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09/23/2011 08:50 PM

Jay-Z To Headline First Concert At Barclays Center

By: NY1 News

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Brooklyn will be in an Empire State of Mind when the Barclays Center hosts its first concert.

NY1 has learned rapper Jay-Z will announce plans to headline the first concert at the arena next September.

Jay-Z is a minority owner of the New Jersey Nets.

The team plans to move from New Jersey to the Barclays Center for the start of the 2012 season.

The rapper is scheduled to make his announcement Monday at the Atlantic Terminal in Fort Greene along with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and others.