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Jay-Z Is Livestreaming His Final Brooklyn Show, So You Can Party at Home for Almost Free

Jay-Z is currently in the middle of eight sold-out shows at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, home to the Brooklyn Nets, of which he owns a very small stake. It’s the perfect example of why he’s such a highly regarded mogul: He has an unrivaled...

Jay-Z is currently in the middle of eight sold-out shows at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, home to the Brooklyn Nets, of which he owns a very small stake. It’s the perfect example of why he’s such a highly regarded mogul: He has an unrivaled ability to cross-promote all of his ridiculously number of platforms — music, sports, clothes, nightlife — all at once, and all in the same building. (Yes, there’s a Rocawear store, a 40/40 club, and an outlet for his own line of champagne in the Barclays Center.) He’s now diving more into media, as his final show of this run, on Saturday, will be livestreamed on his new YouTube channel.

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It’s part of a push by YouTube to create original content just for the site. (Mild disclaimer: Motherboard’s “Spaced Out” series was supported by YouTube.) Hova’s new channel, called Life+Times, launches Saturday at 9:30 pm EST with the livecast.

Business and media futures aside, this is fuckin’ Iceberg Slim we’re talking about here, and he sold out eight shows in a row for a reason. He’s still one hell of a rapper, and playing in his (and many other investors’) house in Brooklyn has to pump things up. Better yet, rather than shelling out rap-worthy pile of cash to a scalper, you can now party your face off in your living for no more cost of entry than whatever it is you use to party with.

So, yeah, invite your friends over and rage, for once they’ll think you’re cool for understanding how the Internet works. Here’s a guide to hooking up your laptop to your TV, and you’ll probably want a 3.5mm to RCA adapter so that you can hook your laptop up to some better speakers. I’m guessing a proper Jay-Z themed party would involve Armand de Brignac, but that’s expensive as blade. I’ll probably be sucking down some Rolling Rock and Early Times, although if Jay brings it back to the Reasonable Doubt days, you’ll want Country Club and Backwoods. Either way, bless the Internet for helping us get strange.

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