Jay-Z Welcomes Blue Ivy Carter, DJ Khaled and John Legend at SoFi Stadium

Jay-Z brought out Blue Ivy Carter, DJ Khaled and John Legend during the first of two headlining performances at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, according to Variety. The guest appearances accompanied a show that placed his Brooklyn roots at the center of a Southern California stadium engagement.

Introducing “Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z asked the audience, “Can I take you to my home for a second?” Variety’s account described the moment as an extension of the preceding hour and a half, during which the rapper had been tracing his musical history and bringing his hometown perspective to Los Angeles.

The song provided a direct expression of that geographical connection. In the account’s framing, New York was more than the subject of an individual selection: it was the thread connecting the performance. The guests broadened the evening’s lineup without displacing Jay-Z’s own catalog as its central attraction.

The Los Angeles engagement followed a series of major performances elsewhere during 2026. SoFi Stadium’s June announcement said Jay-Z and Roc Nation were adding Paris and Los Angeles shows after his appearance at the Roots Picnic. That announcement initially listed the Inglewood concert for October 23, alongside a September 10 performance in Paris.

The broader concert run has coincided with anniversary celebrations for “Reasonable Doubt” and “The Blueprint.” In an August report, Variety described three Yankee Stadium performances honoring those albums before the scheduled European and Los Angeles dates. The SoFi appearance consequently sits within a larger period of public reflection on the recordings that shaped his career.

That retrospective has also extended beyond the concert stage. HBO’s eight-part “Jay-Z in 8” series was scheduled to begin September 18 and conclude October 9, according to Variety’s report on its release plans. The series features Jay-Z in conversation with producer Rick Rubin about the lyrics and ideas behind songs from different periods of his discography.

Together, those projects offer two distinct ways of revisiting the same body of work: detailed discussion on screen and live performance in stadiums. The SoFi account emphasizes the latter’s connection to place, particularly through the introduction to “Empire State of Mind.” Blue Ivy Carter’s inclusion also gave the reported guest lineup a family dimension alongside appearances by Khaled and Legend.

A second SoFi performance remained part of the engagement described by Variety. The supplied report did not establish who would appear on that night or whether its selections would change, leaving the opening show’s guests as specific to the first performance. For now, the account presents Jay-Z’s Los Angeles arrival as a large-scale presentation of a catalog still closely tied to Brooklyn.