Jay-Z
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Rihanna Partners With Twitter CEO to Give $4.2 Million to Domestic Abuse Victims in Quarantine
Rihanna has been keeping a relatively low profile (well, for Rihanna) since the coronavirus officially became a global pandemic last month. Save for a British Vogue cover and the release of her Fenty faux leather capsule collection (both of which were months in the making), Rihanna has mostly kept mum on social media: no Instagram…
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Jay-Z and Meek Mill's Reform Alliance to Send 100,000 Masks to Prisons
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country, one of the places that are being most affected are jails and prisons. They are also the places most likely to be overlooked in the government’s horribly mismanaged response efforts. According to CBS News, Jay-Z and Meek Mill’s REFORM Alliance is donating 100,000 masks to multiple jails…
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Jay-Z Follows Rihanna's Lead, Matches Her Additional Donation of $1 Million Toward Coronavirus Relief
You can now add Jay-Z to the list of celebrities pledging to drop some coins as more relief is needed amid the coronavirus pandemic. After an initial $5 million pledge, on Tuesday, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) announced they would be donating an additional $1 million in grants. Jay-Z’s Shawn Carter Foundation is joining CLF’s…
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9 Thoughts About Jay Electronica and His Debut 'Solo' Album, A Written Testimony
Very few albums in hip-hop were as highly anticipated as the debut album from Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, aka Jay Eletronica. Ever since he came into the public consciousness in the late aughts with Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) and further dropped classic songs with Just Blaze, popped up on features with everybody else…
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'I'm Already Rich': Jay-Z Scoffs At the Idea That He's a Sellout Because of His NFL Partnership
If it’s really “chess, not checkers,” that chess board is not just the regular chess board, but an expensive limited edition. Jay-Z’s previous line in “Nice” by The Carters has constantly come back to bite him ever since he shook hands with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, sealing a partnership between the professional football league and…
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1501 CEO Carl Crawford Responds to Megan Thee Stallion's Claims, Calls Her a 'Fraud' and a 'Liar'
The saga surrounding Megan Thee Stallion’s rift with her record label continues. The 25-year-old artist recently took to Instagram Live, informing her fans that she is involved in a dispute with her record label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, after she attempted to renegotiate her contract. According to Billboard, a judge has now granted Meg a temporary…
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Matthew A. Cherry Shares Why Being Recognized at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards Means Just as Much to Him as the Oscars
Matthew A. Cherry is no stranger to award shows. The former NFL player, producer, director, Oscar winner, and my personal “tweet-it-and-receive-it” goals achiever spoke with The Root on the red carpet of this year’s NAACP Image Awards about the importance of showing love to black folks, attending Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Gold Party, and more in…
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Wendy Williams Is What Happens When You Don’t Cancel a Bitch the 1st Time She Gets Out of Pocket
Here’s a question: Why is Wendy Williams still here? She stays putting her foot in her mouth, saying the wrong thing at the wrong time about the wrong people—yet, she continues to get a pass. Why? We are only on the third day of Black History Month, and yo mama is out here fucking it…
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What’s Better Than One Billionaire Remaining Seated During the Super Bowl National Anthem? Two
Jay-Z and Beyoncé are taking a stand…or actually, taking a seat. “I think that we forget that Colin’s whole thing was to bring attention to social injustice,” Jay-Z said at the widely-viewed press conference announcing his partnership with the National Football League this past summer. “In that case, this is the success. This is the…