The New York Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the rap ... more info

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

VH1 News — Jay-Z wants to make time to shoot a "Real as It Gets" video with Young Jeezy. Plus: Maino tells Mixtape Daily he's the "most consistent new artist from New York." 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

The Playlist — Only Jay-Z can match Luc Besson with the amount of times he's announced his retirement, but it seems the celebrated French director is going back to the director's chair once again."Les Aventures Extrodinaire d'Adele Blanc-Sec," is the first in a pro... more info

Live Daily — "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," the soundtrack for the highly anticipated teen-vampire movie, was the top-selling album during its first full week in stores, edging out country star Tim McGraw [ tickets ]'s latest set to claim the top spot on the US a... more info

The Newsroom — Rap superstars Jay-Z and Eminem are featured in the release of DJ Hero, a new video game that allows players to demonstrate their spinning skills 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

Chorus.fm — *Jay-Z* (http://www.myspace.com/jayz) will be (http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091026&content_id=7553640&c_id=nyy&vkey=news_nyy) performing his single "Empire State of Mind" with *Alicia Keys* tomorrow at Yankee Stadium before t... more info