Awesome Jay-z

(PG-13: Language) They’ve got 99 problems, but a beach ain’t one. Thanks to the warped mind behind There I Ruined It, we no longer have to imagine what Jay-Z’s 99 Problems might have sounded like if The Beach Boys had sung it back in the 1960s. The irony of five white boys singing the track isn’t lost on us.

(PG-13: Lyrics) Brooklyn meets Oslo in DJ Cummerbund’s mashup of Jay-Z’s Dirt Off Your Shoulder and A-ha’s Take on Me. Beyoncé, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Marvin Gaye, and Randy “Macho Man” Savage help round out the track.

“What are we doing eating these huge salads? Let’s go practice rapping!” Saturday Night Live imagines what would happen if Lifetime – which is notorious for its awfully written and cast biopics – made a movie about Hova.

(NSFW: Language) Shots were fired when an Irish TMZ staff member guaranteed that Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s family walk in a Dublin park without incident was due to Ireland’s ignorance. College Times presents a correct different explanation.

Where I’m From documents the 8-show effort Jay-Z put into opening Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. He rode the subway to the last show which allowed him to re-introduce himself to an adorable older lady.

Tyler McAbee was going to shoot a home video welcoming his newborn niece, Ella into the world. Instead, he created this brilliantly updated version of Kanye and Jay-Z’s Gotta Have It.