Hip hop legends may spring Birmingham surprise

Hip hop superstars Jay-Z and Kayne West could be set to make an astonishing appearance at a Birmingham nightclub tonight, following their gig at Birmingham's LG Arena.

Their producer, the multi-Grammy winning Mike Dean, has already confirmed that he will line up tonight for the biggest hip-hop party of the century at Gatecrasher's penthouse club, Bed.

Jay-Z and Kanye West are bringing their critically acclaimed Watch The Throne tour to Europe in 2012, and will be stopping off in Birmingham for the second time.

Straight after the LG performance, Mike Dean and his entourage will hit Gatecrasher for an exclusive DJ set with Jay-Z and Kayne West rumoured to be attending.

The Grammy award-winning mix master behind the "Dirty South" sound has worked alongside Kanye West on his three most recent solo albums, Late Registration, Graduation and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,but also teamed up with the Jay Z & Kanye West tag team for last summer's hip-hop stormer Watch The Throne.

Fortunately for "Throne" fans, it sounds like a sequel is in the works.

When asked about projects in a recent interview with Quiet Lunch Dean said: "I'm working on the G.O.O.D.

Music album, of course and Watch The Throne 2 – it's not started yet, but it's coming."

Rumours of a Throne sequel have been circulating for a while, with Jay-Z hinting last December that the follow-up could arrive in 2012.

By Andy Richardson