Guardian Music — Jay-Z cooks up a CD with fantastic potential – then makes a dog's dinner of it"People talking about, Hova take it back," raps Jay-Z on his 11th studio album. "I'm doing better than before, why would I do that?" He sounds bullish – in fa... more info

Rolling Stone — With three days to go until the Video Music Awards, MTV announced that Eminem will also appear on the show in a “special appearance.” Details are sketchy regarding Eminem’s role—Janet Jackson will also make a “special appearance” in ... more info

AllHipHop — Alicia Keys and Jay-Z will perform during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards it was announced today (September 10). The pair will perform the single “Empire State of Mind” from Jay-Z’s new album The Blueprint 3. Eminem will also make ... more info

VH1 News — Jay-Z will be joined by Alicia Keys for his performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, and Eminem will be making a special appearance on the show, airing live on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET. more info

MTV.com News — Megan Fox, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, 50 Cent join list of presenters for Sunday's show.By Gil Kaufman Alicia Keys Photo: Dave M. Benett/ Getty Images Sunday night's 2009 MTV Video Music Awards just got much bigger. For starters, for the fir... more info

MTV.com News — The New York mayor picks the New York native to take home more Moonmen on Sunday.By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Sway Calloway Mayor Mike Bloomberg Photo: MTV News NEW YORK — In Times Square on Thursday afternoon (September 10), New Y... more info

Perez Hilton — The release date of Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 has been bumped up! The rapper's upcoming album, featuring Rihanna, Kanye West and Alicia Keys, just to name a few, will be available for sale on Tuesday, September 8th. The album was originally scheduled ... more info

All About Jazz — Entertainment Industry Veterans Open Exclusive Social Networking Site, Building Careers with Entertainment's Cream of the Crop In an industry where success comes largely from word-of-mouth and who you know, two entertainment industry veterans are ... more info

MTV.com News — Singer performed two new songs and the classics 'My Love Is Your Love' and 'I'm Every Woman.'By James Montgomery Whitney Houston performs on "Good Morning America" Photo: Michael Loccisano/ FilmMagic Whitney Houston returned to the stage W... more info

MTV.com News — Hov lets you listen to the whole album before its September 11 release on MTV.com.By Shaheem Reid and Jayson Rodriguez, with additional reporting by Tim Kash Jay-Z Photo: MTV News Jay-Z said he might be the most bootlegged artist in histor... more info