Jay-Z: Coldplay's Chris Martin like a 'brother from another mother'

 

It's traditional to spend New Year with friends and family and Jay-Z gets to do both this year - and gets paid for it - by performing in Las Vegas with Coldplay.

 

The US rapper has told Newsbeat that Coldplay's Chris Martin is his "brother from another mother," and admits he sees him as often as possible. "I see him more than my own brother," he admitted. "Actually, I do!"

 

Coldplay and Jay Z will play separate gigs, plus a joint performance, on 31 December at the new Cosmopolitan casino and resort in Las Vegas. The luxury complex is rumoured to have cost £2.5bn and only opened a few weeks ago with an ceremony that featured Killers frontman Brandon Flowers. The invitation-only New Year's event is sold out, and while Jay-Z admits the show is expensive he also says it'll be relatively intimate.

 

The lucky few in the audience will no doubt be keen to see Jay-Z and Chris Martin perform a track or two together. Luckily the pair have history. In 2006 they collaborated on the rapper's track Beach Chair, and again in 2008 for the Coldplay song Lost. They have also performed live together several times - in London, at the 2009 Grammy Awards, and at a gig to open the New York Yankees' stadium in September.

 

The hip hop mogul is also upbeat about the chances of recording a new collaboration with Chris Martin: "If he'll allow me", he told Newsbeat. The rapper called the British singer-songwriter "one of the geniuses of our generation."

 

"Any time you can collaborate with that sort of genius, you jump at the chance, I don't care who you are."

 

However, another duet with wife Beyonce could be different matter. It's been a while since Bonnie & Clyde reached number two in the UK chart in 2002, and Jay-Z says another hook-up could still be a long way off. "I don't think she'll allow me," Jay-Z admitted. "But we'll see! It's her music, it's always the person's choice. You can't just turn up at their door and say 'I want to be on track four'. Otherwise I would've been at Bono's house!"

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12061284

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Lol....I love Jay-Z.....

The rapper called the British singer-songwriter "one of the geniuses of our generation."

 

:smug:

The rapper called the British singer-songwriter "one of the geniuses of our generation."

 

:smug:

 

And that he defenately is!!!!!!:smug:

The rapper called the British singer-songwriter "one of the geniuses of our generation."

 

:smug:

 

 

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:wtf:

The rapper called the British singer-songwriter "one of the geniuses of our generation."

 

:smug:

 

:smug: :wacky:

 

 

but for the rest :sick:

HA! brother from another mother :P

is it really possible for an invitation-only event to be sold out? :P

 

anyway, the 'brother from another mother' thing made me laugh XD

ah, that Jay-Z.

Nice article, I have liked Jay-Z, which seems forever, and when Chris and Jay-Z started to emerge together early on, I thought :uhoh:, but they have done some stuff I love, and the bond they have goes far beyond the music, and I think that's cool.....

Brother from another mother, oh noooooo! :lol: Now I can't use that to describe people because it would be lame and gay.

 

I echo coldplayisawesome's sentiments though :wtf:

No no no, it's supposed to be "brotha from anotha motha".

 

I've always wondered if the rest of the boys actually enjoy working with him, or if they just put up with it for Chris' sake?

That's the only reason (for me) to like Jay-Z

So I see the charitybuzz tickets went for $7500?

Hey, Jay-Z, Whatcha talkin bout Willis...

So I see the charitybuzz tickets went for $7500?

 

 

 

Sooo- the show IS for a charity related function ?

Good ! I thought I had read that somewhere- but everyone just kept on bitching about the boys "selling out" and acting all elitist.

 

Hopefully now they can STFU !

Sooo- the show IS for a charity related function ?

Good ! I thought I had read that somewhere- but everyone just kept on bitching about the boys "selling out" and acting all elitist.

 

Hopefully now they can STFU !

Well, not really. It appears only 2 tickets were acquired by Charitybuzz for the purposes of charity. But even so I wouldn't go so far as to say they are selling out, they are not the ones who organized the whole thing. The dude that organized the event set it up as an exclusive celebrity invite event, the boys don't really have any control over it. That's my understanding, anyway.

I hope the Martin Family and The Zzzzzzzzzzzz's have a great show with lot's of fun!!!!