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Jay-Z and his cannabis company, Monogram, say marijuana laws are outdated and have launched a new campaign and digital series to draw attention to the “hypocrisy” of current regulations governing cannabis throughout the United States. The campaign highlights a lack of progress made since the federal war on drugs started 45 years ago and the…

Jay-Z and D’USSE Cognac are auctioning off a one-of-a-kind, luxury D’usse 1969 Anniversaire Limited Edition bottle. Hov and his company made the announcement on Thursday, Feb. 25 that Sotheby’s will be handling the sale of the vintage liquor valued between $25,000-75,000. Only 285 bottles were produced and Sotheby’s “Bottle No. 1” is the only bottle…

Following Jay-Z’s latest blockbuster move in the business realm, mother-in-law Tina Lawson couldn’t contain her admiration and love for the billionaire baron. She was moved to write him a “love letter.” The open letter comes on the heels of Hov selling 50 percent of his shares in his Champagne brand, Armand de Brignac, to Moet…

Jay-Z just made another power play and just revealed that he sold a 50 percent stake in his Champagne brand, Armand de Brignac, to Moet Hennessy. Armand de Brignac, also known as Ace of Spades because of its luxurious bottle design, is produced in France’s Champagne region by a father and son who are 12th and…

Beyoncé‘s charity is providing up to $1,000 in relief to Texas residents affected by the deadly winter storms. Treacherous snowstorms — including Winter Storm Uri — have left several dead and millions of Americans without power, heat, and some, clean water. Texas was hit the hardest, with widespread blackouts reported across the state. And Houston…

Blue Ivy Carter “inserted herself” into Beyoncé’s Icy Park Adidas x Ivy Park campaign shoot. The “Formation” singer and husband Jay-Z’s 9-year-old daughter stars alongside her mom in the latest shoot for the highly anticipated Icy Park capsule collection, which drops on February 19, 2021, and showed off her impressive modeling skills. Beyoncé’s mother, Tina…

Jay-Z , Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey have pooled their resources together and established a bitcoin endowment. The endowment will be called ₿trust and initially focus on developing the crypto currency in India and Africa. “JAY-Z/@S_C_ and I are giving 500 BTC to a new endowment named “₿trust to fund #Bitcoin ₿development, initially focused…

Music impresario Jay-Z collaborated with the late, legendary Nipsey Hussle for one of the tracks on the upcoming biopic Judas and the Black Messiah that will be released on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The Jay and Hussle single, “What It Feels Like,” is part of the movie soundtrack that also includes the H.E.R. single “Fight…

Michael B. Jordan continues to flex his Hollywood muscle and has expanded his partnership with Amazon Studios and his Outlier Society production company. The updated terms now include a first-look deal from Amazon and an overall television deal. The first project scheduled to be released under the partnership will be the thriller film Tom Clancy’s…

The Weeknd “wouldn’t bet” on there being any special guests when he headlines the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The “Blinding Lights” hitmaker has confirmed he won’t be joined on stage by any other stars as he performs when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. Speaking to…

Jay-Z continues to make power plays and has finalized the business consortium of his company Roc Nation with CMG Partners Inc., Left Coast Ventures Inc. and Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. The umbrella of companies will be known as TPCO Holding Corp, or The Parent Company. The union is being called the largest cannabis special purchase…

Rihanna and Jay-Z are getting into the vegan food business. The two superstars are among the venture capitalists who have contributed funding to the African American female-owned snack company, Partake Foods. According to Forbes, Partake Foods closed a $4.8. million round of funding in December. The company’s total $7.5 million in funding has come primarily…

Beyoncé took to Instagram when the New Year rolled in and shared some of her highlights from 2020. In the four-minute video, she also shows a few never-before-seen photos of her adorable children, Blue Ivy, 8, and three-year-old twins Sir and Rumi. In one segment of the video, Beyoncé and Rumi take a ride on…

We now know why Young Thug has refused to do interviews for the vast majority of his career. It took a few days for Young Thug, 29, to dig himself out after getting buried under an avalanche of fan outrage for having the audacity to say he has more club anthems than the legendary Jay-Z.…

Diddy previously declared, “We won’t stop!” But it looks like COVID-19 has put a roadblock in front of the entertainment icon. Diddy went on Instagram and announced that he was canceling his annual lavish New Year’s Eve bash. “TO ALL MY FRIENDS: In efforts to keep everyone safe & healthy unfortunately,” Puff wrote. “WE ARE…

Young Thug aroused the ire of hip-hop nation when he claimed Jay-Z does not have 30 songs that people can recite from memory like fans can with his own songs. Young Thug made the outlandish statement on Gillie Da Kid’s “‎Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2020. While in a self-congratulatory…

Gucci Mane and his wife Keyshia Ka’Oir welcomed their first child together on Dec. 23, and the gifts have been rolling in ever since. Baby Ice Davis is not even a week old and is balling out of control. Keyshia Ka’Oir hit up Instagram revealing that Beyonce had blessed the couple with a lavish baby…

Meek Mill seems to have learned a lot from Jay Z and has united with a few of his fellow rappers with plans to launch their own streaming network. Peeking at Tidal’s notes, Meek tweeted the messages below: Along with Lil Durk and Lil Baby, 21 Savage is also in talks with the game-changing plans…

Nahziah Carter, the nephew of rap mogul Jay-Z, has been suspended by the University of Washington basketball team following two sexual assault allegations against him. Carter has been missing from all of the Huskies basketball activities since October. According to ESPN, Nahziah Carter was suspended for violating the school’s intercollegiate athletics student code of conduct…

Jay-Z may be looking to make another power business move as Bloomberg reports that the Roc Nation boss may be selling his music streaming service Tidal. A person familiar with the situation told the business media outlet that Square Inc., the digital company run by Jack Dorsey, was in talks with Hov about taking the…