She was later joined by Jay-Z as they performed their duet " Crazy in Love.

Rapper Lil ' Mama jumped on stage as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed " Empire State of Mind.

Eminem, who performed at the show, did not receive his awards in person, due to leaving immediately to go perform with Jay-Z at The Home & Home Tour in New York City the next day.

On 4 November 2009 Hip-hop musician Jay-Z performed a one off Show at the Palace during his Fall tour.

In 2006, Jay-Z performed the songs from Reasonable Doubt at the Radio City Music Hall to celebrate its tenth anniversary.

Eminem and Jay-Z performed at Comerica Park on September 2, 2010, and a second show on September 3, 2010.

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It featured a live performance by the British rock band Coldplay set to sequences representing the four seasons, along with performances by Barbadian singer Rihanna ( who performed their collaboration " Princess of China ", and her solo hit " We Found Love ") and American rapper Jay-Z ( who performed " Run This Town " with Rihanna and Coldplay, and joined in a reprise of " Paradise ").

The lead single from the soundtrack was " Girl's Best Friend " performed by Jay-Z.

Later Jay-Z performed a freestyle on Funkmaster Flex's radio show on Hot 97 and in it, he repeatedly used the word " game ", which some hip-hop fans believed was directed towards Game.

Jay-Z came out and performed a modified " Numb / Encore " and " Jigga What / Faint " with the band.

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The CTMB ( marching band ), under the direction of Ms. Sharon Allen, has performed for Patti Labelle, Sinbad, and Jay-Z as well as at various college and university, and homecomings.

The trio also performed a remixed version of " So Many Ways " with rapper Jay-Z on September 9, 1996 at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards .< ref > Don Cornelius Productions.

Despite not seeking a new contract at the time, then-CEO of Def Jam Jay-Z signed Ne-Yo to a new deal after he performed for the label's executives.

She has performed along rap acts such as The Roots, Jay-Z, and Blackalicious.

The album peaked at # 9 on Billboard magazine's Top R & B / Hip-Hop Albums and at # 14 on the Billboard 200, spawning several singles including " Gotta Lotta Love ", " I Ain't New To This " and " 99 Problems " – which would later inspire Jay-Z to record a version with new lyrics in 2003.

* The Concert for New York City, a benefit concert with proceeds going to the families of 9 / 11 victims, is held at Madison Square Garden, featuring performances by David Bowie, Bon Jovi, Destiny's Child, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel, Elton John, Jay-Z, Adam Sandler, and others.

Hip Hop artists are known to use stage names but at times do advertise or bring out their real names such as rappers Jay-Z ( born Shawn Carter ), 50 Cent ( born Curtis Jackson ), Diddy ( born Sean Combs ), Ludacris ( born Chris Bridges ), and Lil ' Wayne ( born Dwayne Carter Jr .).

Jay-Z has referenced Little Orphan Annie in at least two of his songs.

Jay-Z's associates at the party were accused of causing a commotion within the club, which Jay-Z allegedly used as cover when he supposedly stabbed Rivera in the stomach with a five-inch ( 127 mm ) blade.

In 2001, Jay-Z spoke out against Prodigy after he took an issue with a Jay-Z line from " Money, Cash, Hoes " that he felt were subliminal shots at Mobb Deep and referenced Mobb Deep's beef with Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and Death Row Records.

* DMX joined rappers Jay-Z, Method Man, and Redman for Jay-Z's 1999 Hard Knock Life tour, during which he was arrested for charges of a stabbing at a tour stop in Boston, Massachusetts ; he was cleared of the charge ( and another assault charge during the same year in his hometown of Yonkers ).

" Eavis also cited that Jay-Z was far from the first hip-hop artist to appear at Glastonbury.

Jay-Z opened his set at Glastonbury 2008 with a cover of Oasis ' song " Wonderwall ".

Cristal went from being the rappers ' default to being discarded, an example of this was Jay-Z releasing a statement saying he would never " drink Cristal or promote it in any way or serve it at any of clubs " for what he felt was off-hand, patronizing disrespect for the culture of hip hop.

" Jay-Z also took shots at Jaz-O on The Black Album track " December 4th " saying, " Plus I hit my momma with cash from a show that I had, supposedly knowin nobody paid Jaz wack ass.

Despite the long standing feud between mentor and protégé, Jay-Z still gives Jaz-O credit for his success ( although he disses him at the same time ) as heard in the song " I Do It For Hip Hop " on Ludacris ' Theater of the Mind album.

On September 2, 2010, Trice announced that he would be hosting " The Black & White " concert after party, following the Eminem & Jay-Z Show at Comerica Park ( held the same night ), at the Goodnight Gracie's ; the party goes from 9pm to 2am.

Thalía and her husband Tommy Mottola, along with personalities such as Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jay-Z, Beyonce and Steve Stoute, presented natural beauty products " Carol's Daughter – Beauty by Nature " at a press conference in New York City.

The album had two singles, the biggest hits of Freeway's career thus far: " What We Do ," Featuring Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel, for which a video was released showcasing most of the Roc's roster at the time, and " Flipside ", featuring State Property member Peedi Crakk ; both records were produced by Just Blaze.

During this time, the band backed Jay-Z for his 2003 farewell concert in Madison Square Garden, and appeared in the accompanying Fade to Black concert film.

The band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others on Reanimation.

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In the early 2000s the NME also attempted somewhat to broaden its coverage again, running cover stories on hip-hop acts such as Jay-Z and Missy Elliott, electronic music pioneer Aphex Twin, Popstars winners Hear ' say and R & B groups like Destiny's Child, but as in the 1980s these proved unpopular with much of the paper's readership, and were soon dropped.

Jay-Z also has had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist.

Jay-Z can briefly be heard on several of Jaz-O's early recordings in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including " The Originators " and " Hawaiian Sophie ".

Jay-Z has been referred to as Big Daddy Kane's hype man during this period, though Kane explains that he didn't fill the traditional hype man role, instead Jay-Z " basically made cameo appearances on stage.

The album went on to win a Grammy Award, although Jay-Z boycotted the ceremony protesting DMX's failure to garner a Grammy nomination.

In 1999, Jay-Z dueted with Mariah Carey on " Heartbreaker ", a song from her seventh album, Rainbow.

Jay-Z invited Kravitz to appear on the track " Guns and Roses " on his 2002 The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse.

DMX and Jay-Z guest-starred on the single " It's Murda " from Ja Rule's first album.

Artists like Buju Banton experienced significant crossover success in foreign markets, while Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and others developed a sizable North American following, due to their frequent guest spots on albums by gangsta rappers like Wu-Tang Clan and Jay-Z.

Rappers Jay-Z, Kurupt, Sticky Fingaz, Big Pun, DMX, Wyclef Jean and the Wu-Tang Clan replied to the song and Nas, who received the track positively, invited Jackson to travel on a promotional tour for his Nastradamus album.

* Jay-Z recorded a performance of Unplugged on November 18, 2001, with The Roots serving as his backing band.

Although there were rumors of a beef between the two emcees, Cam set this off in a track on " Killa Season " called " You Gotta Love It ( Jay-Z Diss )" featuring ex-Dipset member Max B.

Along with the announcement, he presented a lengthy comedy skit on what his last day with Microsoft would be like, complete with cameos from celebrities including Jay-Z, Steven Spielberg, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and many others.

During a post-interview, Jay-Z admitted West was wrong to go on stage, but he thought people were overreacting to the incident.

Prior to her performance, Beyoncé announced on the red carpet that she and husband Jay-Z were expecting a baby.