Ice Dice and Fats Joe will proceed to indicate their love for the L.A. Dodgers and New York Yankees, respectively, by performing on the second and third World Collection video games.
Hours earlier than Friday’s Recreation 1 opening pitch, Main League Baseball introduced that the hip-hop pioneers shall be taking the stage in entrance of their respective hometown crowds in the course of the Dodgers-Yankees World Collection showdown.
South L.A. rapper Ice Dice has been tapped for a pregame set on Saturday’s Recreation 2 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. South Bronx emcee Fats Joe will function the opener throughout Monday’s Recreation 3 at Yankee Stadium within the Bronx.
Ice Dice, previously of N.W.A and “Straight Outta Compton” fame, has been a longtime supporter of the boys in Dodger Blue and made L.A. sports activities attire a part of his signature look. He’s set to carry out “special World Series editions” of his hits “Bow Down” and “It Was a Good Day.”
Joe, who has narrated promotional materials for his beloved Yankees, will carry out “custom versions” of his hits “New York” and “All the Way Up.” Recreation 3 would be the first within the 2024 postseason collection performed at Yankee Stadium and the primary time a World Collection sport has been performed on the venue for the reason that Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies within the Fall Traditional in 2009 — the 12 months the workforce’s new stadium opened.
“Both stars are lifelong fans of their hometown teams and are excited for the opportunity to get their fans ready for this year’s World Series matchup,” MLB stated in an announcement. The performances will happen following the nationwide anthem every night time and shall be proven throughout Fox Sports activities’ unique pregame protection.
The league on Friday additionally debuted a promotional spot titled “Empire State of California Love,” pulling from each states’ unofficial anthems to tout the postseason video games between the 2 storied franchises. The 30-second spot options the 2009 tune “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys mashed up with Tupac Shakur’s 1995 anthem “California Love” that includes Dr. Dre. It performs over postseason highlights of Dodgers Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts and Yankees Juan Soto and Aaron Choose.
In the meantime, different celebrities are getting concerned in Recreation 1. Dodgers superfan and Grammy Award-winning nation musician Brad Paisley will carry out the nationwide anthem and “Breaking Bad” star and avid Dodgers fan Bryan Cranston will ship the late Vin Scully’s all-important directive, “It’s time for Dodger baseball.” World Collection champions Orel Hershiser (1988) and Steve Yeager (1981) of the Dodgers will throw the ceremonial first pitches.
