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Jay-Z built his career on telling realistic accounts of his career as a drug dealer, but during an appearance on the Hip-Hop Uncensored podcast, comedian Faizon Love took aim at Jay. Faizon said that while he enjoys Jay’s music, he doesn’t believe the rapper’s narcotic-laced tales. “I like Jay-Z. I like him as a guy and the whole thing he […]
Rihanna, Jay-Z, and Pharrell Williams are among the high-profile celebrities who are demanding justice for Danroy “DJ” Henry, a Black college student who was killed by a white officer nearly a decade ago. The stars sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice this week, asking authorities to reopen the investigation into Henry’s fatal shooting. According to People […]
Yo Gotti and Jay-Z are continuing to fight for Mississippi prison inmates. According to court documents obtained by Complex, the rappers and Team ROC have procured legal representation for more than 200 prisoners at Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm. The move ultimately helped inmates file a lawsuit against the state’s new Department of Corrections Commissioner Nathan Burl Cain as well as Centurion, the […]
On Tuesday afternoon the New York City Housing Authority tweeted out praise to the Shawn Carter Foundation, as well as Jack Dorsey’s Start Small Foundation, after using “a generous donation” from those charities to purchase supermarket gift cards for residents in the Marcy, Sumner, and Tompkins housing projects. For background (since it’s a pretty brief tweet) in […]
Jay-Z and Beyoncé are being sued by one of the focal pieces of their 2018 track “Black Effect.” According to TMZ, Jay and Bey tapped Dr. L’Antoinette Stines to provide commentary on the idea of love as a prelude to the song “Black Effect” from their joint album as the Carters, Everything Is Love. Stines claims her voice appeared on the album without […]
Team Roc, the philanthropic arm of Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation, has taken out full-page ads in multiple newspapers across the U.S. in support of protesters. The letter is dedicated to George Floyd, who was killed at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, and includes a passage from a speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave in […]
In a statement released Sunday night, Jay-Z is urging Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to “do the right thing and prosecute all those responsible for the murder of George Floyd to fullest extent of the law.” “After our very earnest conversation, thank you to Governor Walz for doing what’s right and calling in Attorney General Keith Ellison […]
Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has donated $10 million to Meek Mill, JAY-Z, and Michael Rubin’s prison reform non-profit. Reform Alliance will receive the funds as part of Dorsey’s #StartSmall initative, and will be used to help with coronavirus pandemic relief efforts in prisons across the United States. It will also help provide PPE […]
JAY-Z and Team Roc are calling on government officials in Georgia to act swiftly when handling the case of Ahmaud Arbery. Hov, Alicia Keys, Yo Gotti, Meek Mill, and two of the Team Roc attorneys signed an open letter addressed to several state officials, including Governor Brian Kemp. Team Roc acknowledges that Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested […]
DMX is going after the top dog. X made a virtual appearance on the Drink Champs Podcast. During the conversation, N.O.R.E. asked him who he would like to line up across from him in a Verzuz hit battle. “Jay,” X said without hesitation. The readiness of his answer forced N.O. and DJ EFN to clarify that […]
