JAY-Z SAYS LIL MAMA WAS OUT OF LINE, 'T-PAINING' TOO MUCH!

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September 25, 2009

Jay-Z didn't say much then, but he was livid after Lil Mama (who?) jumped onstage while he performed with Alicia Keys at the MTV Video Music Awards.In an interview with Hot 97's Angie Martinez, Jay-Z says he was "angry" with the interruption especially after putting in so many hours of preparation."Me, personally, I would never do that. I would never have the nerve to do that. It's just like, someone's up there performing... We went through rehearsals, we did run-throughs and we worked really hard at the performance to put on a show for people and to interrupt that moment for us, you know, I don't think that was the right thing to do....I actually thought it was the equivalent of what Kanye did to Taylor Swift but nobody really talked about that because I'm not a little sweet girl from the middle of America. And I'm cool with her (Lil Mama) being excited and all that but you have to understand, people put in work to make that performance happen, that took weeks the planning of it. If you look at those screens, we had to go to Yankee Stadium to shoot that live, there was a lot of planning. To disrupt that was out of line. I was a little angry to be honest, but what do I do, fight Lil Mama?"

Yes, fight her! Or let Sasha fight her.

Jokes.

THE CHARTS: JAY-Z LANDS 11TH No. 1 WITH 'THE BLUEPRINT 3'

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September 17, 2009

This week's Billboard 200 is all Jay-Z, as the rapper returns with The Blueprint 3, which helps him pass a mark held by Elvis Presley.
The new album shifted 476,000 copies in its first week, easily giving Jay the chart's top slot, and earning him his 11th no. 1 album.
The achievement pushes him ahead of Elvis Presley as the solo act with the most no. 1 albums in the more-than 50-year history of the Billboard 200. Now, Jay has second-most no. 1s, among all acts, except the Beatles, who hold the record with 19.
Later down the positions, at no. 30, Jay-Z held another spot, as his Blueprint Collector's Edition sold 14,000 copies.
Last week's chart-topper, Whitney Houston's I Look To You, fell to no. 3 this week, selling 88,000 copies; while Raekwon's highly anticipated Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 opened at no. 4 with 68,000 copies sold.
A couple spots down, Trey Songz's Ready descended three spots to no. 6 with 45,000 unit scanned, while the Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. climbed four slots to no. 7 with 44,000.
That pretty much wraps things up this week.
According to Billboard.com, overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Sept. 13) totaled 6.70 million units, up 7% compared to the sum last week (6.29 million) and down 2% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (6.84 million).Watch the making of Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 3" album cover below.