It’s been 470 calendar days since Beyoncé gave her stans an inkling that a Renaissance visual album was coming. In the year following the release of her seventh studio album, the BeyHive relied on their improvisational skills to keep them engaged throughout its nontraditional rollout. They made viral dance challenges …
Read More »Jay-Z Slams 'Lawyer Tricks' in Perfume Trial as Testimony Intensifies
Jay-Z and a lawyer for the fragrance company Parlux continued to spar in court on Monday over whether or not the rapper fulfilled his obligations around Jay-Z Gold perfume. There was hardly a single issue on which lawyer Anthony Viola and Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, could find …
Read More »Square Buys Tidal, Names Jay-Z to Board of Directors
Tidal announced Thursday that a majority ownership share in the streaming service had been purchased by the financial service company Square, owned by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey. Square will pay $297 million in cash and stock for the “significant” majority ownership stake in Tidal, after which time Jay-Z, as a Tidal …
Read More »Listen to Jay-Z's Collaboration With the Late Nipsey Hussle: 'What It Feels Like'
Jay-Z, fresh from his nomination to join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, shares his powerful collaboration with the late Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle. The track, “What It Feels Like,” is part of the soundtrack to Judas and the Black Messiah, which tells the story of Black Panther …
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