EVENTS: CELEBS AT THE HISTORIC INAUGURAL CEREMONY
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z attend the inauguration of President Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States at the US Capitol Tuesday, January 20, in Washington, DC.
Various celebs (including: Oprah Winfrey, Diddy, Muhammad Ali, Magic Johnson and more) attended the historic event to be a witness to history and the legendary singer Aretha Franklin performed “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” for the crowd of an estimated 2 million people.
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76.
ReP Da D
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
Aretha Franklin looks nice with her husband…look nice in general…glad to see she was clothes that cover her WHOLE body…..i like jay z hat…it coo…BUT jay needs to give pharrell his GLASSES BACK….i love barack speech…making BUSH looks dumb as H#@ll…..gotta love it.lol
is that the only piece of clothing don king owns (that jacket)..every pic u see him in that lame as faded jacket..
why do janice combs look like lil kim?
love steven spielberg..creative dude.
Arnold schwart….—whatever…NEXT.
77.
KMBPYT
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
@22,
Nobody was hating on him that hat looks a mess.
78.
dctrinigyal
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
jay z is ugly lol
79.
cali panamami (eBay peddler)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
nice.
#4: the regular people?! WTF?!
80.
Khinje
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
Tell em to kiss your warm ass, Jay.
Forget trying to be cute. As cold as it is here in the South (high today was 30) I would have had something covering my head too! I’d rather have a hat on ugly or not than have freaking pnuemonia!!!!
Like them dumb chicks at the club with their backs and asses out in subzero temperatures. They aint gonna catch nothing half-naked but a nasty upper respiratory infection.
81.
Nothing But Love
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
Jay z please!!!! this is not the time or the place..
I love Aretha’s hat..
82.
Tiff
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
jay-z looks like Andre Leon Talley! Can we say Gay-z!
Great moment in history though! I cried!
83.
VSKY
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
Im so happy to witness Prez Obama being sworn as an American First black president.Sasha Malia and Michelle looked really beautiful
Well, it’s clearly some of u in here have issues for one, why does Jay’s hat have to bug you or even his lips its not his fault he was born that way i bet some of ya in here are not even better than him so people keep your ugly opinions or facts to your shallow minded selves you should at least appreciate that Jay went out to support Obama unlike some of u in here
Anyhoo
Bey looks nice as usual or should isay mr and mrs carter
Solange looks cute too
Aretha could have done better than that
84.
Duh
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
The Obamas are at the Neighborhood ball right now!
85.
Greta
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
Thank You Jesus for this day!!!!!!!!!!
86.
facefacts
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
I love how b wasnt proud to be black til or president was!!!!
Everyone looks lovely, and the dream continues!!!
87.
LOOK AGAIN
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
Say, is that a dub sack that Beyonce has in her hand? She should have hid that mug under that furry ass hat homeboy is rocking.
88.
viola1
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
some of ya’ll on this post sound so damn stupid, do you think they gave a damn where they were sitting, who gives a shit about the hat jay-z chose to wear, its cold as hell in dc they are trying to stay warm not look cute, get over all this damn hate, let it go, this was a great day, this was american history this was black history and all ya’ll can talk about is a damn hat or where they were sitting or what the hell he look like, sit yall ass down somewhere and grow up.
89.
SIMMONSROYALTY
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
what a beautiful moment!!!
90.
*TruStar*
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
SOLANGE, I LOVE HER BUT, SHE WAS COLD!!! SEEING AS THOUGH IM FROM DC AND STOOD OUTSIDE IN THE COLD FOR 5 HOURS.. TO WITNESS THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY… IT WAS 12 DEGREES!!!!! 12 DEGREES!!! OMG!!!
91.
Toons
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
@ Hollywood Blackout, I cosign 100%
92.
Linda
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
Wow @ this turning into a debate about Jay’s hat.
Typical commenters on CL….
And seeing as how cold it is here in D.C. it was very fitting.
93.
Joey
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
what is ARNOLD doing there.? lls lemme stop.
if u look at the jay & bey pic, you can see that solanges tat.
Mother Diddy was there too?!
Ohpss and Sted still going strong huh? where is GAYLE?, we know she BLOWN.
94.
ghop
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
@ #2 , beyonce is about 5′6…and Jay Z is 6 feet…
95.
WTF
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
I know Jay-z-s head is mighty toasty in that hat..You can’t be cute when your frozen, more power to him!!
