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Jay Z Totally Wasn’t Playing a Show in Bushwick! #HOVAhoax

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Jay Z Totally Wasn’t Playing a Show in Bushwick! #HOVAhoax

Jay Z Totally Wasn’t Playing a Show in Bushwick! #HOVAhoax

Video streaming by Ustream

Jay Z Totally Wasn’t Playing a Show in Bushwick! #HOVAhoax


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Yesterday afternoon, Revolt TV, a recently-launched music site by Sean Comb aka Diddy, posted a now-retracted tweet about Jay Z playing a secret show at 421 Troutman St, by the Bushwick Collective murals. The news quickly spread on blogs and social media, and, as it’s not an uncommon practice for Jay Z to play secret shows, a crowd of about 200 people made it to Bushwick and waited for the rapper to show up. Some people waited for over three hours in the sun, unfortunately without success — Jay Z was a no-show in Bushwick today. Watch the Ustream coverage we filmed and livestreamed right on the spot, featuring interviews with fans and local business owners, and read on to find out more about what didn’t go down today.

The rumors on Twitter quickly blew up while fans awaited the alleged secret show, and the “line up” soon included Beyonce, P Diddy, Justin Timberlake–and, as one funny guy commented…

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