Where does a young man from the projects go when his album hits multi-platinum? The Hamptons, of course (by helicopter). Jay-Z talks about life with his new friends.

Approaching 35, the author had babies on the brain, but there was one little problem: men in Manhattan. And then she thought, Is a husband really necessary? A story of modern motherhood.

“He can cold rock a party,” says Puffy Combs. “He’s the ultimate choice for any event,” says Mariah Carey. He’s who Howard Stern listens to “when I have my sex,” says Stern. Meet Funkmaster Flex, the hottest D.J. in hip-hop.