Lawd, Have Marcy! Cécred Cloud Bobbed JAŸ-Z Umlaut Unloads At Roots Picnic, Pummels Drake, Nicki Minaj, Dame Dash, Kanye West & Tory Lanez In Fiery Freestyle

Night one of the 2026 Roots Picnic was definitely one for the history books! Jay-Z let his afro swing and the chopper sing with with a fierce freestyle fans think relentlessly roasted rap rivals like Drake, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Dame Dash, and Tory Lanez. Whew, nobody was marked safe! Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty On Saturday, May 30, Jay-Z took the Roots Picnic stage with his co-headliners The Roots crew, and although they performed hits from his catalog of classics, nobody was ready for the Roc's return. The star-studded set included cameos from Jazmine Sullivan for "Need U . . .