Jay Z

Rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West will auction off the Maybach luxury car that was used in their new music video “Otis,” to support recovery in the East Africa. The rap duo gave the car a makeover during the video– stripping the exterior apart with saws and a torches, giving the uber-expensive vehicle a cool new […]

While numerous critics are blasting Jay-Z and Kanye West for talking about expensive trips, clothes, and cars on their new album “Watch The Throne” during an economic recession, there are plenty of tracks on the album that touch on serious topics specifically, “Murder To Excellence.” On the album’s tenth track, Jay-Z and Kanye West focus […]

As of midnight, thousands have logged on to iTunes to purchase Jay-Z and Kanye West’s highly anticipated collaboration album, Watch The Throne. And while the number of people forking over $15 bucks is rather surprising in the age of “free” music, it more surprising in these humbling economic times, when dropping $15 is somewhat of […]

NEW YORK — At a listening event for the Jay-Z and Kanye West album, “Watch The Throne,” Jay-Z slightly criticized President Barack Obama and his reaction to unemployment. GQ reports: “Numbers don’t lie. Unemployment is pretty high. It’s fucked up, but he’s trying not to be the angry black man.” Read The Whole Story At […]

It’s been announced that Jay-Z’s New York nightspot the 40/40/ Club is closing for renovations. The club opened in 2003 and is the flagship of 8 locations around the world. Jay-Z and partner Juan Perez  thanked patrons and discussed the 40/40’s makeover in a letter posted on the club’s websites. According to the letter, the […]

NEW YORK — An NBA spokesman confirms that the league is investigating Jay-Z’s presence in Kentucky’s locker room after the Wildcats clinched a Final Four berth. Also read: Ochocinco Beats Out Barack & Oprah As Twitter’s “Most Influential”

Remember when Sade admitted to turning down collaboration offers from rappers, including Jay-Z? Well, she’s gone back on her word. Sade will be receiving some help from Jay on the remix of “The Moon and the Sky,” a song that appeared on last year’s Soldier of Love. The revised track, along with two other brand […]

MARYLAND – The NAACP is receiving criticism for showcasing different Hip Hop acts at their upcoming “NAACP Image Awards” including Jaz-Z, Kanye West and Nicki Minaj. Rev. Delman Coates, a pastor of the Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland has directly addressed the civil rights groups choice of performers. RELATED: Top 9 must see […]

Los Angeles — This past All-Star Weekend, Jay-Z and NBA Super-Star LeBron James teamed up with Sprite to make a donation to a local Boys & Girls Club gym. The donation helped make numerous improvements to the gym, including a mural by infamous tattoo artist Mr Cartoon was also presented. Watch: Kyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:416,height:625,p:”7162″,s:1193573,tbid:”698″}); RELATED: 25 reasons […]

New York– Looking to create another box office hit like he did with son Jaden, Will Smith is considering doing a remake of the musical ‘Annie‘ with daughter Willow as the star.

Of my three main New Year’s resolutions: 1. Stop getting angry as quickly, violently and easily, 2. Stop referring to other people and even thinking of them as “idiots”, 3. Say the word “relax” over and over to calm myself down The only one that wasn’t broken literally seconds after the clock struck 12 was […]

New York (NYDailyNews)– There was the general squalor of the ghetto, which got aired out in early songs like Run-DMC’s first hit, “It’s Like That,” or “The Message” by Melle Mel. But over time, rappers started really going in on specific issues. Crooked cops were attacked by groups like NWA. Drug dealers were targeted by […]