--- title: There’s a New, Even More Epic Version of That Beats World Cup Ad description: This one features Jay-Z canonical: https://time.com/2881799/jay-z-beats-world-cup-ad-remix/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-16T15:39:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:26:06.562Z article:section: World og:title: There’s a New, Even More Epic Version of That Beats World Cup Ad og:description: This one features Jay-Z og:url: https://time.com/2881799/jay-z-beats-world-cup-ad-remix/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There’s a New, Even More Epic Version of That Beats World Cup Ad twitter:description: This one features Jay-Z twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # There's a New, Even More Epic Version of That Beats World Cup Ad by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Jun 16, 2014 3:39 PM CUT by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Jun 16, 2014 3:39 PM CUT Beats Electronics upset sports marketing behemoths Nike and Adidas when it released a five-minute ad featuring a huge roster of soccer stars and other celebrities. Now Beats is trying to one-up itself with a new version of the of the ad that features a verse from Jay-Z. The hip-hop star raps over the X Ambassadors’ “Jungle,” the song used in the original ad. Though this version of the commercial is just a minute long, there’s still time for Neymar Junior, LeBron James and Lil Wayne to all make appearances. The Jay-Z remix of “Jungle” will be available exclusively to subscribers of Beats Music for one week. Gaining an exclusivity window from such a prominent artist is a big win for Beats, which is competing against Spotify to control the music streaming space. Currently Beats Music has about [250,000 paying subscribers](http://recode.net/2014/05/28/at-3-months-old-beats-music-has-250000-paying-customers/ "undefined"), while Spotify has [10 million.](http://time.com/107335/spotify-subscribers/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2881799/jay-z-beats-world-cup-ad-remix/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2881799/jay-z-beats-world-cup-ad-remix/"},"headline":"There's a New, Even More Epic Version of That Beats World Cup Ad","datePublished":"2014-06-16T15:39:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:26:06.562Z","description":"This one features Jay-Z","url":"https://time.com/2881799/jay-z-beats-world-cup-ad-remix/","keywords":["Advertising","Beats Music","Spotify","Jay-z","World Cup"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"World","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/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/advertising/","name":"Advertising"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2881799/jay-z-beats-world-cup-ad-remix/","name":"There's a New, Even More Epic Version of That Beats World Cup Ad"}}]}] ```