Celebrating a new chapter in cannabis, Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter, has launched his first cannabis brand, MONOGRAM. The brand’s website is live at www.monogramcompany.com and on Instagram at @MONOGRAMCOMPANY. MONOGRAM is built upon its careful strain selection and meticulous cultivation practices and uncompromised quality in aim to define what cannabis means to consumers. The brand will […]
There are so many ways one can be bullied. For N.O.R.E., it was by one of his favorite things in the world. JAY-Z had a large amount of D’Usse and Armand de Brignac, a.k.a. Ace of Spades, dropped off to the Drink Champs host. “You think I enjoy this?! You don’t think that I want […]
Producer of the year might go to Hit-Boy. He has definitely been on a roll in 2020, producing an entire Nas project and multiple tracks on Big Sean’s Detroit 2. Hit-Boy gave some insight into Benny the Butcher’s new single, “TIMELESS,” which he produced and said that the beat was originally for Jay-Z and Kanye, […]
The REFORM Alliance has achieved its first major legislative accomplishment with the enactment of AB 1950, legislation that will significantly improve California’s probation system and help put hundreds of thousands of Californians on probation in positions to succeed and exit the criminal justice system once and for all. This is the first major legislative victory […]
From Reasonable Doubts to being one of the wealthiest men in the entertainment industry…Jay-Z has been an inspiration to hip hop.He founded the clothing retailer Rocawear and in 2003, he founded the sports bar chain 40/40 Club. Both businesses have grown to become multi-million-dollar corporations, and with over 50 million albums and 75 million singles […]
Kanye’s most recent Twitter rant is focusing on his deals with his YZY brand with GAP and his famed Yeezy brand with adidas. Kanye has officially declared that he is not releasing anything with GAP and he’s “wearing Jordans” until he sits on the board at sneaker giant adidas. REGISTER TO VOTE GET ELECTION REMINDERS […]
In a recent sit down with Fat Joe for his IG Live “Joprah Show, the DITC veteran sat down with Murder Inc.’s Irv Gotti and spoke extensively about Jay-Z, who he said had real-life beef with Tupac because of another deceased king of the game; Notorious B.I.G. According to Gotti, Shakur’s beef with Hov originated […]
Kanye West has set Twitter ablaze this week. It started with him Tweeting out his dislike for the music industry, calling it modern-day slavery. Then beginning a crusade to reform the music industry. Today, West touched a little bit more on his relationship with Jay-Z, saying that he wants to reunite the two. It started […]
The Kanye West music industry exposure campaign continues. Over the last week, the music and fashion mogul has uploaded all of his music contracts to Twitter. He has vowed to not release another form of musical art until he is released from his contract and/or owns his masters. Ye even went as far as uploading […]
An all Black western movie, we’re here for it. Lakeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz, Regina King, and Delroy Lindo have signed to join the cast of Netflix’s The Harder They Fall, an upcoming western movie produced by Jay-Z. REGISTER TO VOTE GET ELECTION REMINDERS https://www.facebook.com//videos/403556060649855 The film is to be directed by Jeymes Samuel, a.k.a. singer/artist […]
On possibly the world’s most tragic day in recent history (9/11), Hip Hop mogul Jay-Z released one of his best LPs, The Blueprint, on his own Roc-A-Fella Records imprint. The fall of the World Trade Center obviously overshadowed the release on that date, however, before the end of 2001, The Blueprint introduced Jay-Z as the […]
In the early 2000s, The Ying Yang Twins were on top of the world. The duo of D-Roc and Kaine appeared on Hot 107.9 and reflected on their classics, including “Say I Yi Yi,” which led them to receive a call from JAY-Z. The duo revealed they were dropped in 1999 and led to joining […]
Many people have applauded Jay-Z for his recent social justice initiatives and work with criminal justice reform. However, former NBA star Stephon Marbury is calling BS on it all. Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson recently sat down with Marbury and in the interview, Marbury addressed his almost two-decade-long feud with Hov. Marbury’s beef with Jay-Z stems […]
On this date in 2002, when Cam and his Dipset crew were just rookies on the label themselves, Roc-A-Fella co-founder Dame Dash offered his Uptown cohort a cool half a milli to ride shotgun under the ever-ascending Roc umbrella, but the Dipset capo wasn’t easily impressed by the offer that Roc-A-Fella star artist and co-founder […]
Congratulations are in order for Ciara. The mother of three and her husband, Russell Wilson, recently welcomed their baby boy, Win Wilson last month. Now the Grammy Award-winning artist is celebrating the debut of her new Level Up Radio Show on Apple Music. In her first episode, Ciara reflects on one of the biggest hits […]
Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z have today dropped their latest collaborative single in the uplifting, powerful five-minute “Entrepreneur” which premiered overnight at midnight following a very limited promotion run. The track featuring a timely Nipsey Hussle tribute, asks questions of the structural economics behind companies such as Twitter and Gucci, features Tyler, the Creator and Insecure […]
Team ROC, the social justice arm of JAY-Z’s Roc Nation, attempted to take out a billboard in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, which would call for the local District Attorney to hold police officer Joseph Mensah accountable for recklessly shooting and killing three men of color (Alvin Cole, Anthony Gonzales and Jay Anderson) during police stops within a […]
Depending on the age or region, the “best rapper alive” title can arguably go to JAY-Z or Lil Wayne. During an interview with Power 106, Juvenile said that he wanted Weezy to do a Verzuz battle with his idol. “Jay-Z and Wayne. Come on. Let’s stop playing,” Juvie proclaimed nine minutes into the conversation. “Jay-Z […]
Kanye West has become just as unpredictable as his friend President Donald Trump on Twitter, but this time, Yeezy just wanted to tell the world that he missed his “bro”. In a heartfelt tweet sent out Monday(August 10), Yeezy posted an image of him and Hov rocking “Otis” onstage while tweeting, “Miss my bro … […]
The Ruff Ryders has a star-studded lineup, but DMX was the heartbeat of the collective. There was a point in time when JAY-Z and X were beefing, and it hit a peak when Hov became President of Def Jam in 2004. “What had happened was Jay-Z called X and told him ‘The inmates have took […]
