Jay-Z, Alicia Keys rock at World Series game

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Jay-Z and Alicia Keys turned the players into fans during a rocking pre-game performance of their hit song "Empire State of Mind."

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys rocked the house at Yankee Stadium Thursday night at Game 2 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies.

Die-hard New Yorkers Jay-Z and Alicia Keys turned the players into fans during a rocking pre-game performance of their hit song "Empire State of Mind."

Cameras caught players bobbing their heads and enjoying the show, and the Yankees seemed unperturbed by Jay-Z's lyric, "I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can."

Keys belted out the chorus to Empire State of Mind," first while seated at her piano and then from center stage.

"As a die-hard Yankees fan, I'm honored to perform a song that celebrates the greatness of New York in one of our city's most important landmarks, Yankee Stadium," Jay-Z said in a press release.

Alicia Keys, for R&B Artist. Jay-Z, for Hip Hop Artist and Music Collaboration (with Rihanna & Kanye West on "Run This Town").

Following their duet, Keys performed the National Anthem.

'Empire State of Mind' comes from Jay-Z's The Blueprint 33 album.

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Jay-Z and Alicia Keys rocked the house at Yankee Stadium Thursday night at Game 2 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies.

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