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Rihanna attends the Jean-Paul Gaultier Pret a Porter show during Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 on October 3, 2009 in Paris, France.

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Miley Cyrus drew headlines when she name checked Britney Spears and Jay-Z in her hit single "Party in the U.S.A.," but the pop singer has admitted she has never heard a record by the rap superstar.

The normally sedate plaza in front of the Brandenburg Gate transformed into a concert venue on Thursday, as U2 celebrated the Berlin Wall's destruction with a free concert.

The hip-hop mogul, also known by his birth name, Shawn Carter, is currently on the road with rap supergroup N.E.R.D. during the fall installment of his BP3 tour, which continues Nov.

Daniel Finkelstein, the ex-editor of The Times wrote a piece on the eve of Obama's election about the key difference between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, arguing that while Martin Luther King's non-violence moved mountains, Malcolm X's violent quest for segregation made him wholly ineffectual.

5, 2009. The concert is in conjunction with the 2009 European MTV Awards. BERLIN - Irish rockers U2 returned to Berlin for a free mini-concert Thursday in front of the Brandenburg Gate , playing its classic singles and a duet with Jay-Z even as the show was obscured from public view by a nearly 6-1/2-foot high metal barrier.

Producers say Jay-Z , Shakira , Mary J. Blige , Adam Lambert , Kelly Clarkson and Alicia Keys are also slated to perform on the 37th annual show, to be held at the Nokia Theatre on Nov.

Pop star Beyonce and hip hop artist Jay-Z will perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, being held in the German capital to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The man who knocked on the Center City hotel room door of actor Jamie Foxx , claiming he was Beyonc Knowles' manager, will get court-supervised mental-health care for three years, under an agreement last week.

Beanie Sigel Jay-Z's former protege Beanie Sigel has aligned himself with rap rival 50 Cent's G-Unit crew.

Crooked I does not get the just respect he is due. Just admit that fact. The Long Beach, California rapper is a beast on the mic and a street General of the West Coast.

A bunch of readers have asked how singer Ronan Tynan can be booted from Yankee Stadium for making an anti-Semitic remark in private, one for which he apologized, yet days later singer Jay-Z, who in public calls black men "n - - - - - s" and degrades women as "bitches," performs before a World Series game in Yankee Stadium.

Hip-hop artist Jay-Z has revealed that he became adept at performing live only after watching Irish singer Bonos stage performance.

The rare pause for breath came midway through a brisk-paced sold-out show. Brooklyn-bred hiphop hero Jay-Z had just performed Thank You, a sentimental cut from his latest album The Blueprint 3, and wished to expand on that expression of gratitude.

London, Nov 1 : American hip hop artist Jay-Z has confessed he used to be a "horrible" performer and had to study U2 singer Bono to learn onstage tactics.

Actor, comedian and NYU alumnus Aziz Ansari shared his newest stand-up routine with his alma mater last night at the Skirball Center.

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An Australian rapper who was a boyhood friend of Heath Ledger has released a music video the star directed shortly before his death.

New videogame Dj Hero has inspired rappers Jay-Z and Eminem to become celebrity record spinners.