Jay-Z along with Dr. Cornel West and Paul Holdengräber appeared at the New York Public Library last night for an analysis of his book, Decoded. Attendees also included Lupe Fiasco and Harry Belafonte. The reading lasted for nearly two hours, but here’s some footage from the fifth row. Decoded is in bookstores now. SPONSORED: To learn more about Kodak EasyShare Cameras, visit Kodak.com For commercials, behind the scenes & more, visit SoKodak.com Become a Fan of Kodak on Facebook for […]

Photo: igerren Looks like Hov’s on a full press day to push Decoded and thankfully, for you hip-hop heads, he stopped by the Hot 97 Morning Show. Cipha and Rosenberg got to grill him on a garden variety of rap geek topics for their podcast. Grab an afternoon snack and dig in.

New York to AZ, niggaz must be crazy, I’m the dog, Fuck Jay-Z!… Don’t know what got the dog riled up, but during a gig in Arizona, Dark Man X says “Fuck Jay-Z” during his performance. Uh-huh, here we go again. 57thave

2 songs in 2 days. Elect’s on fire. Ha! This is my shit! Link Previously: “The Announcement”

Jay Elect: Permission to speak freely, sir? Hov: Go. Go, baby. Let it go! Here’s the best footage you’ll see of Elect’s signing party at The Box on Friday night. “The Announcement” up top and “Dear Moleskine,” “Exhibit A,” “Exhbit C” and a Roc sign exchange from the stage.

Hov woke up early this morning and returned to the Howard Stern Show to promote his new book, Decoded. Speaking of which, the NY Daily News has an excerpt from the project in today’s edition. Here’s what went down. michelle

Moments ago, Jay-Z announced at his secret event at The Box in NYC, that Jay Electronica is latest addition to Roc Nation. Congrats! This calls for a celebration. Ace of Spades for everyone! UPDATE: Angela Yee captures Jay Elect performing a new song. [vodpod id=Video.4899112&w=425&h=350&fv=] “If you want that turmoil, I’ll Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Worldstar you/RapRadar, NahRight, 2DopeBoy you…”

[vodpod id=Video.4862899&w=425&h=350&fv=embedReferer%3D%26amp%3BembedPageUrl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb00vtx6y%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_skin%3Dblack%26amp%3BdomId%3Demp1%26amp%3Bplaylist%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2F1xtra%2Femp%2Fwestwood%2F101108_jaywest.xml] Here’s the full interview from Tim Westwood‘s interview with Jay-Z last week. He speaks on his  Hits album, Decoded, and future endeavors.

Jay-Z made more radio rounds while in the UK and during his interview with BBC’s Natalie Jamieson, he speculates that in 2018, maybe he’d run for U.S. President. “Give me a chance. Maybe in eight years, I’ll be the president. In order to judge someone, you have to judge what they inherit In order to get to that sort of success and that dream, you have to go through some peaks and valleys. He [Pres. Obama] inherited the worst economy, […]

[vodpod id=Video.4749386&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Did%253D1650152%2526vid%253D589730%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A589730] It was close, but the reigning Hottest MC In The Game falls to second place. Two is not a winner, but in this case, everyone will still remember. On to the next one. “There’s nobody in the game that’s even coming close to spitting how Jay is doing,” MTV News’ Shaheem Reid said. “When you talk about Hottest MCs, that’s the very foundation … and Jay is just murdering everything in hip-hop right now, lyrically.” mtv Previously: Kanye

This is basically the transcription to Jay-Z and Warren Buffet’s video interview. The photographs were snapped at the Hollywood Diner in Omaha, Nebraska. Man, that waiter must’ve gotten one helluva tip. Aside from the cover story, the issue is an overall excellent read. Spend the $5.99 and cop it on newsstands now.

“Got the Forbes on my living room floor and I’m so close to the cover fucker I want more…” So that’s what this was about. Congrats to Mr. Carter for gracing Forbes front page with the second richest man in America. You know, light work. Ha! Issue hits newsstands tomorrow. Check out footage of the bigwigs choppin’ it up here.

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”kool-herc”] On the second night of hip-hop’s historic show at Yankee Stadium, Headliner Hov took time to salute the Father of all this, pioneer DJ Kool Herc. Best seats in the house.

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”jayz-coldplay”] Jay-Z’s got a long list of friends. And one of them includes Coldplay lead singer, Chris Martin. He sang the chorus to “Heart Of The City” and then played the keys to “Clocks” as Jay recited the lyrics to “Lost”. Afterward, they took it up a notch with “Viva La Vida”. Stadium status, indeed.

Parents just don’t understand, but Jay-Z does. This morning, Hov and Will Smith’s daughter, Willow appeared on Ryan Seacrest’s morning show and spoke on her joining the Roc. UPDATE: Now with video.  

Yesterday, a song called “Whip My Hair” by The Fresh Prince’s 9-year-old daughter, Willow made its rounds on the ‘net. I pretty much ignored it. But now, word on the curb is she’s J.Cole’s new labelmate. Geesh! Never saw this one coming. Peep Rihanna Jr.’s new tune below. cheleny UPDATE: Oy vey, it’s true.

During Kingdom Come‘s creation, Hov made another record with Coldplay’s Chris Martin besides “Beach Chair”. Hov initially rhymed these vocals to the HP Commercial drums. Later on, he used the lyrics on Hot 97 and “Lost (Remix)”. Here’s Green’s take from his Invasion Radio 2K10 mixtape. Update: Full mixtape below.

<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-71323" title=" on the streets of Manhattan on June 21, 2010 in New York City.” src=”https://rapradar.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jay-z_yankee_hat.jpg” alt=”” width=”452″ height=”540″ /> Jay-Z claimed to make a Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee could, and now, he gets the chance to prove it. Today, it was announced that Hov has teamed up with the Bronx Bombers to release a limited line of merchandise which include T-Shirts and fitted caps with his Blueprint 3 insignia. The gear will be […]

While Joe Budden was holding court at S.O.B.’s Jay-Z stopped by Angela Yee, Mike Kyser, and Deirdre Maloney‘s bowling party at Chelsea Piers. But Hov didn’t come alone. In the house, was Chris Paul, Usher, Robin Thicke, Beyoncé…and French Montana. Bizarre, right? In the midst of the festivities, MTV’s Jayson Rodriguez celebrated his born day and Beyoncé heckled at my bowling skills. The nerve. Ha! Additional flicks after the jump. What a night. Sidebar: Jay-Z Performs Tomorrow At Radio City

Last month, rumors surfaced that Lil’ Kim joined Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. During her interview this morning on Power 105.1, Kim skirted questions about rollin’ with the R-O-C.