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Zell's Pinstripe Blog:
Jay-Z along with Alicia Keys will open up the festivities tomorrow night by performing the song “Empire State of Mind” before Game#2 of the World Series. The song was taken from “The Blueprint 3″, which is Jay’s latest album. Also, on this album there is a Yankees remix to “Run This Town”.
They were originally scheduled to perform tonight, but [...]
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