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ABSOLUT NY-Z Trailer Starring JAY-Z

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

JAY-Z: The BP3 TOUR

Friday, February 26th, 2010

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The BP3 Tour has stopped in several cities nationally since it begun last week. The concert dates have been packed by fans who have come out to see Jay-Z, Young Jeezy and Trey Songz! Be sure to look out for The BP3 Tour in your city. Here are the remaining dates:

Mar 02 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Mar 03 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Mar 05 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Mar 06 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
Mar 07 Norfolk, VA Scope Arena
Mar 11 Boston, MA TD Garden
Mar 12 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Mar 13 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Spa & Casino
Mar 14 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar 16 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
Mar 18 Chicago, IL United Center
Mar 19 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Mar 20 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
Mar 22 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Mar 24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
Mar 26 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

JAY-Z WINS ‘BEST INTERNATIONAL’ MALE AT THE BRITS 2010

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

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Congratulations to Jay-Z on winning “Best International” Male at The Brits 2010!

Check out his acceptance speech and performance below:

Performance:

Jay-Z To Headline “Wireless” Sponsored by Barclaycard!

Monday, February 15th, 2010

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UK Fans! Jay-Z is scheduled to headline “Wireless Sponsored by Barclaycard” on July 4th, 2010! Tickets go on sale on 2/18 and you can purchase them here!

Check out the official press release below:

“Monday 15 February: Live Nation is pleased to announce that music megastar JAY-Z will make a triumphant return to the UK this summer to headline Wireless sponsored by Barclaycard, in London’s Hyde Park on Sunday 4 July 2010. This will be a chance to catch up with the UK’s Mr Hudson, who featured on his smash hit single ‘Young Forever’ and will also perform at Wireless the same day.

JAY-Z and Mr Hudson are the latest acts confirmed for Wireless. They join Friday night headliner P!NK, who will be supported by THE TING TINGS, GOSSIP and newly announced Australian rockers THE TEMPER TRAP. With more acts yet to be confirmed for the three-day event, taking place on 2, 3 and 4 July, Wireless looks set to be one of summer’s hottest tickets.

Ahead of Wireless, JAY-Z will play Manchester’s MEN Arena on Monday 7 June and the LG Arena in Birmingham on Wednesday 9 June. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday 19 February at 9am.

JAY-Z is nominated for two Brit Awards at this year’s 30th Anniversary ceremony, taking place at Earls Court Arena on 16 February. The Empire State Of Mind hit-maker is nominated in the Best Male Solo Artist category and Best International Album for the critically acclaimed – THE BLUEPRINT 3, featuring the UK chart-topping ‘Run This Town’ with Rihanna and Kanye West and the phenomenal smash hits, ‘Empire State Of Mind,’ ‘D.O.A (Death Of Auto-Tune) and ‘Young Forever’ featuring 2009’s Q Award winner for ‘Best Breakthrough Act’ Mr Hudson.

All this comes hot on the heels of JAY-Z winning an MTV European Music Award for Best Urban Act, as well as notching up three Grammy awards at this years star-studded ceremony in LA.

Multi-Award winner, JAY-Z is the music-producing mastermind behind some of the biggest selling, most listened-to tracks of 2009. In America, THE BLUEPRINT 3 debuted at the top of the Billboard chart selling over 475,000 copies in the first week. With that grand entry, his 11th chart-topper, JAY-Z surpassed Elvis Presley as the solo act with the most # 1 albums in the history of Billboard.

Fresh from his US tour and these two newly announced UK shows in June, JAY-Z is sure to pull out all the stops to close the sixth consecutive Wireless Festival in spectacular style.

For new additions to the line up and more info go to www.wirelessfestival.co.uk ”

Jay-Z To Perform At The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival!

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

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Jay-Z is scheduled to perform at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival! The 2010 Music & Arts Festival starts June 10th thorugh the 13th in Manchester, TN. For more information and tickets, visit the event’s official site here!

Download “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” on iTunes

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

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Photo Credit: Dave M. Benett/MTV, via Reuters

Download the Hope For Haiti Now Album Here.

“Album Notes: 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the album Hope For Haiti Now and any of its individual live performance tracks will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam America, Partners In Health, Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, and Yele Haiti Foundation. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the individual studio track, “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)- Version 1.0,” featuring Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge, and Rihanna, will benefit Partners In Health.”

JAY-Z NOMINATED FOR 2 ‘BRIT AWARDS’

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

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Congrats to Jay-Z on his Brit Awards nominations!

‘Best Male Solo Artist’

‘Best International Album’

He is also confirmed to perform at the ceremony, which takes place next month at Earls Court Arena, London on February 16.

Other performances include Lady Gaga, Cheryl Cole, Kasabian, JLS, Lilly Allen, Dizzee Rascal and Robbie Williams.

Jay-Z Covers Interview Magazine!

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

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Jay-Z cover’s Interview Magazine!

Check out an excerpt from the interview:
“It would probably be a cliché to state that Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is the opposite of the all-beef persona he proffers in song and video, but he is soft-spoken and polite. As he finishes his lunch at the Brooklyn studio where we did the photo shoot for this story, he asks for something to drink. “Snapple, I guess,” he says. “Bring me something red with that excess verbiage on the label. Although,” he laughs. “I guess that could be any of ’em.” He pays the kind of attention that’s reflected in his lyric choices.”
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View the full interview here!
Be sure to pick it up on news stands!

Jay-Z Nominated For 5 NAACP Awards

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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Congratulations to JAY-Z on his 5 NAACP Award nominations. Check out the categories below!

The 41st NAACP IMAGE AWARDS Airs Live Friday, February 26th on FOX.

    Outstanding Male Artist

Jay-Z

    Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys
Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West

    Outstanding Song

“Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys

    Outstanding Album

“The Blueprint 3″ – Jay-Z

Official Video: “On To The Next One” Jay-Z | Swizz Beatz

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

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Check out the official video for “On To The Next One”! Jay-Z! Swizz Beatz!