Jay-Z and Eminem team up to knock first show

Hip hop had a homecoming Monday night.

The genre's two biggest stars - Jay-Z and Eminem - headlined Yankee Stadium in the borough that gave birth to this whole revolution in sound and style more than 30 years ago.

The triumphant performance in the Bronx, followed by a twin event Tuesday night, will put the stars in front of roughly 100,000 fans, perhaps the largest audience New York has ever hosted for a hip-hop show.

The concerts also represent the first at the Yankees' new perch. The dates at the Stadium, in Jay-Z's hometown, follow two equally gigantic shows that took place 10 days ago in Em's lair: Detroit. Not bad for an art form purists love to pronounce dead.