Jay-Z

By Bol The TIs must have realized this was gonna happen, right? Pushing the album release date up should be standard protocol at this point. They should list a phony release date, then drop the album a week before that, just to throw people off. That’s probably what Jay-Z did. That crafty son of a bitc...

By Combat Jack 1) Tupac, if he deserved any types of accolades as a rapper, was that, throughout the course of his career, he never let go of that Bishop character from “Juice” and lp by lp, he continued to perfect that role until he became Bishop in his songs and in real life. If anything, he should have been n...

By Bol Take for example the most recent alleged fuckery involving Julia Beverly, which hit my inbox last night while I was undergoing my evening therapy session. Some guy from some blog has a lengthy post detailing how Julia Beverly tried to sell him a verse from Lil Boosie, via Twitter. I guess she...

By xxlstaff In that Jersey Shore context, “My White Friends” is strangely accurate, an all-too-true examination of a specific type of White person disguised as a rap video. I have this one friend, right, who every once in a while is called a “Bizarro Jay-Z” (Seinfeld heads know what I’m talking about;...

By xxlstaff Kanye West has been laying low since interrupting pop singer Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Yet over the weekend, the outspoken super star finally made his first onstage appearance at a Beyoncé concert in London.

By Bol It’s too bad my father doesn’t have beef with 50 Cent, because then I could get Fiddy to take me on a trip to Floyd Mayweather’s house. Which I’m sure is even more exciting than Morris Day’s house. No fishsticks. cranks up “Regrets” by Jay-Z*

By xxlstaff Why am I reminiscing about this today, when there’s a 50 Cent/Jay-Z tension and the South’s biggest breakthrough artist is facing the bing? Because the only two albums I bumped over this past weekend were full-lengths that invoke strong feelings akin to that of The Preface—Apathy’s Wan...

By xxlstaff With no new rap releases this week, hip-hop is hard to find on the The Billboard 200’s top 40. And to add insult to injury for the first time in nine weeks, Jay-Z has finally fallen from grace. The Brooklyn legend’s latest disc, The Blueprint 3, slid five spots to no. 15 on this week’s charts. BP3 mo...

By xxlstaff Mag.com: Being from Philly, one would imagine you and Beans are pretty close. How did his Jay-Z diss track affect your relationship with him and Jay? Mag.com: How did your relationship with Jake One start and turn into a full-length album?

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By Bol So yeah, 50 Cent has almost certainly banged Taheezo. The questions is: why? Is this all part of some grand scheme to land him some ridonkulous future windfall, like Jay-Z’s plan to become part-owner of the Yankees, or does Fiddy just keep a list of rappers whose ex-girlfriends he could pro...

By Bol Then there’s the matter of why Jay-Z performed at these Yankees events in the first place. Cynical hating mofo that I am, I just figured it was because he has an album to promote. Like when he gave the Pigs in a Blanket Foundation some money to allow him to turn the anniversary of the attacks of 9/...

By xxlstaff Mag.com: The Ford Taurus hasn’t really been know as a hip-hop approved car… Mag.com: How much damage is this going to be on the pockets? Mag.com: That’s a decent price in comparison to the other cars you hear rappers name-dropping. Share: Funkmaster Flex remixes Ford’s 2010 Taurus SHO...

By Bol Never mind a record deal with G-Unit. Beanie Sigel might need to see about getting a book deal with the same imprint as Rawse’s baby’s mother. He may not have been lying, when he said he’s been a fly on the wall for some shit we don’t even know about. I still want to know what he was talking about, whe...

By xxlstaff Ever since Beanie Sigel dropped the diss track, “What You Talking About,” towards former ally Jay-Z the hip-hop world has been in a frenzy. Last night (November 3) during an interview with Philadelpha radio station, Power 99, 50 Cent confirmed that he was trying to recruit Beans to G-Unit...

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By xxlstaff Another new hip-hop addition to the charts this week is Rick Ross’ group Triple C’s. Their debut album, Custom Cars and Cycles, landed at the no. 44 position, selling 12,000 copies of their CD. Jay-Z fell six spots to no. 10 this go ’round. The Brooklyn legend’s latest opus, The Blueprint 3, adde...

By xxlstaff Charlamagne: Jay-Z is an OG, man, and the Bible says the old men should counsel young men for war. There should never have been a point in time where he just stopped counseling Beanie Sigel. Yeah, you can give him a record label but what if he doesn’t know how to run a label? You can give him a cloth...

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By Ron Mexico Beans also can’t just make a record firing shots at Jay-Z and tell everyone else not to follow his example at the end. That sounds like the logic of a nigga who does all kinds of foul shit in front of his kids then tells them to do as he says, not as he does.

By xxlstaff Rza – Appearing alongside Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen in Judd Apatow’s Funny People, is like the hip-hop equivalent of appearing on a remix with Lil Wayne and Kanye or getting caught on gun charges. We see you, baby. Share: A kosher guide to hip-hop...

By xxlstaff Mag.com: What did you think of Blueprint 3? Mag.com: So you’re saying that Jay just doesn’t understand your style of music? Mag.com: It’s rare that a hip-hop artist actually gives back—or at least makes it public. Share: Webstar defends his music against the "D.O.A." movement...

By xxlstaff Hov pays tribute to his fans on his latest cut...

By xxlstaff The Blueprint 3 catches it's first Kanye leak...

By xxlstaff Another Timbo-produced Hov track surfaces on the internets...

By xxlstaff Jay teams up with 'Ye and Rihanna on new single...

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By xxlstaff Luda, Jay-Z and Nas do it for the culture...

By J-Rod Hov makes surprise visit at Yeezy NYC show, teases "Jockin' Jay-Z"...

By J-Rod Roc duo perform new Hov track "Jockin' Jay-Z"

By jackpot The God MC joins Jeezy on this "G mix"...

By jackpot The "rap LeBron James" mocks Wizards guard, Deshawn Stevenson on new diss record...

By eskay On Tuesday (November 20), MSN and concert production company Control Room will be airing Jay-Z’s recent performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City in its entirety on music.msn.com.

By Brendan Go inside this week’s new releases from Jay-Z, Cassidy, Statik Selektah and Nas