There was a time in the Big Apple when you couldn’t walk around without hearing JAY-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind.” As a native New Yorker, a 19-year-old Lil Mama felt the ubiquitous anthem’s infectious energy and crashed Alicia Keys and Hov’s 2009 MTV VMAs performance at Radio City Music Hall.
While serving as guest host for Morning Hustle on Wednesday (October 20), Keys revealed she’s definitely forgiven Lil Mama for joining their performance and admitted she didn’t even realize the “Lip Gloss” rapper was on stage until after the show.
“Listen, to this day, I truly never knew she was even on the stage — that’s the craziest part of the whole thing for me,” she said. “I was on that stage, [JAY-Z] was in the middle, she was on the other side of Jay, and I never saw her.”
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