Jay-Z x Beyonce Invite 50 Of His Closest Friends x Family To Celebrate His 40th Birthday In The Dominican Republic x Y.O.U. Weren't 1 Of Them.

(DISCLAIMER: The above image is a Jay-Z and Beyonce stock photo and in no way, shape or form is intended to represent this pictureless party.)

"YOU know that feeling when you throw a party then worry who's going to come?

JAY-Z doesn't have that problem.

The guest list for his 40th birthday bash in the Dominican Republic at the weekend was amazing.

Though it probably helped that he flew people out from New York on two private jets.

The partygoers included KANYE WEST, P DIDDY, OPRAH, MARY J BLIGE, ALICIA KEYS, LIL WAYNE, KATE HUDSON, NE-YO, M.I.A and baseball players A-ROD and PEDRO MARTINEZ. Wife BEYONCE and his mum Gloria were the guests of honour.

Close pals CHRIS MARTIN and GWYNETH PALTROW couldn't make it but sent congratulations by video.

Only one invited guest let Jay down completely, TIGER WOODS.

The bash was themed around the AL PACINO gangster movie Scarface - so Tiger would have fitted in just fine.

The Jigga Man hired a mansion in the resort of Casa de Campo (NOTE: Beyonce actually organized this event ... probably with the incredible help of the homie Carline Balan ... I see Y.O.U. Balan Inc.) - which looked just like Tony Montana's home in the Eighties film, full of marble pillars, balconies and gold statues.

Tacky, but brilliant.

After a lavish dinner, which included vintage Dom Perignon and Cristal Champagne and caviar - which cleared out local stocks - the party really started.

Both Kanye and P Diddy took to the stage before the birthday boy did an impromptu rendition - with Alicia's help - of his own track Empire State Of Mind when the DJ played it.

A huge firework display went off at midnight and there was a display from synchronised swimmers in the pool.

To ensure no pictures of the bash were leaked, guests had to leave their phones at the door.

And even to get into the party they had to use the password 'Bye, Bye Blackbird'.

Jay-Z just loves gangster movies, as this is the last line JOHNNY DEPP utters as famous 1930s gangster JOHN DILLINGER in MICHAEL MANN's film Public Enemies."

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CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Apparently the former president of Def Jam Records has better security than the current President of the United States of America. At the behest of the beloved birthday boy, attendees of Jay-Z's bash - held @ the palatial Casa de Campo estate in the Dominican Republic - were asked to leave all cell phones and other forms of electronic communicae @ the door in order to prevent any sneak peek leaks. So, in light of the fact that there are currently no official pictures of this Beyonce organized and DJ Cassidy spun super star studded grand fete, Y.O.U. are going to have to A) read this article and weep and B) dust off the old imagination and make extra good use of it on this go 'round! Happy belated 40th birthday to the Brooklyn boy Shawn Corey Carter ... clap for him. L'Chaim!