Glastonbury Delighted To Have 'Greatest Living Hip-Hop Act'

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April 15, 2008 by Jason Gregory | Photo by WENN

Glastonbury Delighted To Have 'Greatest Living Hip-Hop Act'

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has defended the festivals decision to employ US rapper Jay-Z as one of its headline acts.

Writing in the Independent, Eavis said that she was “delighted” to “have the greatest living hip-hop artist on at Glastonbury.”

Eavis rejected claims from critics who had said that Jay-Z was the first hip-hop artist to perform at the festival.

She also denied that he had been asked to perform so that the festival could reach a new audience.

“That is just not the case,” Eavis wrote. “It is much simpler than that: we respect Jay-Z as an amazing artist and so, obviously, we want to see him at the festival.”

Jay-Z will headline this year’s festival, which takes place from June 27th-29th, alongside The Verve and Kings of Leon.

Tickets for the festival are still available for fans who have pre-registered via the Glastonbury website.

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I didn’t know Will Smith was playing?
~ by Arf arf 4/15/2008 Report
Glastonbury may be but the fans arent!
~ by Emily Eavis is a shit 4/15/2008 Report
People who don’t want Jay-Z there are racist!
~ by Jon 4/15/2008 Report
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“have the greatest living hip-hop artist on at Glastonbury” What a load of shite!!!! So, the Sugar Hill Gang never existed then??!! Jay-Z??!! Hahahahahhahahahhaa what a ****in pleb!
~ by Boydy 4/15/2008 Report
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Emily, u’ll never get in Jay’s pants, coz that’s the only reason u could have ignored ure fanbase sooo badly... and Beyonce would open a can of bootyshake all over u if u did.
~ by Kelly Rowland 4/15/2008 Report