00:00Rihanna is back on stage and fans definitely weren't expecting it.
00:04The superstar surprised the sold-out crowd at Jay-Z's Extra Innings concert at Yankee Stadium
00:09the morning of July 13th, marking her first live performance in more than two years.
00:15She joined Jay-Z to perform their 2009 hit, Run This Town, sending the stadium into a frenzy.
00:21After the song, Rihanna kept it real with the audience joking,
00:24Y'all know I'm rusty, right? It's been a while. Y'all with me right now?
00:28She then launched into her 2015 anthem, Bitch Better Have My Money,
00:33proving she hasn't lost her star power.
00:35Before leaving the stage, the Fenty Beauty founder had one more message for the New York crowd.
00:40I miss this y'all. New York, I love you guys, she said, as fans cheered her on.
00:45The surprise performance comes after a long break from live shows.
00:49Rihanna's last concert was a private 90-minute performance in India in March 2024.
00:54During the lavish pre-wedding celebration for billionaire heir,
00:58Anant Ambani, and Radhika Merchant.
01:00Before that, she famously headlined the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show,
01:04while pregnant with her second son, Riot.
01:07Her boyfriend, A$AP Rocky, was in the crowd for the special moment,
01:10along with their 10-month-old daughter, Rocky.
01:13Of course, Rihanna wasn't the only headline-making moment of the night.
01:16Jay-Z's third and final Yankee Stadium concert was delayed for hours,
01:20after thousands of fans reportedly breached security, forcing the venue into lockdown,
01:25before the show could begin.
01:27The rapper eventually took the stage just after midnight and apologized to the crowd,
01:32explaining that officials delayed the concert to make sure everyone inside and outside the stadium
01:36stayed safe.
01:37Once the show finally got underway, it turned into a star-studded celebration.
01:42Pharrell, Tiana Taylor, Usher, Jermaine Dupri, and Beyoncé all joined Jay-Z on stage throughout the night.
01:49But for many fans, the biggest surprise was seeing Rihanna back where she belongs,
01:53on stage, and judging by her reaction, it sounds like she's been missing it just as much as everyone else
01:58has.
01:59Closed Captions.
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