Last night fans nearly sold out the Wolsein Center in Cleveland for the Jay-Z concert.

One of the opening bands, N*E*R*D put on an amazing performance. Their new female vocalist, Rhea was on stage for the entire performance. During "Spaz" Pharrell Williams invited a female fan on stage with him. She was obviously very excited as she danced and sang along to every word. About 15 women joined N*E*R*D on stage during "Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom)".

The count down to Jay-Z began and with ten minutes before show time the screens on each side of the stage started counting down. Jay-Z made a dramatic entrance rising from below the stage as "Run This Town" started. The crowd went crazy and the stage came to life. Without a doubt I can say that this was the best and most elaborate back drop display I've ever seen at a concert. The images changed from city buildings, fancy speakers, and live footage.

Many songs played throughout the night were from "The Blueprint 3" album. However we also got to hear "Jigga", "99 Problems", and Izzo (H.O.V.A.). About half way through the show Pharell took the stage again this time with Jay-Z to sing "So Ambitious".

LeBron James made an unsurprising appearance on stage during a few songs. He sort of bounced behind Jay-Z while singing along. It looked like LeBron and some friends had seats on stage off to the right.

The encore was long and included some of my favorite songs such as "Can I Get A....", "Big Pimpin", and "Hard Knock Life". I think I would of refused to leave the venue if I didn't hear these songs. After talking to the crowd and addressing specific fans he ended the show with "Young Forever"

Photos by: Laura Strother