MTV.com News — Plus: Maino tells Mixtape Daily he's the 'most consistent new artist from New York.'By Shaheem Reid Jay-Z Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/ Getty Images There's a lot of big mixtape news this week, including our full report Friday on Lil Wayne's... more info

MTV.com News — While the R&B singer has ties to New York and Philadelphia, he's siding with the Yankees.By Jayson Rodriguez John Legend Photo: Statia Photography/ Getty Images John Legend might be feeling conflicted this week. The R&B star attended colle... more info

MTV.com News — 'I fell in love from the jump,' Keys says of the track, which she and Jay will perform before game two of the World Series.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash Alicia Keys Photo: MTV News Alicia Keys and Jay-Z are set to heat up the... more info

Altsounds — 12 x Grammy Award winner, Alicia Keys releases her highly anticipated 4th studio album, THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM, on December 14th. The first single, “Doesn’t Mean Anything,” written and produced by Alicia and her longtime pr... more info

Live Daily — Alicia Keys [ tickets ] has moved the release date of her next album from Dec. 1--World AIDS Day--to Dec. 15, according to an announcement she posted Sunday (10/25) on her Twitter account. "Luv having the freedom to create beautiful music, so I'm ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — rainy Yankees Stadium (Kevin H.) The lyrics to Jay'z "Empire State of Mind" are sometimes as raw as New York, but it looks like the rapper will clean up that language when he performs his city anthem at the World... more info

AllHipHop — Fans hoping to see a Lil Mama-free performance of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" during the opener of the World Series will have to wait one more day.   The duo were supposed to open the World Series tonight with a rendition of the h... more info

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VH1 News — Jay-Z and Alicia Keys will perform at the World Series on Thursday instead of Wednesday due to forecast for inclement weather. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — On the World Series, which he'll be kicking off on Wednesday with a performance of "Empire State of Mind": Jay-Z: I actually predicted the Yankees in six with the Angels, so I think I'm like Jigga the Greek. I'm gonna... more info