Jay Z

McCain has 99 problems

Bart Motes | Posted 08.08.2008 | 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 07.31.2008 | 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 07.18.2008 | 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 07.03.2008 | 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 06.30.2008 | 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 05.29.2008 | 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 05.29.2008 | 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 05.28.2008 | 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 05.13.2008 | 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 05.07.2008 | 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 04.30.2008 | 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...

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

Voxant Newsroom | Posted 04.15.2008 | 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 04.13.2008 | 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 04.11.2008 | 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 04.09.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 08.14.2008 | 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...

Jay-Z Steps Down As President Of Def Jam

New York Times | JEFF LEEDS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


After an unusual three-year turn in the corporate suite, Jay-Z, the rap superstar, said Monday that he would step down from his post as president of D...

Jay-Z To Fans: Please Steal My Music

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


iTunes buyers who want to purchase Jay-Z's newest album, the soundtrack to the American Gangster movie, are out of luck. That's because the rapper ins...

Jay-Z Pays Tribute To Kanye West's Mom

NME | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Jay-Z has paid tribute to felloe rapper Kanye West's mother, who died yesterday (November 10). West's mother Donda passed away in a Los Angeles hospi...

The 10 Highest-Earning Musical Acts Of The Year

Forbes via BBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Veteran rock band The Rolling Stones have been named the top earning music act of the past year, according to US business publication Forbes. The Sto...