Jay-Z visited New York City’s Hot 97 yesterday (July 10th) for the first time in more than two years. With most of the interview dealing with his new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, fatherhood, his superstar wife Beyonce, and his touring plans; host Angie Martinez eventually asked the hip-hop superstar about his former Roc-A-Fella Records partner, Dame Dash
In this week’s hottest new hip-hop songs, Wale and J. Cole plan for the winter during the summer; Jay-Z adds to his “Dead Presidents” saga;
The great difficulty in adhering to the tastes/criticisms of “purists” is that, if every artist only followed the “rules” that were set forth by a genre’s originators, there would be little-to-no innovation.
The city of Houston will kick-off the beginning of Jazz Month with the 23rd Annual Houston International Jazz Festival
WondaGurl has gone from relative obscurity to sensation. The teen produced the track “Crown,” one of the more talked-about cuts on Jay-Z’s new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail.
In case you haven’t heard, Jay-Z has a new album out. The “Michael Jordan of recording’” is back with Magna Carta Holy Grail, which officially
NEW ORLEANS – Hip-hop heavyweights Ice Cube, DJ Drama and Bun B flew down to the Crescent City to help crown the “Coldest MC” at
The Islamic Holy Month, Ramadan will begin this month and more than 1 billion Muslims will fast from sun up until sundown. When it comes to
Wiz Khalifa announces his marriage to Amber Rose Wiz Khalifa is officially a married man. The 25-year-old rapper took to Twitter Monday to confirm that
Now that the July 4th holiday weekend is past us, there are a lot of awesome shows taking place throughout the city–many of them relatively low-key affairs if you’re looking to get into something a little more laid-back following last week’s festivities.
Don Cannon will take over as Executive Vice President/Head of A&R, Island Def Jam Music Group. The award-winning producer will work directly with Karen Kwak,
Jay-Z rarely uses social media to express himself. Since joining Instagram and Twitter, he has posted 85 pics on Instagram and tweeted 95 times. In
Common compares Trayvon Martin to MLK A socially conscious rapper made waves on social media today after he compared a slain teen to an iconic
Beyoncé’s Essence Festival performance A superstar songstress closed out the Essence Music Festival Sunday with a performance of her hits. Beyoncé, 31, took over New Orleans’
It may be hard to believe that with gaggles of groupies that there are rappers who have managed to escape the drama of the baby momma. These are
Hip-hop superproducer Mike Dean is fresh off of his work on Kanye West’s controversial album Yeezus, and the beatmaker got Twitter buzzing this weekend when he confirmed that Kanye and fellow hip-hop superstar Jay-Z will definitely be dropping a sequel to their blockbuster 2011 album Watch the Throne.
Rich Homie Quan makes sagging distressed denim look so fresh when topped off with a flowered sports jacket and gold chains. When he dressed this
Did Nicki Minaj wed her longtime beau Safaree? After years of dating and downplaying him as her hypeman, did Nicki Minaj tie the knot with
Beyoncé and Solange did not attend Mathew Knowles’ wedding Although their father wed his longtime love last Sunday, two superstar singers did not attend the
Earlier this year, in an interview with The Combat Jack Show, hip-hop mogul Dame Dash spoke at-length about his estrangement from former friend and business