96.
issii
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
lol at
Jay z should have to pay reparations to the zoo he escaped from. They have been nice enough to let him roam free all these years and he has never even given the apes he left behind a shout out. That is just ungrateful.
97.
Leslie
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
@ #24
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Obama took some egos down many notches/ Stay in school, folks. It could get you far.
98.
Leslie
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
LOL @ #69
99.
MRS. SK8BOARD P (AK AND BK STAN)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
Jay and Bey look good, but Jay the mini teacup dog was not needed..
100.
Beyonceisdesperate
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
Queen Aretha is a Legend and an Icon. Befitting that she sung with soul and class. Great rendition Queen Aretha. Keep schoolin ‘em.
101.
Beyonceisdesperate
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
#24 I truer words were never spoken. Sadly, those bang wagon celebs only care about they’re ego and career advancement, which is why they were bragging/begging to be at the inauguration. Typical hoodrat. How much you wanna be these stars don’t give a damn about community service? Obama’s are the epitome of class. Thank God Malia and Sasha have classy parents who are positive role models and the best example of the type of person they will become. Remember black people, Obama said WE ALL HAVE TO pitch in, so don’t sit back and expect him to do all the work.
102.
Jo
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
I am not here to talk about the attire because we are all human. I want to say you all be blessed and lets do our part in the YES WE WILL campaign. So stop the hating Stop the bull STUFF and start the work to healing our country. It is not how we look, How we dress nor Who we are with but it is about who we are when no one is looking so lets do our part black America …Holla Jo Craig
103.
Hotness........is here
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 /
I know that it was COLD as Hell.
Bey, Jay, Solange and the rest look lovely!!!!!!!! Solange has really grew up to be a cutie.
Today was a wonderful day.
104.
anjelica houston
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
This is indeed a proud moment for our country!! I am actually awestruck from it all. Beyonce was fabulous as always!! Aretha Franklin people is a living legend. She has sang for Kings, Queens, Presidents. She sang At MLK’s Funeral as well. IThe inauguration would not have been an inauguration with The Queen, I love Patti. But there is a time and place for everything and that was not the place 4 da screamin and hollering. And ya’ll kno patti would have gone off… lol Aretha Franklin is the Queeen and long may she live and continue to sing…..
105.
KIKI
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
I was there!!! It was AMAZING!!!
106.
Jazz
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
JAYZ LOOKS SILLY
107.
London chick
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
Erm I think you’re confused there concrete loop…thats not jay z that’s Andre Leon Talley……oh my bad, that IS jay z! Hmm, they look the same in these pics..! lol
108.
The Real Why?
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
wow jay….was it too much to ask for you pretend to be a decent human being just this one day?? for history’s sake??
wow wow WOW…he looks like a total clown…very immature of him
109.
tisha
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
who freakin cares about beyonces ass
110.
B*E*Y*O*N*C*E*!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
Wow…what a day! It was so beautiful!
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112.
debra
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
I did’nt see Beyonce and her entourage in the crowd. But tt looked cold as hell!
113.
halcyon
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
Gay-Z looks so stupid…
114.
halcyon
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
Nice to see Mr.Ali up and about.
115.
Theresa
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 /
Jay looks like an old man…like really old!!!
116.
Cityboi
Thursday, January 22, 2009 /
Man look, yall can talk about Jay-Z and his hat all you want, It was soooo cold there, I went and I completely understand why he had it on lol. I mean damn.
But all and all, it was such a beautiful day, GOD truly blessed us and blessed me to be apart of the event.
117.
Queen
Thursday, January 22, 2009 /
Aretha Franklin was horrible! She is full of herself! How she mess the song up? I wish a younger artist like Alicia Keys would have sang!
118.
Queen
Thursday, January 22, 2009 /
Lmao @ Jay-Z’s hat….It looks like a Beaver’s ass is on his head,lol.
119.
La Maestra
Thursday, January 22, 2009 /
I WAS THERE!!!! I still cant believe it
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121.
PRINCESS T
Friday, January 23, 2009 /
Loves It!
Solange looks great her hair is on point!
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Miss GlamoRous
Saturday, January 24, 2009 /
LMAO @ #9 HE DOES LOLOLOLOLOL AND WHATS UP WITH DON KIN DUSTY @SS JACKET!!
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