AngryApe — He will be performing at the free event this weekend more info

The Mirror — Friday and the nation breathes a collective sigh of relief. The weekend not only holds sleep, fun and chill-out time, but more importantly it’s D-day on the X Factor! more info

MTV.co.uk News — Beyonce's man honoured by UN for charitable work & says he wants a family someday... more info

Perez Hilton — On Wednesday, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter was awarded a Global Leadership Award by the United Nations at a gala in New York City. Jay has done lots of work to bring clean water to Africa through the Water for Life campaign. But, Beyonce wasn't there to see ... more info

Paste Magazine — It's turning out to be quite the season for hip-hop lovers. T.I.'s Paper Trail was released Tuesday, Missy Elliott's much-delayed Block Party will (hopefully) finally hit Nov. 11, Kanye West has moved up his new album to "sometime in November,"... more info

PopSugar — Jay-Z tried on one of the only kinds of bling he can't buy — Olympic gold medals — at the 2008 Global Leadership Awards Gala in NYC last night. The three first place medals belonged to swimmer Ryan Lochte who we're so used to seeing ... more info

Rolling Stone — Jay-Z was presented with a United Nations special humanitarian award at a ceremony earlier this week in New York. The ceremony’s host, actor Michael Douglas, presented Jigga with the award, which honored him for his raising funds and awareness for ... more info

AngryApe — The rapper is thanked for helping to bring clean water to poor areas more info

AngryApe — Unless he can collaborate with Ice Cube, Nas or Jay-Z more info

AllHipHop — Earlier this week Jay-Z’s philanthropic efforts were recognized in a private New York ceremony, as the mogul received a special humanitarian award from the United Nations.   The esteemed distinction was bestowed by actor and host Michael Dou... more info