Jay-Z, Eminem Play Ball In Hometown Parks

May 14th, 2010 | By

At last night’s Yankees vs. Tigers baseball game at Comerica Park in Detroit, Jay-Z and Eminem announced that they will co-headline two shows at their hometown baseball stadiums. The Rap stars will play Detroit’s Comerica Park on September 2 and New York’s Yankee Stadium on September 13. The last time Eminem headlined a show was at the New Orleans Voodoo Music Experience in October 2009.

“This is a once in a lifetime set of shows, and I know we’re both really going to bring it to our hometowns,” said Eminem. “The fans are going to love this, and so am I. It’s gonna be historic.”

“These shows are like a dream come true,” Jay-Z added. “I’ve always hoped that hip-hop could play any stadium like other genres of music. How perfect is it that Eminem and I get to play our hometowns and show how far the live rap experience has come?”

In other Hova and Slim Shady news, Em’s new single, “Not Afraid,” is just the 16th song to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the 52-year history of the chart. Released digitally on May 3, “Not Afraid” comes out of the gate with 380,000 first-week downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which is the biggest sales week for a digital track this year. The song also debuts at #24 on the radio-based Rap Songs chart and is bubbling under the Radio Songs chart with 10.3 million listener impressions, according to Nielsen BDS. Eminem’s new album, Recovery, is due on June 22.

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