JAY-Z and Beyoncé have applauded Nicki Minaj on adding yet another prestigious award to her trophy cabinet. The Young Money superstar was honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards last weekend, recognizing her “outstanding contributions” and “profound impact” on music video and popular culture. On Thursday (September 1), Nicki posted a video …
JAY-Z has admitted he didn’t quite do his verse on DJ Khaled‘s “GOD DID” in one take, revealing that he practiced it a couple of times before hitting the booth. Earlier this week, Hov’s longtime engineer Young Guru said the Marcy legend spit his almost four-minute verse for DJ Khaled’s new album in a single go. Despite their long history …
JAY-Z appears on a lot of Top Five rapper lists, but according to his former business partner Dame Dash, he isn’t even the best rapper to come from Roc-A-Fella. Appearing on Podcast and Chill With Mac G on Thursday (August 25), Dame was asked who he thought the greatest artist to represent the Roc was. After a long pause, Dame …
JAY-Z has responded to Meek Mill exiting Roc Nation following news of their 10-year partnership coming to an end in July. Hov addressed the split on DJ Khaled‘s “GOD DID,” a song that also features Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, John Legend and Fridayy off his new album of the same name. Jay’s verse finds him rapping for almost four minutes, …
There was a Cam x HOV verse the world never got… …and never will @mr_camron: https://t.co/nNMDMyF4Ou pic.twitter.com/Rdfvhv9989 — MILLION $ WORTH OF GAME (@mworthofgame) August 21, 2022 Cam’ron’s history with JAY-Z goes back to 2001 when Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash signed him to the label. His time with Roc-A-Fella saw him release two critically acclaimed albums, Come Home with …
JAY-Z, Kanye West and Diddy count themselves among Hip Hop’s wealthiest individuals, and they can now also consider themselves among several celebrities who won’t have to pay back the federal government over Paycheck Protection Program loans. According to The Daily Mail, the trio took out a total of $6.3 million in PPP loans to help secure 335 jobs amongst their …
JAY-Z‘s lyrics have helped professional football player Manti Te’o to become more comfortable with the retelling of his infamous catfish story from 2012. The football free agent paid a visit to CBS Mornings to promote his new Netflix documentary Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist, highlighting the controversial fake girlfriend story he was involved with in 2012. According to Te’o, …
Dr. Dre has revealed he had doubts about performing at Super Bowl LVI, until he spoke to JAY-Z and Nas. During a recent interview on fitness entrepreneur Dolvett Quince’s Workout the Doubt podcast, the Hip Hop mogul revealed he was in two minds about the February halftime show over fears of looking like a “sellout.” (The NFL have drawn criticism …
JAY-Z is featured on Irv Gotti‘s Murder Inc. BET documentary and he’s been dropping gems, such as how he was instrumental in giving the label executive his name. In the premiere episode, Hov recalled meeting Irv Gotti in London while touring with his mentor, Jaz-O. Jay and Irv tore the city up while Jaz was recording his album, and before …
JAY-Z‘s Shawn Carter Foundation has changed the lives of many kids unable to afford a college education and one previous recipient was able to meet the man behind his success in a recent full circle moment. Michael J. Payton posted a picture of himself alongside Hov on his Twitter and shouted out the Roc-A-Fella mogul and the SCF for helping …
