Yahoo! Music - Nov 30, 2009
Courtesy of NME.com -- Headliners for for 2010 Isle Of Wight Festival announced Jay-Z and The Strokes are set to top the bill at next year s Isle Of Wight festival. The rapper will headline on the opening...
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Police plan to file charges against several bouncers who were videotaped beating two men outside a nightclub co-owned by hip-hop star Jay Z. A video was shot by a disc jockey who had just finished performing...
More »Reuters - Nov 17, 2009
Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have officially signed on as co-producers of Fela!, a musical about Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti that opens Monday (November 23) on Broadway....
More »AP - Nov 5, 2009
Rihanna, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Green Day and Carrie Underwood will be among the diverse roster of performers planning to take the stage at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, show producers said Thursday...
More »AP - Oct 26, 2009
The New York Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z s Empire State of Mind during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the rap king perform the song live to kick off Game 1 of the World Series. Jay-...
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Courtesy of NME.com -- Rapper compares prospect of hooking up with Liam to working with Linkin Park Jay-Z has said that he wants to work with Oasis Liam Gallagher. The rapper explained that he first...
More »AP - Sep 12, 2009
Since the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11, many people have helped rebuild New York City in different ways. Rapper Jay-Z did it his own way: headlining a star-studded concert at Madison Square...
More »AP - Sep 9, 2009
When Jay-Z released his first Blueprint CD on Sept. 11, 2001, the rapper couldn t have known how monumental, and tragic, the day would turn out to be. This week, Jay-Z is once again releasing an album...
More »AP - Sep 9, 2009
Rapper Jay-Z is criticizing scalpers who are selling tickets to his Sept. 11 benefit concert. The Brooklyn-born rapper will perform at Madison Square Garden on Friday. Proceeds from sales of tickets...
More »Reuters - Sep 8, 2009
Rapper Jay-Z, whose latest album The Blueprint 3 arrived in stores in Monday, will kick off a 21-date North American tour on October 9 in University Park, Pa. The trek will visit both college campus...
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Courtesy of NME.com - Enjoy it rapper tells fans Jay-Z has reacted nonchalantly to the news that his forthcoming new album, The Blueprint 3 , has leaked online. The album is not set for official release...
More »AP - Sep 1, 2009
After DJ AM survived a plane crash last year that killed four people, the last thing Jay-Z had in mind was having the disc jockey play at his concert. But the rapper says he spoke to DJ AM a day after...
More »AP - Aug 31, 2009
Jay-Z will hold a Sept. 11 benefit concert in New York City. The rapper and former record executive is scheduled to make the announcement Monday at Madison Square Garden. He ll be joined by Gov. David...
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Courtesy of NME.com Rapper reveals tracklisting and cover art for album Jay-Z has confirmed that his new album “The Blueprint 3” will feature Kanye West, Empire Of The Sun s Luke Steele and Rihanna...
More »AP - Aug 6, 2009
Jay Leno s new prime-time series is going to kick off with a performance by Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West. NBC said the three singers will perform together on Run This Town, a tune...
More »AP - Jul 24, 2009
Jay-Z will make his U.S. festival debut when he replaces the Beastie Boys at the All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey. The Grammy winner stepped in after the Beastie...
More »Reuters - Jul 23, 2009
Rapper Jay-Z will replace headliners the Beastie Boys at the 2009 All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey next weekend in his first U.S. festival debut. Organizers tapped Jay-Z to replace...
More »E! Online - Jun 5, 2009
Jay-Z is drawing up a curious date for his latest Blueprint. The Jigga Man's Blueprint³ will drop on Sept. 11, eight years to the day when the first Blueprint hit stores—and fell off...
More »Reuters - Jun 4, 2009
Rick Ross sold hit albums rapping about selling crack cocaine but a revelation that he once worked as a prison guard threatened to end his career. For a rapper cultivating a bad-boy image, a uniform...
More »AP - May 21, 2009
There will be no encore for Jay-Z and Def Jam. The rapper confirms reports that he has left the record company where he made most of his biggest hits and went from artist to president, and back to artist...
More »E! Online - Jan 7, 2009
HOVA's in the (white) house. Jay-Z has unveiled plans to stage a special one-off gig in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, the night before President-elect Barack Obama's historic inauguration. ...
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