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JAY-Z and The Notorious B.I.G. are two faces that are etched into hip-hop’s Mount Rushmore. But who was the better emcee? During a recent Instagram Live session with Smoke DZA, Junior Mafia member and Biggie’s close friend, Lil Cease, said that Biggie was convinced that it was JAY-Z. “They bonded just on some G shit cause they […]
Beyoncé and JAY-Z‘s daughter Blue Ivy‘s brilliance knows no bounds. On Saturday, Blue’s grandmother, Tina Lawson, posted a video of Blue using the black pepper and soap experiment to illustrate the importance of washing your hands during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the video, Blue explains, “This is why it’s important to wash your hands.” Pointing to a small […]
The legendary songwriter and producer The-Dream has finally dropped SXTP4. The project is his seventh solo studio album, and the fourth installment to his Sextape series, following Ménage à Trois: Sextape Vol. 1, 2, 3. The album also boasts only one listed feature from Jhené Aiko as well. Complex talked to The-Dream via FaceTime on Thursday, and we asked about why he felt like […]
“Empire State of Mind” is one of the most memorable tracks of JAY-Z‘s illustrious career. Yet during an interview with Ebro Darden for Beats 1 Radio, Alicia Keys reveals that the track almost fell to the cutting room floor. “For a minute, it wasn’t even going to come together,” she explained at the clip’s 3-minute mark. “He couldn’t […]
One the highlights of The-Dream vs. Sean Garrett songwriters battle was when the former played an unreleased version of JAY-Z‘s “Holy Grail.” The official cut, which appeared on Hov’s 2013 album Magna Carta Holy Grail, featured vocals from Justin Timberlake; however, the recently debuted version found The-Dream taking over Timberlake’s parts in the intro, bridge, and chorus. “JAY’s probably gonna kill me for […]
Meek Mill’s criminal justice organization REFORM Alliance has just unveiled policy recommendation to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in prisons. Co-founded by Meek, JAY-Z, Robert Kraft, and Michael Rubin among others, REFORM hopes to assist U.S. governors on preventing the virus spreading behind bars. Known as the S.A.F.E.R. Plan, the policy recommendation was penned […]
Jay Electronica’s long-awaited debut album A Written Testimony finally arrived this week, and it came with a few surprises in store. Not only does the record feature JAY-Z on eight of its ten tracks, but it also has cover art featuring Beyoncé’s pool. In fact, she took the photograph of the pool that sits on the cover of […]
Many of us thought this day would never come. After a decade of false-starts and delays, Jay Electronica’s debut album, A Written Testimony, has finally arrived. On the project’s eighth song, “Fruits of the Spirit,” the 43-year-old rapper references his long journey in an extremely fitting manner: “Swing low sweet chariot/My train is on schedule/But I had […]
Last August, JAY-Z and Roc Nation announced a partnership with the NFL for Hov and company to spearhead a new music and social justice campaign for the league. The deal received some backlash over his decision to do it without Colin Kaepernick‘s involvement, as it was believed the former 49ers quarterback was being blackballed by the NFL for his past protests […]
Jay Electronica‘s debut studio album is finally here. Fans have been waiting on the project since Jay signed with Roc Nation nearly a decade ago. Rumors and speculation swirled around Jay’s debut effort throughout the 2010s, but it wasn’t until last month when fans received promising messages of its (actual) impending release: A Written Testimony — J A Y […]
