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JAY-Z and Cam’Ron made history when they decided to put to bed their longstanding beef. They presented this reconciliation at Hov’s B-Sides 2 Show at Webster Hall earlier this year. During his conversation with the Rap Radar podcast, Killa explained how the olive branch was extended. “It wasn’t really big conversations,” Cam said when asked […]
That recurring Late Late Show segment in which public figures join the host inside an automobile to have a chat interspersed with bouts of karaoke welcomed Chance the Rapper for its latest edition. Near the top of the segment, James Corden asked Chance about his relationship with former POTUS Barack Obama. After recalling a phone […]
JAY-Z has and always will be one of the top earners in hip-hop, but for the first time ever he’s lost out to his former protege Kanye West. In the 2019 edition of Forbes‘ highest-paid acts in hip-hop, Kanye West has come out on top with $150 million pretax income. Jay, meanwhile, sits at No. 2 with […]
Controversy continues to swirl around the Roc Nation and NFL partnership. As part of their collaborative Inspire Change initiative, the entities have pledged to donate $400,000 to two Chicago-based youth organizations: the BBF (Better Boys Foundation) Family Services and the Crushers Club. The latter nonprofit was scheduled to receive its $200,000 Thursday, coinciding with a free concert […]
More than two years post-presidency, Barack Obama has remained a major cultural influencer. Case in point? The impact of his newly released 2019 summer playlist. Last month, the 44th president took to social media to unveil the 44 songs he and Michelle Obama have had in rotation throughout the season. The list was a mix of […]
The JAY-Z curated Made In America Festival is back at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway. There’ll be performances from Travis Scott, Cardi B, Lizzo, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Jorja Smith, Rosalía, James Blake, Gucci Mane, Megan Thee Stallion, Tierra Whack, DaBaby, Kaskade, and others. The festival will have four stages and will run for two days, Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, […]
Though he’s not president anymore Barack Obama is still doing that thing where he shares his summer playlist because, well, it’s not exactly something you need to be president to do. “With summer winding down, here’s a sampling of what Michelle and I have been listening to—some new, some old, some fast, some slow,” Obama […]
Jermaine Durpi, while speaking to Big Tigger on Atlanta’s V-103, refuted claims that JAY-Z called him up to say that he shouldn’t work with the NFL. “He and I never had a conversation where he told me, ‘don’t do what you’re doing.’ What our conversation was… ‘you know what side I’m on, I understand what you’re doing.’ That’s what […]
Colin Kaepernick‘s attorney Mark Geragos criticized JAY-Z‘s newly announced Roc Nation and NFL partnership while speaking to ABC News. “This deal between Jay-Z and the NFL crosses the intellectual picket line,” Geragos said. The attorney, who also called the deal “cold-blooded,” said that Kaep wasn’t informed about it. “I can confirm to you that the deal was already […]
Everyone has a take on JAY-Z‘s Roc Nation x NFL partnership. Ev-ery-one. Irv Gotti recently spoke to Page Six about what he calls “a brilliant move for the NFL” to join forces with JAY-Z in becoming their “live music entertainment strategist,” which has been overshadowed by the aspect of their partnership where Roc Nation will be involved in the league’s social initiatives. Gotti admits there’s a part of […]
