{"id":105214,"date":"2024-06-17T00:37:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T00:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/alicia-keys-and-jay-z-sing-empire-state-of-mind-at-2024-tony-awards\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T00:37:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T00:37:29","slug":"alicia-keys-and-jay-z-sing-empire-state-of-mind-at-2024-tony-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/alicia-keys-and-jay-z-sing-empire-state-of-mind-at-2024-tony-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia Keys and Jay-Z Sing ‘Empire State of Mind’ at 2024 Tony Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Alicia Keys performs onstage during The 77th Annual Tony Awards.<\/span> Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jay-Z<\/strong><\/a> is out that Brooklyn and down to the David H. Koch Theater for the 2024 Tony Awards for a special duet with Alicia Keys<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Keys, 43, joined the cast of Hell\u2019s Kitchen <\/i>for a live performance at the Sunday, June 16, awards show. Hell\u2019s Kitchen, <\/i>loosely <\/i>based on Key\u2019s 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 \u201cEmpire State of Mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

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, \u201cAre we in New York City at the Tony Awards?\u201d<\/p>\n

Keys further noted that she needed to \u201cdo something crazy\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>The Best Red Carpet Fashion From the 2024 Tony Awards: What the Stars Wore <\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tFan-favorite stars stepped out in style to celebrate Broadway\u2019s biggest night.\u00a0 The 77th annual Tony Awards took place at the Lincoln Center\u2019s David H. Koch Theater in New York City on Sunday, June 16, and the red carpet was almost too hot to handle. Celebrities brought their fashion A-game, blessing Us with glamorous gowns, fabulous [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cBrooklyn, New York City in the Tonys, tonight,\u201d he quipped at the end of the number.<\/p>\n

Jay-Z and Keys originally released their duet in 2009 as an ode to New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201c [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,\u201d Keys recalled of the recording process during a December 2021 appearance on the \u201cDrink Champs\u201d podcast. \u201cI don\u2019t know why. It created a whole new thing for me to make sure I was in front of my s\u2013t. Because so many people, you trust them to handle your stuff and do their thing for you and you don\u2019t know what\u2019s coming back to you or what\u2019s not coming back to you. Could you imagine if \u2018Empire\u2019 never got to me?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Jay-Z at the Grammy AWards in February 2024.<\/span> VALERIE MACON\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cEmpire State of Mind\u201d is one of Keys\u2019 songs in Hell\u2019s Kitchen<\/i>, which opened on Broadway in April, alongside \u201cNo One,\u201d \u201cFallen\u201d and \u201cGirl on Fire.\u201d The musical is the most nominated production of the 2024 season, scoring 13 nods for Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography. Actors Maleah Joi Moon, Brandon Victor Dixon, Shoshana Bean and Kecia Lewis were all honored for their individual performances.<\/p>\n

Throughout Hell\u2019s Kitchen<\/i>\u2019s journey to the Great White Way, Keys has been vocal about her involvement.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Complete List of 2024 Tony Awards Nominees and Winners<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tBroadway\u2019s best stepped out for the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16. Nominations were announced in April with Hell\u2019s Kitchen coming out on top with the most nods. The musical, featuring music and lyrics by Alicia Keys, was recognized across 13 categories, including Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography. Cast [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been freaking out. It\u2019s incredible [and] I\u2019m so grateful,\u201d Keys gushed of the show\u2019s 13 Tony nominations during an appearance on Today With Hoda and Jenna<\/i><\/span><\/a> <\/i>last month. \u201cThis is wild! The team and the creative partnership that is involved in this show [are] spectacular. \u2026 There is so much expertise in this. You walk in there, you see a full, beautiful story and you are swept away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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