Has her spectacular tumble from pop goddess to pop wreck put her on the Z-list even in meccas of excess like Vegas and Hollywood?

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Rapper Jay-Z even appeared courtside in dumpy Rupp Arena for the regular-season Louisville game.

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His gravitational pull sucked in even Jay-Z, who hollered for him a few seats down from UK mainstay Ashley Judd.

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Even Jay-Z seemed tired of the place, instead frequenting locales like The Spotted Pig, a West Village gastropub he co-owns.

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That's a feat Johnson said not even Jay-Z's wife, Beyonce, can claim, as he didn't perform with her during this year's Super Bowl Halftime show.

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Brooklyn will know more when Jay-Z's concerts start, even more when the Nets open their season Nov. 1 against the Knicks.

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Only 24" wide and 11.5" deep, the Z-Base 320 fits just about anywhere -- even a bookshelf.

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Is this in any way hooked to the passage of X, Y, Z, or does -- will this agreement stand alone even if everything else blows up?

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Jay-Z was in his usual seat near the Nets' bench even though the rap mogul is selling his small portion of the team, as required, to focus on his player agency business.

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Mr. JAY-Z (Rapper): (Rapping) You can't even drink Cristal (unintelligible).

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