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During Jay-Z’s performance at the 2017 V Festival, he paid tribute to late rock star Chester Bennington.

One of the biggest moments in Chester’s music career is when hip-hop superstar Jay-Z joined forces with Linkin Park for the hugely successful collaborative EP Collision Course.  On Saturday (Aug. 19) the moment was brought back to life when Jay-Z hit the V Festival stage and performed “Numb/Encore” to honor the Linkin Park singer. As HOV stood in front of the Stafford, England crowd he shouted, “Can you guys light it up tonight for Chester? Linkin Park, one time, tonight. Please make some noise so he can hear you all the way in heaven tonight!”

The death of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington was a devastating loss to not only the rock community but the hip-hop community as well. As the news of the sudden death spread, fans and friends gravitated even closer to Chester’s most touching moments.

Jay-Z’s full performance of “Numb/Encore” is available below.

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Photo Credit: Linkin Park

Unfortunately, we lost a significant figure in music. Chester Bennington, lead vocalist of American rock band Linkin Park  has died in result of suicide today (July 20). He was found dead at about 9 a.m at his home in Los Angeles County. The artist’s powerful voice healed the lives of many music fans. Although this is a very tragic loss in music, there is plenty of joyful Chester moments we will never forget. Celebrate the life of Chester Bennington below.

Chester gives one of the most powerful performances for the “In The End” music video.

Chester proudly accepts VMA award for ‘best rock video’ for Linkin Park’s “Somewhere I Belong” in 2003.

Chester leads the band in the music video for  “One Step Closer.” A song off their debut album Hybrid Theory which quickly helped them rise to international fame.

Linkin Park performs alongside hip-hop legend Jay-Z for the  “Numb/Encore” Live performance at Roxy in 2004 for Collision Course. This was a historic moment in music and it won a Grammy Award for best rap/sung collaboration.

The music video for “What I’ve Done” was a major moment for the band. The song served as the theme track for the Transformers movie. It was nominated for a Grammy.

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This post holds the information to one of the greatest genre-crossing collaborations of all time. I’m not talking about Lil’ Wayne on the electric guitar or Linkin Park trying to rhyme. This collaboration brings together two legends of their respective genres to teach us that when it’s done right, rap and rock can go hand in hand.

Tom Morello and Boots Riley have come together to form Street Sweeper Social Club.

“It’s revolutionary party jams,” said Morello of Street Sweeper Social Club. “It’s got huge steamroller riffs combined with depth, charge, funk, while Boots unloads clip after clip of incendiary rhymes rich with satire and venom.” Riley added, “This is a time when the working class is being fleeced left and right. More families will be homeless and more people will be jobless. They’ll need something to listen to on their ipods while storming Wall Street.” Good music and social activism. We like.

In case you didn’t know, Tom Morello is the founding member and electric guitarist for the bands Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave along with other well-received solo projects . He’s one of the most celebrated electric guitarists around, winning the 26th spot on Rolling Stones “100 Greatest Guitar Players of All-Time.” And of course, Morello  continues to be a widely recognized political activist.

Boots Riley makes up the hip-hop portion of this duo. He’s best known as leader of the group The Coup, who have been selected for top-10 album of the year lists by Rolling Stone, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times among many others. Billboard Magazine named The Coup “the best hip-hop act of the past decade” shedding light on just how influential Riley’s group has been. Born in Chicago and raised in East Oakland, Riley has been a community organizer throughout his life.

Street Sweeper Social Club has created the perfect mix of rock and hip-hop.

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