Jay-Z at Chicago's Charter One Pavilion

Jay-Z at Chicago's Charter One Pavilion
Charter One Pavilion - Chicago, IL, USA - July 7, 2009
by Tamara Jenkins, photos by Dan Locke

The world's best selling rap artist, Jay-Z, captivated fans with his legendary lyrical skills Tuesday night at the Charter One Pavilion. The "only rapper to re-write history without a pen" took to the stage dressed in black including black shades, performing his latest anthem, "D.O.A." (Death of Auto-Tune) in which he declares a moratorium on the practice and calls out rappers on their dependence and excessive used of it.

"You rappers singin' too much, get back to rap you T-Pain'n too much." I'm a multi-millionaire so how is it I'm still the hardest n--a here? I don't be in the project hallway talkin' bout how I be in the project all day that sounds stupid to me, if you a gangsta, this is how you prove it to me."

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