Jay-Z
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Jay-Z Announces 4:44 Tour
Fresh off the success of the release of the album 4:44, and just in time for every blond-haired entertainment reporter to open Monday night’s episode with something corny like, “He may have 99 problems but ticket sales ain’t one,” Jay-Z has announced plans for an upcoming North American tour. According to Rolling Stone, the 31-city…
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Jay-Z’s 4:44 Album Hits No. 1 on iTunes in 38 Countries
Just 24 hours after being released on iTunes, Jay-Z’s 4:44 album climbed to the top of the charts in 38 countries. According to Roc Nation, the countries include the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Finland, Poland, Malaysia, India, Panama, Sri Lanka, Anguilla, Antigua,…
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50 Cent Thinks Jay-Z’s 4:44 Is Golf Course Music
50 Cent doesn’t think Jay-Z can be the best rapper at 47 years of age, and he also has a thing against smart rap. The rapper took to his own Instagram account to “review” 4:44 and throw in his two cents. “I listened to Jay shit, that ‘4:44’,” said 50 in a since-deleted Instagram post.…
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Jay Z’s 4:44 Goes Platinum in Less Than a Week
Thanks to Tidal’s partnership with Sprint and fans of Jay-Z’s 4:44, the album has gone platinum in less than a week, according to the RIAA. And for an album that’s not “for sale” as of yet, that’s an incredible feat. 4:44 was released exclusively through Tidal’s partnership with Sprint, and although a free voucher was…
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Russell Simmons Says Jay-Z Isn’t Anti-Semitic
There’s a line in Jay-Z’s new 4:44 album that some people feel reeks of anti-Semitism, but some of his closest friends are now speaking out in the rapper’s defense. In “The Story of O.J.,” he raps about Jewish people and money: “You wanna know what’s more important than throwin’ away money at a strip club?…
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Kanye West Leaves Jay-Z’s Tidal Over Millions in Disputed Money: Report
From the shots fired between Jay-Z and Kanye West on their respective albums, anyone with a brain could have surmised that there was beef over money. And now TMZ is reporting that West has left Jay-Z’s Tidal music service, saying the company owes him more than $3 million. Allegedly, the beef Ye has with Jigga…
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To ‘Sir’ (and ‘Rumi’) With Love? Maybe. Twitter Sounds Off
The unapologetic blackness of Jay-Z and Beyoncé continues. ’Cause you know black folks are real creative when it comes to our kids’ names. Celebrities, too. And they are both. And so, if the reports are true, the double spawn of Bey and Jay are Rumi and Sir, two unique names indeed. Rumi was a 13th-century…
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Fighting for the Fairy Tale: 4:44 and the Power of Vulnerability
Look, I apologize, often womanizedTook for my child to be bornTo see through a woman’s eyes … It’s the public apology some have been anticipating since the release of Beyoncé’s Lemonade, her seemingly confessional opus, almost entirely themed on surviving the pain of infidelity. Aside from being a groundbreaking hit, the visual album inevitably rekindled…
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Jay-Z’s 4:44 Is the 1st Grown-Ass Hip-Hop Album
I’m a grown-ass, 40-year-old dad, so there are certain things I cannot do. I will never again eat at Chuck E. Cheese unless I want to end up on an episode of To Catch a Predator, but I’m also not old enough to eat at the Golden Corral. I can’t spend $200 on Jordans or wear…