Jay Z pays second Mandela tribute at Los Angeles show
Jay Z ended his show in Los Angeles on Monday night (09Dec13) with a touching tribute to late human rights icon Nelson Mandela.
As world leaders and celebrities like Bono and Forest Whitaker were preparing for the former South African leader's memorial in Pretoria, Jay Z offered up his own thoughts about one of his heroes onstage at the Staples Center.
He dedicated Young Forever to Mandela, who died on 5 December (13),
calling him "a great man who spent 27 years in prison and came out
to be president".
A photo of the late leader was then beamed onto a huge screen above
the stage.
Jay Z also paid tribute to Mandela last week, just hours after news
of the icon's death was confirmed. In a post on his website, the
rap star wrote, "All our dreams are possible. Tonight I'm living my
dream in front of y'all. So anybody out there got a dream, y'all
chase that mo'f**ker down as hard as you can. Let that great man
stand as an example of what you can do."