GQ magazine for their annual Man of the Year 2011 issue have broken down the category into sixteen sub-categories ranging from King of the Year to Comic Genius of the Year. In their ranking they have named Jay-Z as the King of the Year and alternative R&B star Frank Ocean as Rookie of the Year. […]
Kanye “Jesus” West and Free Lap Dances from Sophia Varga When I heard Jay-Z and Kanye West we’re doing a tour, I marked down the date tickets we’re going on sale and waited with baited breath. The second tickets went on sale, I fired up Crome ready to buy tickets and what do I see, […]
Back in 2007, we researched some of the biggest selling rappers of the time. Now in 2011, we go back to update the numbers as well as provide their selling averages (total number of sales divided by albums). Keep in mind these calculations are based on albums solely and do not consider singles. Here’s what […]
The folks over at Voyr are trying to prove a new business model for the music business by creating a subscription service that allows fans to watch live streams of the daily happenings of their favorite musicians. Their first subjects will be Jay-Z and Kanye West as they embark on the Watch The Throne tour […]
It looks like Jay-Z is finally breaking out of his shell and doing more hokey things like making cameos in children’s cartoons as he was recently spotted in cartoon form in the show “Secret Millionaires Club”. Now I don’t have any kids, but if I did, I would want them to watch this show (which […]
A who’s who of the modeling industry lip sync Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind”. Starring Selita Ebanks, Karlie Kloss, Constance Jablonski, Jourdan Dunn, Daphne Groeneveld, Edita Vilkeviciute, Hailey Clauson, Josephine Skriver, Zuzanna Bijoch, Shu Pei, Kristina Salinovic, Martha Streck, Toni Garrn, R’el Dade, Andi Muise, Ataui Deng, Chantal Stafford-Abbot, Kelsey Rogers, Ashton Phillips, Fabiana Mayer, […]
Pitchfork has a dope interview with Roots member ?uestlove, which you can read in full here. Below is an excerpt of where he talks about Jay-Z asking him to work on his MTV unplugged album. ?: Remember when getting with him was such a controversial move? [laughs] We had a two-day summit meeting with our […]
