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Jay-Z's emotional Barclays Center opening night
Photo credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams, Jr.
Speculation about Jay-Z's opening night at Barclays Center began as soon as the show was announced.
How star-studded an affair would it be to celebrate the opening of a $1 billion arena only a few subway stops away from the Marcy projects where he grew up? Would his wife Beyoncé be pressed into duty? How about his friends, the ones so famous they only need one name — Kanye, Rihanna, Mary J.?...
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