Following last year’s triumphant Alexandra Palace and Roundhouse gigs last year, rap superstar JAY-Z will return to the UK and swapping the concrete jungles of his home city for the lush fields of Hyde Park.

2010 has already gotten off to a cracking start for the jigga man, with three Grammy Awards and a Brit Award nomination under his belt.

Having released his debut album Reasonable Doubt in 1996, he’s since sold over 30 million records in the US alone, as well as having his own clothing brand (Rocawear), founding his own record label (Roc-A-Fella), and more recently his own 360 music company, Roc Nation.