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Jay-Z To Perform At Obama Voter Drive

AP | Posted 10.01.2008 | Entertainment


LANSING, Mich. — Jay-Z is doing an encore for Barack Obama. The 38-year-old rapper, a vocal supporter of the Democratic presidential candidate,...

The Real Meaning and Real Talk of a Real Life '08 Bonnie and Clyde

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics


Barry Michael Cooper

As the world gazed upon this regal African American woman in her royal blue dress, there were tears of grief shed for women just like Michelle who endured water hoses, police batons, and dogs over 40 years ago.

McCain has 99 problems

Bart Motes | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media


Bart Motes

Confession: I love Meghan McCain. So I had to carefully weigh the sacrifice of a potential opportunity to drink a beer in a dive bar with Meghan versu...

This Week's Internet Diversions

Jack Donaldson | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment


Jack Donaldson

Another collection of the trivial, the inane, the entertaining, and the viral, including Jay-Z at Glastonbury, a New Yorker's worst fears of LA come true, and favorites from the Onion.

Jay-Z Drops Almost $20K On Paris Dinner

The Sun | Beci Wood | Posted 07.10.2008 | Entertainment


Jay-Z rung up a 10,000 [British pounds] dinner bill when treating his entourage to a slap-up meal in Paris this week. The big-spender took his 30-peo...

Barack Obama's iPod: Bob Dylan, Yo-Yo Ma, Sheryl Crow, Jay-Z

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment


WASHINGTON — Bob Dylan. Yo-Yo Ma. Sheryl Crow. Jay-Z. These aren't musical acts in a summer concert series: They're artists featured on Barack O...

Barackalypse Now!: Boomers Hope That 'Bama Will Bring The Death Of Bling. Bitch, PLEASE!

Natasha Vargas-Cooper | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home


Natasha Vargas-Cooper

The way Dash declares his love for them big-bodied Benzes to Obama's admission that he snorted a little blow: it's being open, unapologetically, which is something neither the focus-grouped Clinton nor the liver-spotted McCain could do.

Jason Linkins

Ferraro: Black Journalists Are The New Sexism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics


Geraldine Ferraro continued her campaign to get someone, anyone, to do something about all the sexism in the campaign today in an appearance on Fox Ne...

Does Clinton Camp Talk of Sexism Risk the Democrats' Future?

Eric Deggans | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics


Eric Deggans

This is how the Clintons could pull the Democratic Party down to general election defeat alongside their fading presidential hopes: a pointless fight over gender politics.

Jason Linkins

Ferraro Walks Back Obama 'No Vote' Comment, But Hits 'Sexist' Jay-Z Reference (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics


This morning, Clinton backer Geraldine Ferraro appeared on NBC's Today, where she elaborated at length about the sexism in the race. Mainly citing th...

Ti$a Obama Video Features Jay Z, Kanye West: Watch Video

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics


A new celeb-filled video for Sen. Barack Obama: Taz Arnold (AKA TI$A), front man to underground hip-hop super group Sa-Ra formerly signed to Grammy a...

Gwyneth Paltrow On Kids And Her Depression: Calls Son A "Sensitive Thug"

Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Entertainment


Gwyneth Paltrow is busy promoting "Iron Man" and spent some tme Monday telling Dave Letterman about her kids, son Moses and daughter Apple, and the di...

Jay-Z And Beyonce Officallly Married: Signed License Filed

AP | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment


SCARSDALE, N.Y. — A village clerk says a marriage license for Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z, dated April 4 and signed by the person who officiated a...

Jay-Z and Itchy Fingers Can't Help Obama When Things Really Get Rough

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

It was the ultimate rapper's delight; a presidential candidate actually dumping a hip hop move onto the nation's political plate.

What Everybody -- Pro and Con -- Missed About the Debates (Plus, a Fun Pop Quiz!)

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media


RJ Eskow

There are still a few things I haven't heard anybody say, and the right is already cuing up ABC's next line of questioning.

Obama Meets Jay-Z in YouTube Mashup Slamming Clinton & Debate

Ari Melber | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

Obama made pop cultural history Thursday, miming the rapper Jay-Z's iconic hand signal to "brush the dirt" off his shoulders.

Live Nation Adds Jay-Z To Mega-star Record Roster

Voxant Newsroom | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business


First Madonna, then U2, and now Jay-Z. Live Nation is securing deals with the music industry's top acts. In the case of Jay-Z, the hip hop mogul (and ...

Beyonce And Jay-Z Reportedly Wed In Lavish Celebrity Affair

Huffington Post | Posted 04.05.2008 | Entertainment


Still no official confirmation, but hip-hop super couple Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles reportedly wed Friday in New York City with a reception at Jay-Z's ...

Jay-Z Reaching $150 Million Deal With Live Nation

AP | Posted 04.03.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Jay-Z is close to reaching a $150 million deal with Live Nation Inc. that will give the concert promoter a stake in virtually ever...

Beyonce And Jay-Z Take Out Marriage License

People | Kathy Ehrich Dowd and Tiffany McGee | Posted 04.01.2008 | Entertainment


Beyoncé Knowles and longtime beau Jay-Z have taken out a marriage license in Scarsdale, N.Y., PEOPLE has learned. According to a source, the pair to...

Jay-Z To Open An Ad Agency

New York Times | STUART ELLIOTT | Posted 02.07.2008 | Media


JAY-Z is a Grammy-winning rapper, a club owner, a clothier, a fledgling hotelier, the part-owner of a basketball team and the former president of a re...

At Obama Victory Event, Campaign Played Jay-Z's "99 Problems (But A Bitch Ain't One)"

New York Post | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics


PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Barack Obama claims to run a clean campaign, but someone in his camp took a swipe at Hillary Clinton through the candidate's them...

NY Post: Obama Played Rap Song To Take A Swipe AT "B****" Hillary

NY Post | richard johnson | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics


Presidential hopeful Barack Obama claims to run a clean campaign, but someone in his camp took a swipe at Hillary Clinton through the candidate's them...

Bill Gates Works Out WIth McConaughey, Raps With Jay-Z, Auditions For Spielberg In CES Video

Gizmodo | Posted 01.07.2008 | Business


OMG, I can hear the fanboys battling already. Here's a video from last night's CES 2008 keynote, Bill Gates' last for the foreseeable future. And I kn...