Jay-Z Investigated By NBA For Wildcats Postgame Visit

Photos of Jay-Z taken with the University of Kentucky men's basketball team after their win over North Carolina in the Regional Finals of the NCAA tournament on Sunday have drawn the wary eyes of the NBA.

CBSSports.com reports that the NBA will be investigating Jay-Z's postgame congratulatory visit to the Kentucky Wildcats locker room at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Such visits normally would be considered harmless, but Jay-Z is a minority owner of the New Jersey Nets, and contact between NBA personnel and potential NBA prospects is prohibited. Kentucky has at least two possible lottery picks in Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones, should they declare for the NBA draft.

The photos and video began making the Internet rounds the day after the win, showing Jay-Z posing with players in the locker room.

During a postgame interview, Kentucky player Darius Miller, who one of the photos is credited to, was asked about his reaction to seeing Jay-Z after the game. "It was crazy. I kind of had to do a double take," Miller told Louisville's Courier-Journal. "I didn't expect that at all. I just had to get a picture with him."

Hova congratulating the Wildcats didn't break any NCAA rules, however the hip-hop mogul might face a fine from the NBA, considering that Boston Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge was fined $30,000 for sitting next to Kevin Durant's mother while he was still playing for the University of Texas in 2007.

While the New Jersey Nets declined to comment, a spokesperson for the NBA confirmed to MTV News that the league is indeed investigating the matter. A message to Jay-Z's representatives was not returned by press time.

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