MTV UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jay-Z has bagged his first ever Billboard Hot 100 number 1 with Empire State Of Mind. After a 15 year career in music the rapper has finally scored a singles top spot after knocking off Owl...
VH1 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jay-Z co-signed Robin Thicke's use of Rakim and Nicki Minaj on Sex Therapy. Jay also contributed a verse to the new album, in Mixtape Daily.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just as it was announced yesterday that Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, his former protégé - and current enemy - Beanie Sigel tried to make sure Hova wasn't in the mood to celebrate.
VH1 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Jay-Z scored his first #1 hit with "Empire State of Mind." Hov has been featured on chart-toppers in the past, but this is the first time a song from his album hit #1.
ByronCrawford.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here's the Game, in an interview with Complex, talking about how Fiddy don't want it with Jay, but Game would bite Jay's ear off. Complex: 50’s been baiting Jay-Z recently. As someone who’s had issues with both of them, how...
HipHopDX.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jay-Z advised Robin Thicke to use Nicki Minaj on a track and Thicke flips a legendary emcee's lines.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jay-Z: 8 p.m. Feb. 20; 10 a.m. Friday; BAC; $39.50-$129.50. liveNation.com. Phish: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28-30, 8 p.m. Dec. 31; 10 a.m. Saturday; AAARENA; $50-$210. tickemaster.com
Hip Hop Ruckus (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Wednesday, November 26th @ 10:30 pm, Fuse TV will aire a special interview in which the main topic involves "Autotune" and mainstream radio ... Jay Z – “DOA” Death of Autotune Young Dro – “Death of Autotune” Roundup of Jay-Z’s benefit concert from 9/11/09
prefixmag (Free subscription) | yesterday
I guess this is one way to get your name in the papers. The Game, who has recently been recording with Snoop Doog and Doctor Dre for his upcoming The R.E.D. Album , still found time in his busy schedule to try and rekindle the flame between 50 Cent and Jay-Z. He started out by suggesting that Jay-Z would "fuck up" 50 Cent in a rap battle. He went on to say that while 50 might be funny, Jay-Z...
HipHopRX.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Beyonce Knowles says she’s not ready to have Jay Z’s baby but Jay Z says the two agreed to have one? Jay-Z said in an interview with Gotham magazine that he and Beyonce have agreed to have kids and that having a baby with Beyonce is one of the couple’s top priorities now. Beyonce says no, [...]
SOHH.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Former G-Unit member Game recently weighed in on watching 50 Cent go after Jay-Z in interviews-turned-diss songs and said his former associate would easily lose in a rap battle against Hov. [Visit SOHH.com for more information]
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Well deserved and rather overdue! Jay-Z and New York City have a lot to be proud of this week. Jay and his song Empire State of Mind have hit the big time: #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100!!! Remarkably, this is the first time this has ever happened in Jay-Z's musical career. (He came close with [...]
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
TGI almost the weekend. We've got your game plan right here.
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The fine folks over at A.V. Club have posted their best-of-the-decade music list today, and at number one they've got the White Stripes' White Blood Cells. That pick is sure to start some rabble-rabble below, but it's a solid pick, backing away from the easy gimme of putting Kid A on top. Though I do take umbrage with calling White Blood Cells "true," since most of the songs are far from...
Nah Right (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
J.L.P. over at Complex spoke to Jayceon last night and he had some truly interesting things to say. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him be so reasonable about things. He says he’d be willing to work with Curtis because he knows that was the best period of both their careers, that he was reassured [...]
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