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Jay-Z stories: 54 news summaries

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 Craziest Rap 
 Concert Demands 

From condoms and KFC to Cuban cigars and Hennessy

Nov 15, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Drawing on the Smoking Gun ’s collection of concert riders, Sam Greenspan of 11points.com offers a list of the 11 craziest demands made by rappers:
  • DMX: Three boxes of condoms and a gallon of Hennessy—that’s anywhere from $300 to $800 worth of cognac.
  • Public
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entertainment • celebrity • hip-hop • DMX • rapper • rap music • Queen Latifah • Jay-Z • Public Enemy

world series slideshow

 New Yorkers Flock 
 to Cheer Yankees 

'Canyon of Heroes' echoes with cheers for champs

Nov 6, 09 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - New Yorkers turned out in droves today to cheer the World Series champion Yankees as a ticker-tape parade made its way through the canyons of Lower Manhattan. Manager Joe Girardi received a key to the city at a City Hall ceremony, Series MVP Hideki Matsui thanked the fans over and... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Hideki Matsui • World Series • Joe Girardi • Jay-Z • 2009 World Series

 New Site 
 Decodes 
 Rap Lyrics 

Rap Exegesis breaks down Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, and more

Nov 5, 09 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ song “Empire State of Mind” is everywhere, even at the World Series. But do you know what the lyrics mean? If not, Rap Exegesis can clue you in the way it educated Nick Antosca of the Huffington Post. Some of the explanations the site offers:... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • rapper • rap music • Alicia Keys • Ghostface Killah • Lil Wayne • Notorious B.I.G. • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV

 Greatest Albums of the Decade 

From Radiohead to Bon Iver, Paste hits the highlights

Nov 3, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Paste takes a look back at the past decade—and its own 10-year history—with its list of the 50 best albums of the ‘00s:
  • No. 1. Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise: “His music pushed boundaries between pop and classical.”
  • No. 4. Radiohead, Kid A: Marked
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music • Kanye West • Radiohead • MIA • album • Jay-Z • Outkast • Jay-ZTV

 Jay-Z Cleans Up 
 'Empire' for 
 World Series 

Rapper will keep his language PG while performing for Yanks

Oct 28, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(AP) - The lyrics to Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" are sometimes as raw as New York, but it looks like the rapper will clean things up when he performs his city anthem at the World Series. A source close to the rapper says Jay-Z won't utter curses or other raunchy... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • World Series • rapper • rap music • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • 2009 World Series

ANALYSIS

 Recession Finds 
 Place in Rap's 
 Latest Hits 

Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne among those referencing sour economy

Oct 7, 09 9:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ugly economy is making more than a cameo in today’s hottest rap music, with Young Jeezy taking the cake by naming his latest album The Recession. Rap’s often been a barometer of such huge swings, Sara Libby writes, noting the impact last year of Barack Obama’s... More »

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entertainment • music industry • recession • rap music • Lil Wayne • Jay-Z • financial crisis • Jay-ZTV • Jay Sean • Young Jeezy • Lil Wayne jail • Lil Wayne pleads guilty • Lil Wayne going to jail

 The Books Jay-Z Lives By 

The rapper talks to Oprah's magazine about books that inspire him

Sep 28, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z has gone from rapper to mogul, and he shares some of the books that helped him along the way with O magazine:
  • The Seat of the Soul, by Gary Zukav: "There are two books that I absolutely live my life by. This is one of them. I
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entertainment • celebrity • book • Jay-Z • O, the Oprah Magazine • Jay-ZTV • books

OPINION

Lily Allen Rode Piracy to Fame, But Now It's Not OK?

Singer ripped others' music for own mixes before she was a star

Sep 23, 09 10:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Singer Lily Allen has caused a stir with recent rants against music piracy (and a blog where she posts opinions from like-minded creative pals), but when she was trying to make it, she was guilty of just that offense. Allen included tracks from Jay-Z, Jefferson Airplane and others on mixtapes... More »

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entertainment • music industry • piracy • digital music • hypocrisy • Jay-Z • Lily Allen • Jay-ZTV

What Jay-Z and Glenn Beck Have in Common

Rap and right-wing talk radio are more similar than you might think

Sep 20, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After listening to hours of Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, and Mark Levin on the radio while driving the Nebraska countryside, a peculiar thought occurred to David Segal: conservative talk-show hosts are surprisingly similar to gangsta rappers, he writes for the New York Times. Consider the parallels:
  • Huge egos.
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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • hip-hop • Glenn Beck • rap music • Michael Savage • right wingers • talk-show host • Jay-Z


 With New No. 1, 
 Jay-Z Grabs 
 Record 
 From Elvis 

Beatles, meanwhile, maintain dominance with big week

Sep 16, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z and the Beatles lit up the charts this week, Billboard reports. Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 sold 476,000 copies, easily capturing the top spot for the week, and giving the rapper his 11th No. 1 album. That nabs him the record, previously held by Elvis, for the... More »

