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(Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images) J. Cole Opens up About the Pressure He Felt As Jay-Z’s Protégé: ‘I Wanna Be LeBron and Not Kwame!’
J. Cole opens up in a throwback interview about the ‘good pressure’ he felt signing under Jay-Z and his Roc Nation label.
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(Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images) Jay-Z Says He’s Unsure About Releasing New Album, Says New Music Was Too Dark to Release
“I don’t know what I need to create currently that’s going to fulfill me,” Jay-Z said.
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(Photo by Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images) Jay-Z ‘Vigorously Disagreed’ With Author Michael Eric Dyson’s Opinion on the Beef Between Kendrick Lamar and Drake
Professor Michael Eric Dyson says Jay-Z “did not get nasty and vicious” discussing their “disagreement” over Kendrick and Drake’s beef.
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(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) How Jay-Z’s Affection for This Classic Musical Helped Create One of His Biggest Hits
Jay-Z reflects on the massive success of ‘Hard Knock Life’ in a 1999 interview, explaining how he had a similar story to ‘Annie’.
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NEW YORK – DECEMBER 23: (L-R) Members of G-Unit rappers 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo pose during the 2nd Annual Josh Evans/Book Bank Foundation Holiday Clothing Drive at the Bowery Mission December 23, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Fernando Leon/Getty Images)NEW YORK – DECEMBER 23: (L-R) Members of G-Unit rappers 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo pose during the 2nd Annual Josh Evans/Book Bank Foundation Holiday Clothing Drive at the Bowery Mission December 23, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Fernando Leon/Getty Images) Tony Yayo Argues Why He Thinks 50 Cent Has a Better Career Than Jay-Z
Tony Yayo passionately argues why it’s much better to have a career like 50 Cent over Jay-Z during a podcast.
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(Photo by Scott Gries/ImageDirect) The Jay-Z Mount Rushmore: 4 of His Greatest Songs of All Time
With an outstanding discography across his 30+ year rap career, Noisey selects four of the greatest Jay-Z songs of all time.
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(Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) 50 Cent on Why Jay-Z Is a Better Businessman, and How His Approach Differs: ‘Beat Myself Up’
50 Cent explained the difference between himself and Jay-Z when it comes to business and how they approach their respective artists.
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(Photo by: Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images) Mary J. Blige Recalls How a Leak Ruined a ‘Monster’ Collaboration With Jay-Z
Mary J. Blige teased a ‘monster’ collaboration with Jay-Z that never came out because someone in her camp got too eager and leaked it.
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(Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images) Ray J Slams Jay-Z & Beyoncé for Not Meeting and Taking Pictures With His Sister, Brandy, on Tour
Ray J posts a lengthy rant on Instagram, calling out Jay-Z and Beyoncé for not showing love to his sister and R&B legend Brandy at her show.
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KMazur/WireImage Remembering Linkin Park and Jay-Z’s Unlikely, Record-Breaking Mash-Up Ahead of Its 21st Anniversary
Linkin Park and Jay-Z collaborated on a mash-up EP in 2004 that gave us the beloved Grammy-winning track “Numb/Encore”.
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(Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images) Ja Rule Argues That He Outrapped Jay-Z on 1998 Classic “Can I Get A…”
Ja Rule argued to Carmelo Anthony on his podcast that he had a better verse than Jay-Z on their classic “Can I Get A…”