Jay-Z
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Looks Like I’ll Be Sitting Out the NFL Again Next Season (and the Season After That, Etc.)
It was much easier to boycott the NFL last season than I anticipated. For one, I underestimated how much I’d enjoy having my Sundays back. Also, my NFL fandom belongs to a team with a racist name that also happens to suck more often than not, so boycotting because the NFL blackballed Colin Kaepernick was…
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Jay-Z Knocks Harvey Weinstein’s Hustle, Sues Weinstein Co. for Big Pimpin’
I know what you’re thinking, but one of Jay-Z’s 99 problems is not that he was touched inappropriately by Harvey Weinstein. The Weinstein Co., founded by the rotund creep accused of sexual misconduct, is well-known in Hollywood for being less than forthright in its royalty accounting. According to documents obtained by the Blast, Jay-Z is…
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Beyoncé x Balmain = Best Coachella Homecoming Ever
What happens when the reigning prince of fashion gets a request to dress Queen Bey for her takeover of one of the most famous music festivals in the world? You get some major fashion moments to go along with all of that amazing music. Olivier Rousteing, creative director of Balmain, turned heads during Paris Fashion…
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Jay-Z’s Docuseries Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story to Premiere at 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
Jay-Z’s docuseries about the tragedy and injustice surrounding Trayvon Martin’s death will debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. The six-part production, titled Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, will offer a “definitive look at one of the most-talked-about, controversial events of the last decade.” According to Entertainment Weekly, Trayvon’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy…
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The Tour Will Never End: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Announce More On the Run ll Concert Dates
Allow me, a Beyoncé and Jay-Z expert, to break down the goddamn saga that was Bey and Jay’s On the Run II Tour announcement: At the beginning of this month, whoever runs Queen B’s Ticketmaster and Facebook pages made a “mistake” (that’s music industry for “caused purposeful chaos”) when a Philadelphia concert date for a…
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Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Invests in App Aimed at Improving Our Criminal-Justice System
Want to know what phase the moon is in? There’s an app for that. Want to track your meals? There are dozens of apps for that. Want to see which works of art your face resembles? There’s an app for that, too. Want to address mass incarceration? Well, Jay-Z—and many others—are hoping a new app…
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Mommy and Me: Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Go for the Gold at the 2018 Wearable Art Gala
This weekend, while we were doing super-glamorous things like laundry and dodging drunken St. Patrick’s Day revelers, Beyoncé, Blue Ivy and the Knowles-Lawson-Carter clan showed up and out at the WACO Theater Center’s second-annual Wearable Art Gala in Los Angeles. WACO, an acronym for Where Art Can Occur, was co-founded by Tina Knowles Lawson and…
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z Have Finally Confirmed Their On the Run II Tour: Check Out the Dates
Looks like Beyoncé and Jay-Z have finally ended our misery and announced their long-rumored joint tour, On the Run II (this marks their second time hitting the road together since 2014’s On the Run). Thank God. You might recall the rumor mill kicking off last Monday when Queen Bey’s Facebook and Ticketmaster pages revealed a previously…
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are Going to Every Damn Mid-Atlantic and Rust Belt City Except Pittsburgh, and My Feelings Aren’t Hurt at All!
The (almost) billionaire parents of Blue Ivy will be on tour again this summer. Which I guess is good news for the people who live in the cities that this tour will stop in. Good for you for living in those cities, people who live in those cities! I am happy for you, and the…