Have you heard The Blueprint 3? Neither have I. And no one was going to hear it until JAY-Z got his label situation taken care of. 

For weeks now the innanets have been buzzing with different rumors of supposed deals Jay (nee Shawn Carter) has struck with various labels. After Def Jam lost him, supposedly everyone from Warners to Sony was reportedly ‘close’ to inking some multi-layer magical deal that would bring his highly-anticipated disc to the masses and keep Jay rich and happy. Whomp whomp, these never happened.

Then yesterday another name emerged from the sea of labels – Atlantic. 

But this time something mighty fishy happened. After Our homie LowKey broke the news over at BET, we kinda all took it with a grain of salt. I mean we’ve been here before. But then one little act all the sudden gave Low’s interesting theory some added weight – He was forced to take it down…

Don’t the powers that be know by now that the quickest way to give something legitimacy is to try and cover it up? Ask Asher.

So allow us to pick up where they left off and tell you the TOP 5 REASONS JAY-Z DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW HE’S ON ATLANTIC…

5. He’s not a Plies fan

4. He hasn’t broken the news to Tina Knowles who was sure he was bringing Roc Nation to her new Angry Face Records imprint.

3. The deal includes Memphis Bleek…Yup, Atlantic now owns him outright…Nope, it’s not for musical purposes. 

2.He’s trying to avoid the awkward congratulatory gift-basket from Diddy, containing his favorite lip-gloss and wax kit…And Cassie.

1. Admitting he’s signed to Atlantic would mean that THIS isn’t quite true…

Either way, the truth is it’s out there…Or maybe not. But damn just drop a real single already!

In the meantime check out Jay’s online community Roc4Life…And befriend ME!