Video: Rihanna Helps Jay-Z ‘Run’ UCLA, Performs New Single, “Hard”

Jay-Z continued his Blueprint 3 college tour last night, hitting the Pauley Pavilion at UCLA. Throughout the tour, he’s been joined on stage by special guests like N.E.R.D. and Snoop Dogg, but night he brought out a little female star power in the the fierce form of pop superstar Rihanna.

Rih assisted Jay on their current hit “Run This Town,” sans its other featured star Kanye West. The crowd didn’t seem to mind as they screamed their heads off when the song wrapped.

“RiRi, you ready?” Jay asked when the cheers calmed. “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” she answered to the tune of the opening chant of her new single, “Hard.” The single version features Young Jeezy, but he did not join them for the song.

Rih’s confidence was uncontainable. “Never lying. Truth teller. That Rihanna reign just won’t let up,” she sang as she prowled the stage dressed in all black. “My runway never looked so clear, but the hottest b*tch in heels right here.”

Check out the video above for both sizzling performances.