After drawing the ire of some individuals, including Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher [click here to read] over participation in the upcoming Glatonbury Festival, Jay-Z is getting support from some famous friends.

Collaborator and Coldplay front-man Chris Martin defended Jay’s involvement, telling BBC Radio1 that his band didn’t need to play the event because Jay-Z was “the best musician on the planet.

He also called the dustup over a rapper being added to the lineup “embarrassing.

We recently came back to England to find all this hoo-hah, grandpas complaining about things they don’t know about. Coldplay not playing and Jay-Z playing is exactly what needs to happen for the world. He’s the best rapper in the world.

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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow—who is married to Martin—also stepped up to the plate for Hov, saying, “He’s the best rapper of all-time and I think he’ll knock it out of the park.

Jay-Z was previously blamed for slowing ticket sale for the show with some claiming that concert attendees wanted to see rock acts instead of Hip Hop, a claim the show organizers vehemently denied.

The Glastonbury Festival begins June 27 and will conclude June 29 at Worthy Farm, Somerset.