Jay-Z and Dame Dash performing as the opening act on Puff Daddy’s ‘No Way Out’ Tour at Madison Square Garden on December 4th, 1997. The tour was one of the biggest ever for hip-hop, with The Firm, Busta Rhymes, Ma$e, 112, Lil’ Kim, and Usher all on the bill alongside Jay.
Hov only performed a few shows on the tour, quitting the day after his birthday performance in NYC. He claimed he had been treated unfairly by the tour’s promoters after a set he was performing suffered technical problems that no one cared enough to repair, and then his birthday homecoming performance was cut short to less than twenty minutes without explanation.
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