--- description: Jack White covered Jay Z's "99 Problems" during a set last weekend title: Jack White Covers Jay Z's "99 Problems" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is What it Sounds Like When Jack White Covers '99 Problems' by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 22, 2014 1:38 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 22, 2014 1:38 PM CUT In May, Jack White [opened up](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6092263/jack-white-talks-collaboration-kanye-west-jay-z-yeezus-interview "undefined") about potential collaboration projects with Kanye West and Jay Z that never quite pulled through. But that hasn’t stopped White from incorporating the artists’ work into his setlists. During a gig at Louisville’s Forecast Festival this weekend, White covered part of Jay Z’s “99 Problems” when segueing out of The White Stripe’s “Icky Thump.” It begins around the 2:55 mark. Last month, White covered Kanye’s [“Black Skinhead”](http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2014/07/01/jack-white-covers-kanye-wests-black-skinhead-watch/ "undefined") during a show. Rap, meet rootsy. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3018404/jack-white-jay-z-99-problems/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3018404/jack-white-jay-z-99-problems/"},"headline":"This Is What it Sounds Like When Jack White Covers '99 Problems'","datePublished":"2014-07-22T13:38:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:16:34.650Z","description":"He covered Kanye last month","url":"https://time.com/3018404/jack-white-jay-z-99-problems/","keywords":["Music","Jay-z","Kanye West","Jack White"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3018404/jack-white-jay-z-99-problems/","name":"This Is What it Sounds Like When Jack White Covers '99 Problems'"}}]}] ```