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Beatles • music sales • Billboard charts • album • Jay-Z • album sales

music review

 Kid Cudi's Debut 
 'Ridiculously 
 Intriguing' 

Rap's up-and-coming name follows in the footsteps of Kanye West, Andre 3000

Sep 15, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The premise of Kanye West protégé Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon: The End of the Day is that he’s “not on the same planet as other rappers. The truth is that he’s not in the same genre,” writes Julian Benbow for the... More »

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Kanye West • hip-hop • rapper • album release • rap music • music review • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • Kid Cudi

 Rihanna 
 Joins 
 Jay-Z 
 on Stage 

9/11 benefit marks her first live show since Chris Brown assault

Sep 12, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna's comeback took another step forward last night when she joined Jay-Z on stage for her first live performance since the February assault. During Jay-Z's star-studded 9/11 benefit concert in New York—John Mayer, Mary J. Blige, and, of course, Beyoncé also performed—Rihanna took the stage with him and... More »

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Kanye West • concert • John Mayer • Beyonce • Rihanna • Mary J. Blige • Jay-Z • Chris Brown • Run This Town

(Newser) - Jay-Z's new Blueprint 3 seems to have critics divided. Some see flashes of brilliance showing the rap veteran at his best, while others see a mediocre effort that relies too much on celebrity.
  • Jay-Z sounds "hungrier than he has in years on about half the tracks, while sharing
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music • hip-hop • rapper • rap music • music review • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • Blueprint 3

(Newser) - While most footage of DJ AM’s memorial is still hush-hush, a tribute video from last week's service has hit the Internet, E! Online reports. The video, compiled by friends, shows the DJ behind his turntables with pals such as Jay-Z, Travis Barker, and Sam Ronson. It also shows him... More »

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entertainment • Internet • video • memorial service • Jay-Z • tribute • Samantha Ronson • Travis Barker • DJ AM

 Jay-Z at Work on
 'Experimental' Album 

Says it will be his most eclectic

Sep 4, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z's new album, Blueprint 3, doesn't drop until next week, but he's already looking ahead to the next one. The rapper, also known as Shawn Carter, tells MTV he's working on his most eclectic album yet. "It's not gonna be a No. 1 album," he says. "That's... More »

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entertainment • album release • rap music • Jay-Z • Shawn Carter • Jay-ZTV

interview

 Jay-Z to Oprah: 
 Drug Dealing 
 Was 'Natural' 

Says his generation 'disarmed' the N-word

Sep 3, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Becoming a teen drug dealer was “natural” for Jay-Z, and it didn’t scare him a bit, given his environment in the projects, he tells Oprah in her O Magazine. “At some point, you become addicted to the feeling. The uncertainty and adrenaline and danger of that lifestyle,... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • hip-hop • rapper • Beyonce • rap music • interview • Jay-Z • O, the Oprah Magazine • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh says he’s finally an A-lister, the Huffington Post reports, after being name-checked by Jay-Z in a track leaked recently off the rapper’s forthcoming The Blueprint 3 album. “Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls, it’s 2010 not 1864,” goes the lyric from... More »

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entertainment • Rush Limbaugh • race relations • circumcision • rap music • Jay-Z • President Obama • Jay-ZTV • Blueprint 3

 Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye 
 Take on the Apocalypse

Three of hip-hop's biggest team up in video for new single

Aug 20, 09 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West romp around a post-apocalyptic New York in the much-anticipated video for “Run This Town” off Jay-Z's upcoming Blueprint 3, reports MTV.com. The clip portrays the three as "warlords in a 23rd-century turf war," writes James Montgomery, but that's beside the point.... More »

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music • Kanye West • hip-hop • music videos • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Blueprint 3 • Run This Town

 Rihanna Heads to Leno, 
 Brown to Hard Labor 

Singer faces community labor at sentencing

Aug 7, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna will make her first public performance since the Chris Brown assault at a somewhat unlikely venue: the Jay Leno Show, E! reports. She will join Kanye West and Jay-Z for Leno’s primetime debut Sept. 14. Brown isn’t doing quite so well: Wrigley cut his sponsorship deal,... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • celebrity • Jay Leno • assault • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Chris Brown • The Jay Leno Show

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Men's Sites 
 Want Less 
 Megan Fox 

Plus, Madonna is a writer—in Israel

Jul 29, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men are already sick of Megan Fox, with a dozen male-focused websites calling for a media blackout of the Transformers star Aug. 4, the New York Daily News reports. “You can have too much of a good thing,” says the editor of AskMen.com. Elsewhere:
  • Madonna’s
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entertainment • celebrity • Beyonce • Madonna • Jack Nicholson • Jay-Z • Megan Fox • Yediot Ahronot • AskMen.com • media blackout

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