Jay-Z Announces Made in America Festival in Philadelphia
Standing on the steps of Philadelphia’s Art Museum with Mayor Michael Nutter earlier this morning, hip-hop superstar Jay-Z confirmed that he will curate and headline the first annual Budweiser Made In America music festival. Set to take place across three stages on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park on Sept. 1- 2, the Live Nation-produced event is expected to include nearly 30 artists whose genres include rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin and dance.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Jay-Z's SXSW Performance
Jay-Z performed last night as part of interactive portion of SXSW at Moody Theater, better known as the Austin City Limits Live venue. The performance was simultaneously broadcast on American Express' YouTube page and will be available for repeat through March 19. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJay-Z and Kanye's "Paris" Music Video Finally Released
Jay-Z and Kanye West’s highly anticipated video for their hit “Ni**as in Pris” finally hit the internet today and proved just how much the duo balls so hard. read more
Found in: Music, NewsJay-Z Vows To Change Vocabulary After Birth of Daughter
The birth of Blue Ivy Carter has influenced Jay-Z to stop using “bitch” in his lyrics. The rapper, who had a chart-topping song proclaiming, “I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one” over and over recently wrote a poem dedicated to his daughter where he promises to ax the word from his vocabulary. read more
Found in: Music, NewsBlue Ivy Has Already Accomplished More Than You Have
Blue Ivy Carter set the record for being the youngest person ever to appear on the Billboard charts thanks to Jay-Z’s hit (which charted at 74) “Glory.” We’re going to take a look at another one of her accomplishments, the first less-than-a-week old baby with a parody Twitter account that has 25,000 Twitter followers, by looking at five of her best tweets so far. She tweets anything from discussing her Gucci sheets at the hospital to complaining about “basic bitch babies” and already calls her parents by their first names because she crawls so hard. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch The Throne Sequel Could Be Released Next Year
According to a short interview with MTV, Jay-Z says that him and Kanye have been such a strong creative "zone" on tour lately that they could very well put out a sequel to Watch the Throne next year. read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Kanye West Mini-Doc VOYR
Turns out Kanye West is now using his infamous Twitter account for normal "artist stuff". Last Thursday night, Kanye West linked us to a site via a tweet, where we got to watch the first episode of something called "VOYR". What we got was some backstage footage of Kanye West in the Watch the Throne tour and some narrated rants about his funeral and the "pursuit of awesomeness". read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Throne Expands Tour, Gets Remixed By T.I.
According to "Pitchfork":http://pitchfork.com/news/44321-jay-z-and-kanye-expand-tour-again/, Kanye West and Jay-Z (aka The Throne) have once again made some alterations to their touring schedule, but this time its good news! The rap duo have added extra stadium-sized shows in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, which should be a relief for those hoping to see the superstars perform their top-selling album Watch the Throne. read more
Found in: Concerts, News10 Terrific Covers of Rap Songs (And 10 We Want to See Happen)
There are million YouTube videos of people covering rap, hip-hop and R&B songs, and it can be overwhelming to sift through them all—so we've done it for you. Here are 10 songs that you should hear. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe 10 Best Hot 100 No. 1 Singles Since 2000
It’s common sense that a song hitting No. 1 doesn’t make it great (we’re talking to you, “Tik-Tok” and “Macarena). So today we’ll take a look at the best moments in the most overplayed, over-listened and most popular songs since the year 2000. read more
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