Jay-Z Receives Humanitarian Award From United Nations

Besides providing listeners with intricate punchlines, and insightful stories, Jay-Z has been a gift to non-listeners as well. This week Jay-Z was presented with a special humanitarian award from the United Nations in New York.

Jay has been involved in raising funds in order to help manage the world water crisis. The rapper/mogul helped raise awareness with the water epidemic with a worldwide tour he held back in 2006.

Jay's efforts were recorded on MTV's diary, which highlighted his efforts to aid struggling African Communities. While in Africa, he created over 1,000 water pumps to help reduce the death toll of innocent children.

Reports say, a child dies every 15 seconds from not having adequate drinking water.