After news broke last week that Jay-Z has been speaking to both Warner and Sony since leaving Def Jam Recordings, it seems as if the Brooklyn MC has found a new home. Actually it looks like he found two. MTV News has confirmed that Jay’s new album, The Blueprint 3, will be coming out on the 8th anniversary of his original multi-platinum selling Blueprint. Rumored to hit shelves on September […]
Last May, Live Nation made deals with Jay-Z, U2 and Madonna in an attempt to transform from a concert-promotion giant into a multimedia behemoth. The rapper inked a reported 10-year, $150 million deal with the company. As part of the pact, Jay would be provided funding for business ventures, which he's already taken advantage of by partnering with producers Stargate to launch the label StarRoc. Other benefits of the deal […]
All hail the chief! Young Jeezy made immediate impact his first night in D.C.: Jeezy debuted a remix of the hip-hop national anthem right now, "My President." Not too long after T.I. performed at D.C. club Love, the Snowman took to the stage for his "Presidential Status" inaugural ball  and his guest on the new version of "My President" was Jay-Z. Among the messages in Hov's rap was fidelity […]
While most are just getting back to work and trying to stay committed to their New Year's resolutions, Jim Jones' first order of business in 2009 was to meet with police. According to MTV News, the rapper had to make an appearance at New York's 18th precinct to talk to investigators about an alleged incident that took place on Christmas Eve that involved Ne-Yo, and/or one of more members of […]
The economic slump is affecting everybody. 50 said, in the past, that he's lost a few million in the stock market, and now, even Jay-Z is not immune. According to a recent New York Times report, Jay-Z and his real estate partner Charles Blaichman have put a hold on their $66 million New York City hotel project due to a lack of funding. Blaichman, a real estate developer who is […]
It would have to be Bad Boy. You can't imagine a Notorious B.I.G. project without some sort of association with Diddy's label. MTV News confirmed that the soundtrack to the Biggie biopic "Notorious" will, in fact, be released by Big's former recording home. Although most of the performers and producers are still being confirmed, an album trump card has already been revealed: Big's good friend Jay-Z. Hov has the first […]
Jay-Z’s controversial headlining performance at last summer’s Glastonbury Festival in England has landed the multi-platinum rapper and entrepreneur yet another award. The Festival had come under fire for the decision to make a Hip-Hop act the event’s main attraction, with one of the most vocal detractors being Oasis front man Noel Gallagher. Jay-Z responded by opening his performance with his own guitar-accompanied rendition of the group’s 1995 hit “Wonderwall,†creating […]
New York rapper Jim Jones doesn't seem to be too pleased with being left out of T.I.'s mega-collabo track "Swagger Like Us." In a recent interview with Complex magazine, the Harlem diplomat expresses his distaste with the song saying he was deliberately left off collabo featured on T.I.'s latest LP, Paper Trail. "I think it was deliberate. I really do think it was deliberate; maybe in my sick twisted mind […]
Earlier this week Jay-Z’s philanthropic efforts were recognized in a private New York ceremony, as the mogul received a special humanitarian award from the United Nations. The esteemed distinction was bestowed by actor and host Michael Douglas for the rapper’s extensive work over the past two years raising funds and organizing awareness of the world water crisis. According to reports, a child dies every 15 seconds from not having adequate […]
