Jay-Z to take over hip-hop channel on Sirius

For a week, the 37-year-old rap mogul will be the host of Jay-Z Nation

Peter Kramer / AP file	Jay-Z is taking over Sirius Satellite Radio's hip-hop channel for a week. The rap mogul will debut as host of "Jay-Z Nation" on Monday.

updated 4:07 p.m. ET Nov. 2, 2007

NEW YORK - Jay-Z is taking over Sirius Satellite Radio’s hip-hop channel — for a week.

The 37-year-old rap mogul will debut as host of Jay-Z Nation on Monday, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. said Friday. He will take the helm at Hip-Hop Nation channel 40.

Jay-Z’s latest album, “American Gangster,” will be released Tuesday. The CD takes its title and inspiration from the new movie co-starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe about Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas.

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“Jay-Z is one of the pre-eminent creative forces in the music industry,” Sirius executive Scott Greenstein said in a statement. “Over the last decade, he has truly changed the face of hip-hop and music culture.”