February 1, 2008
US rapper Jay-Z is to headline this summer’s Glastonbury Festival, it has been confirmed… Continue reading Well they did announce several weeks back that a, and I quote, “black American” would be headlining this year’s event . Ty asked this question and now I’m asking it…..’SINCE WHEN DID THEY START REFERENCING HEADLINERS BY COLOUR??? But any way the organisers should be congratulated, because they succeded in bagging an A-List “black American” to fill the much hailed and coveted slot…..
January 31, 2008
Yes that’s right. He still refuses to leave the rap game a lone. He still wants to drop albums. He still feels like he’s got something to prove. What’s left for Jay to say? READ UPDATE: According to a representative Jay will NOT be releasing a new album. Now this has become a pattern with Jay. He gets his cronies to leak information (e.g. stepping down as Def Jam President), causes a stir, then promptly denies the stories. Then weeks/months down the line instructs his publicist to release a statement informing […]
January 29, 2008
WATCH/LISTEN Really, its nothing to write home about…..
January 29, 2008
According to rapper Peedi Crakk his now former boss Jay-Z has dropped him along with other acts from the Roc-A-Fella roster, and to add insult to injury sent an A&R from Def Jam to deliever the bad news. Peedi says, “I think Jay Z dropped everyone. But I’m not sure exactly who he dropped.The A&R said, ‘There’s no more Rocafella Records and you’re all free to leave.’ Click here to listen to Peedi talking to Mediatakeout.com Well I can’t say this comes as a surprise. Jay seemed to lose focus where […]
January 18, 2008
I bet the makers of Connect-4 never had it so good sales wise… Several weeks ago Kanye West posted pictures on his blog of him and Beyonce sitting back stage playing a game of Connect-4, and then went on to inform the world that Beyonce was a Connect-4 champion (err who gives a f** ????). News of the revealing post went on to spread across the Internet like wild fire (type in Connect-4 + Beyonce in Google search) and several days later mainstream print publications picked up on this ‘FASCINATING’ […]
January 13, 2008
The three of them look as if they are endorsing Colgate…. Shawn Carter aka Jay-Z – from standing on the corner in Marcy Projects to ‘Can’t Knock The Hustle’, to ‘Big Pimpin’, to wearing throw back jerseys, to sitting front row at the Versace (Milan) fashion show looking/dressing like …….. Vogue Magazine Editor-at-Large/resident Queen Andre Leon Talley
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