The pair treat World Series fans - and players - to a raucous rendition of "Empire State of Mind"
The New York natives will sing at Yankee Stadium
• After taking in the Grizzly Bear concert recently at the Williamsburg Waterfront Park, Jay-Z and Beyoncé were back in the Brooklyn neighborhood - and hipster hangout - for dinner. The two were spotted dining out at Marlow & Sons, where they sat "alone, cuddling in a corner," a source tells us.
At 13 he was selling crack. By 30 he was a hip-hop legend -- having gone, in his words, "from grams to Grammys."
The rapper scores his 11th No. 1 album, beating Elvis Presley!
Jay Leno says immediacy is key to his new show, and he should have plenty of it for his prime time premiere Monday, when Kanye West is a musical guest.
The music impresario describes growing up with dealers as role models
Do you find yourself occasionally slipping into a Liverpudlian accent? Hankering after a pair of granny glasses? Arguing with your friends about the best Beatles songs of all time?
But "people who love you understand," he says of his nuptials to Beyoncé
Jay-Z wants everybody to remember the first responders who answered the call on September 11, 2001.
The pair treat World Series fans - and players - to a raucous rendition of "Empire State of Mind"
The New York natives will sing at Yankee Stadium
• After taking in the Grizzly Bear concert recently at the Williamsburg Waterfront Park, Jay-Z and Beyoncé were back in the Brooklyn neighborhood - and hipster hangout - for dinner. The two were spotted dining out at Marlow & Sons, where they sat "alone, cuddling in a corner," a source tells us.
At 13 he was selling crack. By 30 he was a hip-hop legend -- having gone, in his words, "from grams to Grammys."
The rapper scores his 11th No. 1 album, beating Elvis Presley!
Jay Leno says immediacy is key to his new show, and he should have plenty of it for his prime time premiere Monday, when Kanye West is a musical guest.
The music impresario describes growing up with dealers as role models
Do you find yourself occasionally slipping into a Liverpudlian accent? Hankering after a pair of granny glasses? Arguing with your friends about the best Beatles songs of all time?
But "people who love you understand," he says of his nuptials to Beyoncé
Jay-Z wants everybody to remember the first responders who answered the call on September 11, 2001.
The much-anticipated music video premieres with the three hitmakers at war
Rihanna's performance will be one of her first in public since being assaulted in February
Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch is recovering from surgery to treat a tumor and gearing up for radiation treatments, according to an e-mail he sent to his fans.
A source says, "it will be the album to really give her an identity musically"
• Beyoncé and Jay-Z, double-dating with Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin at Madeo Restaurant in Beverly Hills. The couples met for dinner after the BET Awards and were "definitely having a good time and laughing," an onlooker tells us. At one point, the group switched seats so the ladies could sit next to each other in the booth while the guys sat on the outside.
Glastonbury festival held in Somerset, England every year is the world's biggest open air arts and music festival.
LeBron James leads the Cavaliers to a win in front of a star-studded crowd
From Taylor Swift's lucky 13 to Angelina Jolie's numerical tattoos, find out what digits are special to the stars
The singer and her mogul mentor dine with friends in L.A.
"We should all support her," he says. "You have to realize she's a young girl"
The Grammy- and Oscar-nominated singer gives birth in Los Angeles
It was the music of rebellion and youth. Artists traded witty improvisations onstage chronicling the pain and the promise of being black in America, inspiring inner-city and rural Southern audiences alike in nightclubs and on street corners.
Think it, find it, match it, mash it!
Every holiday season we are cursed with the same challenge: to articulate exactly how fond we are of our friends and family in the language of purchasable objects.
The newlywed also tells Elle she's '"terrified of having a child"
She wants kids – but says she's still scarred from witnessing the birth of her nephew
"Before the age of 25, I would never get married," says Jay-Z 's 27-year-old wife
"This is the biggest thing that's happened in my career," he tells PEOPLE a month after surviving a plane crash
"What Jay and I have is real," says the singer, who also reveals why she resisted an engagement ring
The rapper – who's married to Beyoncé – looks forward to having kids ... "someday"
Plus: Beyoncé & Jay-Z's late-night concert date, Drew Barrymore and more
The singer, who secretly married in April, flashes an 18 carat diamond at Fashion Rocks
• Beyoncé, smiling while surrounded by her friends and, of course, her husband Jay-Z at a party for the Artful Dodger Collection at New York's Chelsea Art Museum. As they were led to their table, everyone at the bash stopped to get a look at the power couple. But the two were very mellow, sitting next to each other the entire time and bopping their heads to the music while still wearing their shades. Beyoncé did perk up a touch when they played her song, "Upgrade U," which also features a cameo by her hubby. She smiled as they played the song and looked really cute, a partygoer tells us. Meanwhile, the deejay spun some Jay-Z hits too – and he seemed amused by one particular mashup. Noticeably missing from view: Beyoncé's $5 million wedding ring, though Jay-Z was sporting a band of his own.
