Culture Bully — Audio and video coverage of Jay-Z's performance of "Empire State of Mind" on the Sept. 18 episode of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. more info

COLDPLAY crown 14-month world tour in home-town show with Girls Aloud & Jay-Z more info

Perez Hilton — At least Kanye West has someone defending him. Jay-Z defended his protege during a BBC Radio 1 interview this morning, saying that he didn't feel it was right for Kanye to be receiving so much backlash from the VMAs' Taylor Swift debacle. Jay-Z admit... more info

411 Mania — It keeps going and going... more info

VH1 News — Jay-Z defended Kanye West's interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards, while also admitting it was "rude." more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Jay-Z played a relatively intimate gig in London last night (September 17).The rapper, who is currently in the UK playing stadium dates with Coldplay, took to the stage at the Roundhouse in Camden following a ten-minute countdown on a digital clock p... more info

E! Online — For those of you wondering where in the world Jay-Z was during the Kanyegate furor, the answer is England. Which would explain why he was about the only person in the world who... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - Rapper says his friend is "super-passionate" more info

MTV.com News — West gets nine nods; Jay-Z and Lil Wayne have seven each.By Gil Kaufman Kanye West Photo: Vince Bucci/ Getty Images Kanye West may be in hot water with just about the entire world after interrupting Taylor Swift at the VMAs, but that didn'... more info

VH1 News — Kanye West leads the BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations with nine nods, while Jay-Z and Lil Wayne each have seven. more info