Rapper JAY-Z has joined New York officials in an effort to transform the city's congested streets into traffic-free playgrounds.
The hip-hop mogul met with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday to announce the kick-off of Summer Streets, a new programme that will close 11.3 kilometres of city roads spanning from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park.
The native New Yorker is hoping his involvement will inspire teens to get involved in more positive activities, according to the New York Post.
The programme, which will ban cars from streets spanning the east side of Manhattan, is scheduled to run every Saturday until August 23.