Saying it's "ridiculous for me to confirm," the rapper still refuses to answer the question
Jeff Price likes to say he can get anybody's album on iTunes for "the price of a six pack and a pizza." Now the founder of TuneCore, a Brooklyn-based digital music distributor, is offering his customers something more: the chance to be on the Billboard chart with a bullet.
The rapper gets props from his a one-time critic after his performance in England
As younger music fans look in other directions and some hard-liners question the addition of rap headliners, a live-music tradition in England faces an identity crisis
The rapper shares his marriage advice to newlyweds Knowles and Jay-Z
Like Barry White, Jodeci, and R. Kelly before him, R&B superstar Usher is the master of a very specific milieu: music for -- and about -- making babies. And it has certainly served him well.
The newlyweds team up with Jermaine Dupri to record an ode to married life
The couple hit the 40/40 club to party after his Madison Square Garden Show
The newlyweds share the stage in New York City
The singer, who wed Jay-Z last month, begins recording new material in N.Y.C.
The newlyweds make their April 4 nuptials official in Scarsdale, N.Y.
The pals grab dinner then settle in for an hour of jazz on Thursday night
No rings in sight – but the just-married couple are inseparable at the rapper's L.A. bash
Jay-Z's protegée tells PEOPLE she had "no idea" the two were about to tie the knot
The singer flashes a telltale sparkler Tuesday night at her new husband's concert
"Congratulations!" says Blige, but co-headliner Jay-Z remains mum about a wedding
The ceremony is followed by an elaborate party drawing family and celebrities
The elaborate bash draws their family and celebrity friends – but did they get married?
Flowers, candelabras and a big white tent suggest a wedding may happen today
The rapper whoops it up with marriage plans and a $150 million deal in the works
The stars "were very polite and smiling" during their trip to Scarsdale, says a source
The rapper's deal with Live Nation certainly makes sense for him. But for concert ticket buyers it can only mean one thing
The longtime couple, dating since 2002, now have 60 days to get married
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He's been "big pimpin" as president of Def Jam Records since 2005, but Jay-Z is stepping down at the end of the year.
After enduring hard times in their personal lives of late, Amy Winehouse and Kanye West enjoyed a measure of good news Thursday, as they earned a total of 14 Grammy nominations between them.
No over-the-top birthday bash for Jay-Z this year. Instead the rapper planned a subdued, very private celebration in Paris with longtime girlfriend Beyoncé Knowles.
Jay-Z is about to hit the stage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Hundreds of people cram the dance floor, ready to rap along to the hip-hop superstar's every word. Up in the balcony a 42-year-old executive with a close-cropped beard and slicked-back hair of mullet-like dimensions is enjoying a spotlight of a different sort.
Jay-Z appears to be setting some sort of gastropub record: The rapper hit New York's The Spotted Pig on Tuesday night, his fifth straight evening at the super-hot restaurant, observers tell PEOPLE.
Jay-Z dedicated his sold-out Sunday night concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York to rapper Kanye West's mother, who died over the weekend. Near the end of his nearly two-hour set, the rapper asked for a moment of silence to pay respect to Donda West.
Just when he thought he was out, they pull him back in. Or, in the case of Jay-Z, he pulls himself back in, girlfriend Beyoncé Knowles tells PEOPLE.
Beyoncé Knowles was ever the supportive girlfriend Wednesday night at the VH1 Storytellers taping of Jay-Z's special Jay-Z: Life of an American Gangster.
In his dishy new memoir, Young, Rich, and Dangerous: The Making of A Music Mogul, Jermaine Dupri looks back on his successful producing career and the big names he worked with – to say nothing of the one singer who stole his heart: Janet Jackson.
