Jay-Z shares alternative version of 'Empire State of Mind' featuring Gil Scott-Heron

The track was first played at the Basquiat x Warhol. Painting Four Hands exhibition earlier this month...

Jay-Z has mashed-up his 2009 hit ‘Empire State of Mind’ with Gil Scott-Heron’s ‘New York Is Killing Me’.

Titled ‘New York (Concept de Paris)’, the rapper debuted the mash-up at the opening of the Basquiat x Warhol. Painting Four Hands exhibition at Paris’ Louis Vuitton Foundation earlier this month. Jay-Z also gave a rare live performance to mark the occasion.

Engineered by Jay-Z's longtime collaborator Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton, the track features two of the world's most iconic musicians side by side.

Scott-Heron's ‘New York Is Killing Me’ originally appeared on 'I'm New Here' from 2010, the 15th and final studio album by the legendary jazz poet who died in 2011.

Listen to 'New York (Concept de Paris)’ below: