JAY-Z was a late arrival at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sunday (13Sep09) because he had to jet across the Atlantic to be there after joining pal CHRIS MARTIN for...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Since the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11, many people have helped rebuild New York City in different ways. Rapper Jay-Z did it his own way: headlining a star-studded concert at Madison Square Garden.

Artist: Jay-Z Review: "What more can I say?" asked Jay-Z in 2003, on his vaunted "retirement" record, The Black Album. The question has haunted the great — arguably, greatest — MC ever since, from his comeback dud Kingdom Come (2006) and soundtrack curio American Gangster (2007). As the curtain lifts on his 11th studio album, Jay is still posing it: On "What We Talkin' About," he booms, "What we ...

Since the collapse of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, many people have helped rebuild New York City in different ways. Rapper Jay-Z did it his own way: headlining a star-studded concert at Madison Square Garden.

I did a long interview with Jay Leno for my cover story on him last week. As usual, a lot of it ended up covering material and going in directions that I just didn't have a place for in the article

A couple of years ago an Empire of the Sun credit on a Jay-Z album would have meant very little, at a guess maybe a spoken-word poet recommended by Q-Tip to add some Afrocentric kudos.

Jay-Z Rocks NYC For 9/11 Benefit Concert, Brings Out Beyonce, Rihanna, Kanye West

Our featured Tuned In artist this week is Jay Sean.

The Black Eyed Peas logged an 11th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart Thursday with “I Gotta Feeling,” extending the hip-hop group’s unbroken reign to 23 weeks when its previous hit “Boom Boom Pow” is factored in.