UPDATED with the full performance video below. It was maybe the worst-kept secret of the 2011 Video Music Awards: Kanye West and Jay-Z took the stage for a "surprise" performance of their song "Otis" early in Sunday's show.

Rap heavyweights Jay-Z and ended days of speculation about a planned performance at the MTV Video Music Awards when they took to the stage at the ceremony to perform their Otis collaboration...

MTV has quietly added two more artists to the performance lineup at Sunday night's 2011 MTV Video Music Awards: Watch the Throne duo Kanye West and Jay-Z . While it was announced on Thursday that the show would include performances by Lady Gaga , Adele , Chris Brown , and Tony Bennett , West and Jay-Z weren't added to the roster until Saturday, E! ... (more)

Kanye West is confident he will be godfather to Beyonce Knowles' baby.

The rapper-and-producer has told friends how excited he is about his close friend's pregnancy - her first child with her husband Jay-Z - because he thinks he will play a key role in its spiritual upbringing.

In the span of three short years, Kanye West went from hip-hop beatmaker to worldwide hitmaker, as his stellar production work for Jay-Z led to a major-label recording contract and, ultimately, a wildly successful solo career.

As Jay-Z and Kanye West celebrate the recent success of their album "Watch the Throne," the rappers may face a lawsuit from a Chicago soul singer who claims the pair illegally sampled one of his songs from the 1960s.

After quietly being added to the performers lineup at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards just days before the ceremony took place, Kanye West and Jay-Z took the stage for the second performance of the night.

A surprise reveal for the MTV Video Music Awards for 2011, E!'s Marc Malkin reports Jay-Z and Kanye West are "getting up off their big thrones to perform at (the) VMAs." Earlier, Jay Z's wife Beyonce was also confirmed to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday (24.08.11)...