Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez paying homage to Jay-Z by throwing up the triangle during the Yankees celebration parade in New York City Friday. The Yanks beat the Phillies Wednesday night, clinching its 27th World Series victory.

Hov jet-setted home to NYC after an evening at the MTV Europe Awards in Berlin to perform his hit single “Empire State of Mind” at today’s event.

Jay-Z “Empire State Of Mind” MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 in Berlin, Germany…..

U2 and Jay-Z performed “Sunday Bloody Sunday” during a concert in front of the Brandenburg Gate on in Berlin, Germany on Thursday. U2 performed a free concert in collaboration with MTV Europe Music Awards to help the city celebrate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Looks like Cassie’s getting the last laugh. After six months on the air as host of his own morning show on Philadelphia’s The Beat 100.3, controversial on-air personality Charlamagne Tha God was fired this morning.

While the official word is for Charlamagne’s ousting is: “The Beat said they want to move in a different direction,” word on the streets is the former Wendy Williams sidekick was bounced because of his exclusive interview with Beanie Sigel, criticizing Jay-Z, that aired last week.

This isn’t the first time Charlamagne’s mouth has gotten him into hot water. Several years ago, the South Carolina native was booted from a local station after a run-in with former video model Buffie The Body. And just a year ago, WBLS in New York dismissed Charlamagne from The Wendy Williams Experience.

For his part, it seem Charlamagne is taken unemployment in stride:

“I hope don’t nobody important die in the next couple of days and steal my thunder. I can ride this promo wave @ least until Wed,” he Tweeted this afternoon.

Jay-Z served as Drake’s hypeman during a live Halloween night performance of the former actor’s smash hit “Successful” in his hometown of Toronto.

Shots fired! Former Roc-A-Fella artist Beanie Sigel, who Jay-Z helped break onto the scene, has just dropped a diss against his former boss.

It took an extra 24-hours, but Brooklyn native Jay-Z and Harlem’s own Alicia Keys got to perform their hit hometown anthem, “Empire State of Mind,” before Game 2 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies in the Bronx on Thursday night.

Hov and A. Keys had been due to take the stage at last night’s World Series kickoff, but their performance was delayed due to inclimate weather.

Here’s a sneak peek at what the Jay-Z/Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind” Music Video will look like….