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

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  • by Jason Gregory
  • Tuesday, April 15, 2008
  • Photo by: WENN
  • filed in: Festivals Hip Hop
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    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

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    • Glastonbury may be but the fans arent!

      ~ by Emily Eavis is a shit 4/15/2008

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    • People who don’t want Jay-Z there are racist!

      ~ by Jon 4/15/2008

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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 fuckin pleb!

      ~ by Boydy 4/15/2008

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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

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