As part of the inaugural World Basketball Festival – brought together by Converse, the Jordan Brand and Nike Basketball – recording artist JAY-Z will take the stage at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Thursday August 12, 2010, following an on-court showcase featuring finalists for the 2010 USA Basketball World Championship Team.

In addition to his performance, JAY-Z has joined forces with Nike to create an iconic collection of Air Force Ones – the All Black Everything collection inspired by the World Basketball Festival. Nike has donated the shoes to the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation who in turn have linked up with eBay on a charity auction that begins on August 12th at www.ebay.com/jayznikewbf. Only two pairs of each of the five designs will be created, one for the winning bidder and one for the man behind the design, JAY-Z.

The entire Radio City Music Hall basketball and musical performance will stream live on http://www.facebook.com/wbf beginning at 6:30 p.m. EDT until its conclusion.

Have a closer look at the Jay-Z “All Black Everything” sneakers after the jump.

A leak of Jay-Z’s latest song featuring Swizz Beatz comes via Evil Empire. Chekc out “Ultra” here below!

Jay Z feat. Swizz Beatz Ultra DJ Tags

One of the most anticipated tracks from the new Drake album has dropped. List to “Light Up” featuring Jay-Z here below!

Drake feat. Jay Z Light Up Tagged

The full 15-minute short film “NY-Z” is now available for viewing above! Enjoy.

Continuing to collaborate with creative visionaries, ABSOLUT Vodka presents this new 15-minute short film featuring Jay-Z. The documentary, titled NY-Z, was directed by Danny Clinch and paints a rare portrait of the global hip-hop icon. With unprecedented access to Jay-Z the days and moments leading up to, and after, his legendary September 11th benefit concert at Madison Square Garden, Danny Clinch gives us an intimate glimpse into Jay-Z: his childhood, his motivation as an artist, his passion for music, and his muse, New York.

More exclusive content can be found at facebook.com/ABSOLUT.

As part of its ongoing creative collaboration with Jay-Z and Madison Square Garden, and the ABSOLUT Concert Series, ABSOLUT Vodka announced today – “NY-Z” – a behind the scenes Jay-Z documentary showcasing what it truly means for an artist to play at the Garden.

ABSOLUT worked with famed photographer Danny Clinch to capture never before seen footage of Jay-Z and John Mayer as they prepared for Jay-Z’s benefit concert at MSG this past 9/11. NY-Z, will be unveiled on March 22 at Facebook.com/ABSOLUT.

Check out the trailer here above!

The Jay-Z feature in the new Interview Magazine February 2010 Issue has been released online. You can read the feature here.

Furthermore we included some images from the shoot of the story after the jump.

The next video of Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 album has been released, this time for “On To The Next One” featuring Swizz Beatz. Enjoy!

Today we can give you a first look at the new video for Jay-Z’s “Young Forever” featuring Mr. Hudson from the Blueprint 3 album. Enjoy!

Last week we attended the EMA Awards in Berlin. The absolute highlight for many was the performance by U2 of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” featuring Jay-Z in front of the Brandenburger Tor. Check it out here!

Today BBC/Ice Cream has released the black colorway of the “So Ambitious” t-shirt, which pays tribute to Jay-Z’s most recent album, Blue Print 3. From 11am it is available in the NYC flagship and from 12pm also online.