It's been a great month for Cappie Pondexter. Two weeks ago the WNBA All-Star guard was awarded the WNBA Finals MVP in leading the Phoenix Mercury to its first league title. She was then named to the final roster for the 2007 Women's FIBA America's Championship team. Below, the Chicago native offers her ultimate playlist: 1. One in a Million, Aaliyah
SAN FRANCISCO -- Johan Santana looks like a natural as he effortlessly swings for the fences. His smile grows with every ball he hits out of the park. "This is the easiest thing to do," he says after blasting his ninth homer. "I don't know what the big deal is."
A message to guys looking for a date with Rihanna: You may have to go through Jay-Z first.
Beyoncé Knowles wants to be a mom - but not just yet.
It's the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and a handful of country music's biggest names have gathered backstage at the Mercy Lounge, an upstairs club in the Cannery Row section of Nashville. The crampe...
• Derek Jeter has been romantically linked to Jessica Biel since they were spotted getting cozy in Las Vegas the weekend after Thanksgiving. The two seem to officially be a couple now after the Yankees shortstop and the 7th Heaven actress were photographed getting off a boat at their hotel in Puerto Rico last week. The couple reportedly spent New Years with one another in Puerto Rico, playing blackjack at the El Conquistador Resort and Golden Door Spa in a roped off area and playing volleyball on the beach.
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After a recent Apple campaign portrayed PC users as dweebs, Hewlett-Packard fought back with a series of ads in which Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, and snowboarder Shaun White lent the company’s PCs so...
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. is teaming up with rapper Jay-Z, positioning him as co-brand director of Budweiser Select.
From designer clothes, diamond-encrusted watches and high-end vodka, Damon Dash has a diverse portfolio of businesses.
When Microsoft takes over the Rockefeller Plaza observation deck Wednesday afternoon, it won't be to host a tech talk. It's to get the bright lights of media and entertainment - Bonnie Fuller, Benny Medina, BBDO Worldwide CEO Andrew Robertson - together for "a stimulating conversation about triangulating the sweet spot of pop culture, technology, and brand," according to the invite.
The fans are loving it. On a warm Sunday evening in June, one of hip-hop's hottest stars, Kanye West, is spitting rhymes for 50,000 fans at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. West is a bona fi...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop diva Beyonce denied rumors she is secretly married to rapper and music impresario Jay-Z, and said she assumed an alter-ego called "Sasha" for her sexy stage persona in an upcoming Vanity Fair cover story.
Jay-Z took the job as president of Def Jam Recordings for a couple of reasons: He needed a challenge and he wanted to prove he's more than just a rapper.
Last year, in this very section, I griped that in the face of rampant '80s nostalgia, I was prepared to prematurely revisit the decade that followed -- anything to ward off those inane old Poison videos that had returned to haunt us.
Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jay-Z are among the big-name investors in a Brooklyn-based beauty line called "Carol's Daughter," according to the New York Post.
Who expected a sequel to "Sideways"? That's like a two-for-one deal on a 1974 Richebourg.
Saul Williams isn't out to save hip-hop, but he is out to elevate the art form. The actor, activist and leader of the self-described "industrial punk-hop" movement, is effectively breaking boundaries while blurring the lines between poetry and rap.
Fans looking forward to "The Best of Both Worlds" concert featuring R&B singer R. Kelly and hip-hop megastar Jay-Z may now be looking for a ticket refund after Kelly was barred from the remaining tour dates in the New York area, amid reports of a feud and accusations of an assault.
Universal Music Group is close to a deal to buy out the rapper and producer Jay-Z and his partners from their venture, Roc-A-Fella Records, a published report said Monday.
"I'm going to take over the world," boasts Damon Dash. "My company will be worth billions of dollars—maybe worth a quarter of a trillion." The CEO of Roc-a-Fella Records and RocaWear clothing is st...
A list of Grammy winners:
Move over Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal. Faced with lackluster sales of sporting goods -- and fading euphoria over big-name athletes -- Reebok's ongoing experiment with the world of hip-hop and rap could show the industry the way back to growing sales.
[HIT] Off to a flying start: Toyota's new Scion xB (see "Will the Kids Buy It?," May) is indeed proving a hit with its intended target, Generation Y. First-month California sales data shows that th...
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