“I couldn’t believe Jay-Z knew my name. I fell to my knees crying.” [UK songstress Adele’s response upon hearing rapper Jay-Z was a fan.] Yeah alright Adele calm down luv. Shaun Carter aka Jay-Z is a former waste man from Marcy projects, Brooklyn NY who got lucky due to sudden tragic events in Hip Hop that shook the genre to it’s core, above average lyrical ability, top class producers and a strong team behind him. He is not The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.
Rapper/mogul Jay-Z has teamed up with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith to co-produce a new movie based on the musical Annie, starring Will and Jada’s daughter Willow in the lead role. This is fantastic news! I’m all a quiver with excitement.
Check out the new track from Kanye West and Jay-Z called H.A.M, taken from their fourthcoming joint album Watch The Throne. The production – The producer must be a fan of horror films. The Omen in particular. Jay-Z and Kanye – Lyrically… just all over the place. Or click HERE to listen. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss? [thanks MisssN]
Jay-Z’s biographer Dream Hampton (the woman behind his autobiography Decoded) has written an article about Jay and Beyonce’s relationship. The “revealing” article is featured in the latest issue of Ebony Magazine. This is what a gushing Dream had to say about the power couple. Via Vibe.com “He is her best friend, someone who immediately and implicitly understands her life, not only as a star, but as a hard-working driven artist“ “For all their might as solo power players, their relationship is remarkably […]
Oprah Winfrey’s network OWN launched several days ago and one of the first shows featured was Oprah Winfrey presents Master Class featuring her new ‘best friend’ Jay-Z. Handpicked by Oprah for their unique impact on the world, eight true modern masters sit down to share the untold stories that have shaped their lives and the greatest life lessons they’ve learned along the way. In an intimate setting, they open up about their successes, failures, triumphs, disappointments and heartbreaks. Master Class offers an […]
Tabloid rag The Sun reports that the over-rated and over-hyped Cher LLoyd has signed to Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation. A “source” disclosed to the newspaper, “Even though Cher didn’t do terrifically well in the X Factor finals, there’s been a hell of a lot of interest in her. All the labels are on the lookout for sassy, young female artists with bags of attitude, and Cher fits that bill perfectly.” Will.i.am’s backing only intensified the battle to get her signature. After weighing […]
Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss? Universal Music has restricted some sites from featuring their music videos, and it looks like Mad News is on that black list. Why this site has been picked on and other’s can still feature their videos I don’t know. Anyway whatever Universal, I’m not begging you anything. Hahahahahahaha! Click on Play and then the link provided which will take you directly to YouTube to view the video.
It seems the world has gone ‘bananas’ over Jay-Z’s recently released book Decoded, including the folk over at the New York Public Library. Jay-Z appeared at the NY Public Library last night (I’m guessing it was his first time actually stepping foot in to the library) for an analyses of his book Decoded, along side Dr. Cornel West and Paul Holdengräber. Check out the footage below. (Spotted @ Punchbowl Blog) Interesting…. *rolls eyes* The NY Public Library organises a night dedicated to this book and intellectuals […]
MTV UK reports that Jay-Z has given X-Factor contestant Cher Lloyd the thumbs up, for her irritating renditions of his hit singles Hard Knock Life and Empire State Of Mind. Click HERE and HERE watch. According to the website Jay allegedly said, “I was very impressed with her version of Hard Knock Life. It should be a track on her debut album and I would happily add my lyrics to it. I could get myself, Kanye West, Beyoncé and Rihanna all working […]
Via Yahoo News Raids targeting a wholesale marijuana ring based in New York and Florida resulted in the arrests of 45 people, including one of the founders of the Roc-A-Fella record label, prosecutors said Friday. Kareem Burke, who started the hip-hop label with Jay-Z and Damon Dash in the 1990s, was caught on a wiretap discussing “grow houses” with the ringleader, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said. An employee of High Times magazine also was charged. Burke and the others face 10 years […]
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