
    • Roc Nation.
    • 5.

  • JAY-Z

    I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • The Dynasty: Roc La Familia.
    • Roc-A-Fella.
    • 3.

  • JAY-Z

    Can't Knock The Hustle (feat. Mary J. Blige)

    • Can't Knock The Hustle.
    • Northwestside.

  • JAY-Z

    Tom Ford

    • Universal.

  • JAY-Z

    99 Problems

    • 99 Problems.
    • Roc-A-Fella.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 24 Feb 202205:00
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