Article: Jay-Z cleans up.(ARTS ETC.)(TUNING IN TO TV)(Column)

Byline: Robyn-Denise Yourse, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Jay-Z cleans up

The lyrics to Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind are sometimes as raw as New York, but it looks like the rapper will clean up that language when he performs his city anthem at the World Series, Associated Press reports.

A source close to the rapper, who requested anonymity because of not being authorized to speak on the matter, says Jay-Z won't utter curses or other raw language included in his hit, which was blasted by the New York Yankees during their playoff run.

Jay-Z and fellow New Yorker Alicia Keys were due to perform Empire before Game 1 between the Yankees and the ...

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