AngryApe — Along with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys more info

MTV.com News — 'I hope it's as big as it sounds. ... I believe it will be,' the singer says of the duo's 'Empire State Of Mind' pair-up on Sunday.By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway and Tim Kash Mary J. Blige Photo: MTV News The list of ... more info

411 Mania — Jay-Z unleashes his new album, will Rock Band re-popularize The Beatles?, Dr. Murray is screwed, will Jermaine Jackson’s tribute show happen?, an MTV VMAs primer, Katy Perry vs. LeAnn Rimes in Battle of the Babes and more, plus the Top 10 VM... more info

MTV.com News — 'They'll go two-two,' the house-band MC guesses — tune in Sunday at 9 p.m. to see for yourself!By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Tim Kash Wale Photo: MTV News As the VMA weekend approaches, Eminem and Kanye West's battle for Moonman... more info

411 Mania — Is Jay-Z's newest album more like the original Blueprint or recent efforts such as Kingdom Come? Click here to find out! more info

Stereogum — Two days before his big 9/11 show at MSG, Shawn Carter took a theatre tour through the city to promote his Blueprint 3 LP. His first stop was Letterman's couch, where Jay-Z and Dave-Z traded words (well, a word) about marital bliss and talked abou... more info

AllHipHop — Rappers Jay-Z and Will Smith are among the investors in a Broadway play about the life of Nigerian singer/activist Fela Kuti.   The heavyweight Hip-Hop duo are backing an $11 million dollar production of Bill. T. Jones' musical "Fela," which will o... more info

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

411 Mania — Jay-Z to pull ahead of Elvis for all-time #1s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Brian Ach/WireImage "It was 09.09.09, a date burned into the popular consciousness as an almost astrological convergence of music and technology marketing. The date had been set, the branding tie-ins had been tied in, and the product was... more info