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Category Archives: Jay Z

Jay Z & R Kelly album #1 despite problems

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Jay-Z and R. Kelly’s collaboration album Unfinished Business is expected to debut at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 charts. The album moved over 280,000 units during… Read More

Jay-Z, Eminem Rally Hip-Hop Fans On Vote Or Die Special

October 8th, 2004 in Jay Z 0

Jay-Z knows why you don’t care about voting, and he wants to do something about it. Jay and Eminem have joined the rising chorus of hip-hop… Read More

Jay Z Part Owner of the Nets

August 12th, 2004 in Jay Z 0

Jay-Z’s career as part-owner of an NBA franchise has officially begun. The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the New Jersey Nets on… Read More

Jay Z @ The Hfstival

Make sure you check out the Hfstival this weekend where Jay-Z will join a big concert lineup that includes The Cure, The Offspring, O.A.R., P.O.D., Lostprophets,… Read More

May 19th, 2004 in Jay Z 0

JayZ Video Causes Problems

JAY-Z’s gritty new video “99 Problems,” which features his own fictionalized murder, caused a battle between the rapper and MTV. The network asked director Mark Romanek,… Read More

May 4th, 2004 in Jay Z 0

Jay Z doubling the size of 40/40 Club

Jay-Z’s is planning to double the size of his nightclub, 40/40 in New York. The club is negotiating with the landlord, Adams & Co. to add… Read More

March 22nd, 2004 in Jay Z 0

The Grey Album Update

On February 24, more than 100,000 people downloaded DJ Danger Mouse’s Jay-Z/Beatles hybrid The Grey Album, according to music activists Downhill Battle, who organized the Grey… Read More

March 6th, 2004 in Jay Z 0

Remixers Turn Jay-Zs Black Album Grey, White And Brown

Thanks to the talents of enterprising remixers, Jay-Z’s The Black Album is available in a lot more versions than just clean or explicit.

January 27th, 2004 in Jay Z 0

Jay Z & Beyonce play Mr & Mrs Claus

Jay-Z, donning a red Santa suit and a bag stuffed with toys, spent his Christmas holiday giving gifts to kids in his childhood Marcy Projects home…. Read More

December 30th, 2003 in Jay Z 0

Nokia and Jay-Z team up

On the heels of the recently released, chart-topping Black Album by superstar rapper and hip-hop artist Jay-Z, Nokia will produce a special edition of the Nokia… Read More

December 16th, 2003 in Jay Z 0

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