The brand has been mentioned in several rap songs, including Jay-Z's 2002 tracks ; " Show You How " and " Jigga That Nigga, in Young Jeezy's track " Bury me a G ", The Game's " Down for my Niggaz ", T. I's " ASAP " and Lil Wayne's " Lock & Load ( Feat.

In 2010, the song was changed to a solo version of Jay-Z's " Empire State of Mind " before reverting back to " Theme from New York, New York " for 2011 through the present.

In 2004, Linkin Park and Jay-Z's collaboration EP, Collision Course, was the next to reach the number one spot after Alice in Chains.

2 would eventually become Jay-Z's most commercially successful album ; it was certified 5 × Platinum in the United States and has to date sold over five million copies.

Jay-Z and his lawyers contended he was nowhere around Rivera during the incident and they had witnesses and videotape evidence from the club that showed Jay-Z's whereabouts during the disturbance.

Jay-Z's next solo album was 2002's The Blueprint < sup > 2 </ sup >: The Gift & the Curse, a double-album.

* 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 ).

During Kanye West's and Jay-Z's surprise performance of " Otis ", a man ran on to the stage but was quickly taken off by security.

This can be seen as early as 1989 in the song " Road to the Riches " where he makes a reference to Al Pacino ( who plays mobster Tony Montana in the 1983 crime drama movie Scarface ) – this was long before albums such as Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx … ( 1995 ), and Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt ( 1996 ) made such references popular.

Ian Cohen of Stylus Magazine writes of its significance in context of Jay-Z's catalogue, " Reasonable Doubt was the come-up, The Blueprint was the comeback, and The Black Album may not have found him at his strongest lyrically, but it gained gravitas from meta-awareness and introspection ".

After Jay-Z's " retirement " album and the uncertainty over what direction the label was headed, Beanie Sigel was convicted and jailed on a charge of attempted murder.

* Jay-Z's " Death of Autotune " music video was shot inside Rao's Italian restaurant ( 2009 )

Doe or Die was known for popularizing the theme of mafioso rap, alongside several albums, namely Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt and Nas's It Was Written.

While the Danger Mouse debut was well received by critics, he did not rise to fame until he created The Grey Album, mixing a cappella versions of Jay-Z's The Black Album over beats crafted from samples of The Beatles ' White Album.

" I Miss You " was also sampled by Kanye West on Jay-Z's song " This Can't Be Life ", featuring Beanie Sigel and Scarface.

At the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, it was nominated for Best Rap Video, but lost to Jay-Z's " 99 Problems ".

It was also nominated for Best Direction but lost to Jay-Z's " 99 Problems ".

Jay-Z's 2000 album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia was again # 1 and included the hit single " I Just Wanna Love U ( Give It 2 Me )" and many guest performances by Roc-A-Fella artists.

Their first recording for the label was a guest appearance on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse ; they were set to release their album titled Ghetto Warfare, but the eagerly anticipated album was shelved.

State Property was signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records, but their future as a group is in dispute.

The song was a response to Jay-Z's " Takeover "-a diss track which appears on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, during the Jay-Z vs. Nas feud.

One such example is the a cappella release of Jay-Z's Black Album, which Danger Mouse mixed with The Beatles ' White Album to create The Grey Album.

While leading single " Right Here ( Departed )" scored Norwood her biggest chart success since 2002's " Full Moon ", the album failed to impact elsewhere, resulting into lackluster sales in general and the end of her contract with the label, following the appointment of Amanda Ghost at Epic Records and her split with rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation management.

* The Grey Album, a mashup album of The Beatles ' " The White Album " with Jay-Z's The Black Album by Danger Mouse

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.

The success of Another Level landed them a guest appearance on Jay-Z's " The City Is Mine " and they teamed with Mýa and Mase for the hit " Take Me There " from the Rugrats soundtrack.

He came to prominence in 2004 when he released The Grey Album, which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from the Beatles ' White Album.

Styles P appeared on a radio freestyle with Freeway and Sigel, and also appeared briefly in the video for Jay-Z's American Gangster single " Roc Boys ," in which he throws up the famous Roc-a-Fella sign, " the Diamond.

She recently appeared online with comedian Billy Eichner in a spoof of Jay-Z's and Alicia Keys's " Empire State of Mind ," titled " Forest Hills State of Mind.

A particularly notable grime artist who has had success overseas is Lady Sovereign, who appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records, and whose Love Me or Hate Me became the first video by a British artist to reach number one on MTV's Total Request Live, although her music has departed considerably from her early output on pirate radio stations, and she does not regard herself as a grime artist.

The Blueprint < sup > 2 </ sup >: The Gift & The Curse followed in 2002, with two singles reaching the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100: "' 03 Bonnie & Clyde " featuring Jay-Z's future wife Beyoncé Knowles and " Excuse Me Miss " featuring Pharrell Williams.

The Black Album included the hits " Dirt Off Your Shoulder " and " 99 Problems ", went triple platinum, and inspired a bootleg by the DJ Danger Mouse titled The Grey Album that mashed up Jay-Z's album with The Beatles ' The White Album.

Nas also attacks Jay-Z's street cred, claiming, " In ' 88, you was gettin ' chased to your buildin '/ Callin ' my crib, and I ain't even give you my numbers / All I did was give you a style for you to run with.

The duo recorded numerous well received underground songs including the popular song " Renegade " which would later be used on Jay-Z's The Blueprint album with Royce's verses replaced by Jay-Z.

* Along with a sample of " Glass Onion ", the song was mashed with Jay-Z's " Encore ".

In October 2010, she released an eponymous book and announced that she was parting ways with manager Marc Jordan and would henceforth be managed by Jay-Z's Roc Nation.

* Video game DJ Hero 2 added the song as DLC as part of the Jay-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack, mixing the song with Jay-Z's " Can I Get A ..."

On Danger Mouse's mashup album, The Grey Album, " Julia " is mixed with Jay-Z's " Dirt Off Your Shoulder ".

Jay-Z's contract as president of Def Jam was not renewed, forcing him to step down at the end of 2007, remaining with Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings as a recording artist.

In 2003, Kno created his own remixed version of Jay-Z's The Black Album with The White Albulum.

Furthermore, the mashup EP Collision Course ( 2004 ) contains a mix of this song and Jay-Z's " Big Pimpin '", in 2005, the song was mashed-up with David Banner's " Like a Pimp ( Remix )" for the mixtape hosted by Mike Shinoda ( the band's rapper and lead vocalist ), Rock Phenomenon, creating the song David Banner vs. Linkin Park.

Yearwood was a co-creator of the 2004 campaign, " Vote or Die ", with Sean " Diddy " Combs, the Political and Grassroots Director for Russell Simmons ' Hip Hop Summit Action Network in 2003 and 2004, and a Senior Consultant to Jay-Z's Voice Your Choice.