Sipping a drink, or tipping off the team? (Getty Images)

Much has been made the last several days of the secretive nature of Jay-Z's conversations while sitting in the front row of basketball games (Knicks and Nets). He covers his mouth to avoid lip-readers, has a secret handshake for friends like LeBron James, and may be using some form of covert CIA-level cryptology to alert his posse that he needs more popcorn.

We took a look at pictures of Jay enjoying games throughout the years to see if we could decipher his gestures.