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Lance “Un” Rivera claims Jay-Z was not responsible for his 1999 stabbing. The former music executive shed light on that fateful night during a new interview with VladTV. Jay-Z was accused of stabbing Rivera in December 1999 at an album release party for Q-Tip’s Amplified LP. The incident took place at the now-closed Kit Kat Club in Times […]
Timbaland credits Jay-Z and Drake for being voices of reason during the darkest moment of his life. Timbaland spoke with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay, where he said around the 1:04:00 mark that his addiction started with Vicodin, which “made me feel like Superman, it made me get over everything.” The Verzuz co-founder later revealed he was taking 160 milligrams of OxyContin every day. “Everybody […]
After taking the high road throughout the Lakers’ series with the Grizzlies, which kicked off with Memphis guard Dillon Brooks calling LeBron old, King James celebrated L.A.’s series-clinching win over Memphis by letting Jay-Z do the talking for him. On Saturday, LeBron took to Twitter and threw shade at Brooks and the Grizzlies’ young core […]
Kendrick Lamar’s The Big Steppers Tour is now the highest-grossing tour in hip-hop history. According to Touring Data, Kendrick’s nationwide trek has earned $110.9 million in revenue from 929,000 tickets sold across 73 shows. Big Steppers gives Kendrick the most lucrative tour ever by a rapper as a headlining act, surpassing Drake’s 2018 Aubrey & […]
Before meeting Nicholas Craven in the heart of the pandemic, Mike Shabb knew he had to make a change in his approach if he wanted to capitalize on his potential. Though his earlier music leaned heavily on what was trendy at the time, Shabb loved what Griselda was up to and realized he could make a […]
As fans await the arrival of his forthcoming album The Voice 2.0, Lil Durk sat down with XXL for a wide-ranging interview in which the Chicago rapper opened up about going to therapy, his relationship with India Royale, and being inspired by Jay-Z’s business empire. While discussing how he copes with stress and coping with the tragic loss of his brother and […]
Jay-Z has dropped the remix for his classic “Empire State of Mind” with Gil Scott-Heron. The song, “New York (Concept de Paris)” combines Hov’s 2009 hit with Scott-Heron’s 2011 song, “New York is Killing Me.” The remix arrived following Jay’s Celebration Concert at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris on April 14. Hov performed for […]
After expressing concern over a clip of an AI-generated Kendrick Lamar voice filter, Young Guru has once again highlighted the worrying power of AI with a fake Jay-Z verse. “I’ve been trying to tell everyone that this is where we are now with AI. For some reason this one got everyone’s attention,” wrote the prolific […]
Lil Wayne celebrates his decades of hits on the new I Am Music compilation, out Friday. The compilation, which spans Weezy’s career and marks the first-ever release of its kind for the artist, opens with the recently released “Kant Nobody” featuring a sample from the late DMX. This is followed in the sequencing by the […]
Jay-Z nearly appeared on Ed Sheeran’s 2017 smash hit “Shape of You.” In an interview with Rolling Stone, Sheeran revealed Hov turned down the chance to contribute a guest verse. Released as the first single off Sheeran’s third studio album, 2017’s Divide, “Shape of You” would go on to top the Billboard 100 for 12 non-consecutive […]
