New Yankee takes the stage
SUPERSTAR slugger Giancarlo Stanton celebrated his move to the New York Yankees with rapper 2 Chainz and a magnum of Champagne in Miami on Saturday night.
After the Yankees agreed to a blockbuster trade with the Miami Marlins on Saturday night, reigning National League MVP Stanton will join a powerful Yankees lineup led by American League Rookie of the Year Aaron Judge.
The man said to be the most fearsome power hitter in baseball partied late Saturday and into the early hours of Sunday at hot Miami club Rockwell, which had teamed up with New York club 1Oak for three nights of Art Basel parties.
A witness told us, “2 Chainz, who was hosting the Saturday night party at Rockwell, gave everyone a reason to celebrate when the rapper pulled Stanton onstage in the middle of his performance to gift him a magnum bottle of Ace of Spades.” A bottle of the Jay-Z- owned, Armand de Brignac Champagne costs $2,500 at the club.
The witness continued, “2 Chainz stopped the track and told everyone to take a picture [of him and Giancarlo], explaining that this was Stanton’s first moment as a Yankee and that the photo was going to be worth big money after the Yankees win the World Series.
“Those lucky enough to get inside the packed nightclub cheered for Stanton, and 2 Chainz asked him to stay onstage for the rest of his performance. Cheers of ‘Let’s go, Yankees!’ could even be heard around the room above the loud hip-hop music.”
Stanton has been a fixture at Rockwell during Miami Art Week, and was also at the club on Thursday night for a performance by Rick Ross, who invited the former Miami Marlins star to his table, and then performed while standing next to Stanton.
A source who was there on that night explained, “Ross shouted Stanton out multiple times during his performance and referenced him as Miami’s MVP. Well, not anymore . . .”
Meanwhile, a club insider added of Stanton, “He isn’t a big drinker. He likes the music at Rockwell and goes out with his friends during the off-season. Stanton is actually very down-to-earth cool — a sweetheart of a guy. New York is going to love him.”