UPDATE: Ha! Well, we called YouTube to confirm their new channels announcement set for Monday. What did they do? Since we published at 2pm Eastern, they decided rather than call back they’d just issu... Read More
Kanye West and Jay Z‘s CD, “Watch the Throne,” isn’t the mega hit that was hoped for. Universal Music/DefJam angered record stores (what’s left of em) and download services li... Read More
“Fela!” got rave reviews, even at almost three hours, when it premiered last night on Broadway. But the big move to attract celebrities fizzled. Jay Z showed up (no Beyonce). New co-producers W... Read More
The end of the World Series means not having to hear Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” every time Derek Jeter comes to bat. Jeter loved the song so much, featuring Alicia Keys, that he deman... Read More
Here’s an interesting problem: Jay Z’s “The Blueprint, Pt. 3″ is the hot album of the fall. The duet with Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind,” is the single of the seaso... Read More
As I told you last week, there’s been a tug of war between Sony Music and Warner Music Group over Jay-Z. But the tug of war is over, sources tell me: Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label, with new up-and-c... Read More
Something funny ‘ and I don’t mean humorous ‘ in the world of hip-hop magnate Jay-Z. Sony Music thinks they’re signing to distribute his latest album, “The Blueprint 3,”... Read More
