Kanye West worked as a producer for Jay-Z before releasing his own music. The Chicago rapper produced songs for the successful album Blueprint, but Jay-Z wasn’t sure West was ready to be a star in his ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Brooklyn’s own Jay-Z released his would-be retirement album, The Black Album. Although there was virtually no pause between The Black Album and new Jay-Z music ...

The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse was the seventh studio album released by rapper Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z. It was released on Nov. 12, 2002, on the Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn -- If anyone can make a trip to the library feel like a party, it's Jay-Z, apparently. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the Brooklyn Public Library and Roc ...

Memphis Bleek Reveals Jay-Z Called Him After His Drink Champs Interview to Shut The Rumors of A New Album Down For over two decades, Jay-Z has maintained an unusual grip on hip-hop: he can disappear ...

Today is Dec. 4. Suggested Reading 13 Hip-Hop, R&B Remixes That Are Way Better Than the Original White Tuskegee University Player Dragged For Vile Disrespect, Attack of Alabama State’s Black Marching ...

On Thursday (Feb. 13), The Recording Academy announced that eight albums and five singles will be inducted into this year's Grammy Hall of Fame class, including Hov's classic debut Reasonable Doubt.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 05: Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Sony Pictures' "The Book Of Clarence" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on January 05, 2024 in Los Angeles, ...

Jay-Z’s method of songwriting is rather unconventional. The rapper said that when he began working on music as a teenager, he painstakingly wrote down everything that passed through his mind. As he ...

Beanie Sigel is one of the rappers who isn’t afraid to speak his mind about JAY-Z. The Philadelphia artist recently claimed Hov intentionally overshadowed his album releases, but the fans did not buy ...

For years Dame Dash would do interviews and would either refuse to talk about Jay-Z or throw small fits whenever broached about the subject, but as of late he’s been opening up about his days with his ...