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Happy 52nd Birthday To The Brooklyn Legend, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter!
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Kane / Getty Jay-Z is a living legend with millions of records sold worldwide and became a billionaire via his various business ventures in the process. Today (Dec. 4) is the artist born Shawn Carter’s birthday, and Twitter is currently celebrating the Brooklyn legend properly. If you’re a regular reader of Hip-Hop Wired, you’re already well aware that we support Hov around these parts so there’s no need for us to run down his impressive resume in grand detail. With 13 studio albums, multiple businesses, and the ability to still show up on features and body the track, Jay-Z doesn’t have anything else to prove as he coasts comfortably into his middle years. Would another album from Jay-Z be welcomed by most? Most certainly. But at this juncture...
These Hip-Hop Songs Prove Rappers Have A Strong Love For ‘The Matrix’ Film Franchise
Source: Ronald Siemoneit / Getty Film and Hip-Hop have a unique relationship being that you can always find a reference to a particular movie in a rap song. One movie in particular that always gets a nod from your favorite rapper is The Matrix. There is no denying how much of a stranglehold The Matrix has on pop culture. It’s made evident due to the film’s many references in other movies, television shows, cartoons, and music, especially in Hip-Hop. Since the movie’s 1999 release, The Matrix, plus its mind-blowing plot, has found its way into the songs of many rappers over the years. With Lana Wachowski’s highly-anticipated 4th film in the franchise, The Matrix: Resurrections, right around the corner, you can bet there will be even more Matrix-related bars popping up in new songs. Until we...
Clap For Him: JAY-Z Surpasses Quincy Jones To Become The Most Grammy Nominated Artist Ever
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty JAY-Z is having himself one hell of a year because the accomplishments keep rolling in. The Grammy nominations were revealed on Tuesday (Nov.24). The living Hip-Hop legend from Brooklyn has become one the most-nominated artists in Grammy Awards history after receiving three Grammy nods. JAY-Z passed Quince Jones. Before the news, the rapper and iconic multihyphenate both had 80 nominations. The news comes fresh off JAY-Z’s historic induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the release of The Harder They Fall, the Netflix film he produced that is garnering a lot of buzz in Hollywood. JAY-Z hasn’t released a solo project since 2017’s 4:44. His nominations come in the way of guest features on his “little brother,” Kanye ...
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Blue Ivy Pays Tribute To Jay-Z During Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube Jay-Z joined rare air this week with his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame distinction. Blue Ivy Carter honored her dad with a very memorable introduction to his induction. The Brooklyn MC was stamped as one of the greatest performers ever in the music industry via the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony. As expected his induction video was nothing short of stellar just like his career. Several friends and celebrities put respect on his name via a pre-recorded video including Kevin Hart, Rihanna, Halle Berry, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Diddy, Regina King, Lena Waithe, Chris Martin, Rick Ross, Queen Latifah, Lupita Nyong’o, and former President Barack Obama. Even with all that star power it was his own wife and daughter who stole the show...
Rhuigi Villaseñor Teases Jay-Z’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Varsity Jacket
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Jay-Z is officially a Rock and Roll legend, too, having been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame. With that comes some pretty cool perks including getting his very own varsity jacket to commemorate the historic honor. Taking to his IG stories to tease the custom thread made for Jay-Z, RHUDE‘s Rhuigi Villaseñor held out the leather sleeve of the aforementioned varsity jacket which featured a blue embroidery of Jay-Z’s full name and his catalogue of classics starting with Reasonable Doubt and ending with 4:44. We lowkey feel like the S. Carter mixtape was good enough to make the sleeve, but that’s a conversation for another day. Related Stories That “Hall of Fame Hov” just hits different when embroidered on a creamy butter sle...
Jury Clears Jay-Z In $67M Lawsuit Over Cologne Collaboration
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty After six years of litigation and a three-week trial, Jay-Z has been cleared of by a jury of his peers in a lawsuit that alleged Jigga breached his contract with Parlux Fragrance, which helped him launch his cologne “Gold Jay Z.” According to Complex, Jay-Z avoided paying $67.6 million in damages as the jurors felt he wasn’t liable for “failing to promote the cologne.” While Jay was able to take that “W” home, the jury also handed him a SNKRS sized “L” when they denied his countersuit of $6 million in unpaid royalties. Still, Jay-Z was more than happy about the verdict as he walked out the courtroom with a bright smile and enjoyed a reporter’s question about having one less problem in his life. Related Stories “In a statement s...
Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Big Sean & More React To Kanye West ‘Drink Champs’ Audacity
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Kanye West set the Internet on fire after his now infamous appearance on Drink Champs. The reactions from fans were swift, and the peers he name-checked—often with at least a hint of slander (by the social media definition)—were quick to retort. Some of the MC’s that Ye dragged included Big Sean and Talib Kweli, but he made sure to big up Beanie Sigel, though. Ye clearly ain’t that far gone. Related Stories Even Jay-Z got asked what was up thanks to Ye’s dig at Just Blaze, who West called a copycat when it came to using Soul samples in his beats. We compiled a list of what everyone had to say below, for archival purposes. Does Ye’s reaction, with the OG J. Prince looking along, count? 1. Beanie Sigel is getting how much? During ...
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation & The Reform Alliance To Host A Job Fair At Madison Square Garden
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Days after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Jay-Z is in a giving mood and will soon have Roc Nation helping people in need find new employment in New York City. Page Six is reporting that Jay-Z’s Roc Nation will be teaming with the criminal justice advocacy organization known as the Reform Alliance to host a job fair at Madison Square Garden on November 18. The goal of the event is to help disadvantaged people such as single parents and ex-convicts get jobs in New York City. These aren’t just any old bodega positions either as big name corporations such as Zara, Lowe’s, Madison Square Garden, Amazon, Foot Locker, Live Nation, VICE, and 40/40 Club will be there to interview attendees on site. “Th...
Jay-Z Is Finally On Instagram, He’s The Only Person Beyoncé Follows, Naturally
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Jay-Z is finally, officially on the ‘Gram. Yesterday (November 2), Twitter and Instagram was ablaze with the news that Jay-Z had finally gotten his own Instagram page, and naturally his wife, Beyoncé pressed that “Follow” button on his page. That makes the number of people she’s following…1. That’s pretty exclusive company that Jay is in right now. Jay’s first and only post thus far is for that of the upcoming cowboy western film, The Harder They Fall, which features an all-Black cast including Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Regina King, and LaKeith Stanfield amongst many others. Serving as an executive producer on the film and having some new material on the soundtrack, it makes sense that Jay would use the buzz around his new I...
Dame Dash Says He’s Ready To Squash The Beef With Jay-Z
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty After more than a decade, and change, of a weird animosity between the two one-time close friends, it seems like Jay-Z and Dame Dash may well be on the road to reconciliation (thank goodness!). Page Six is reporting that Dame Dash is willing to bury the hatchet with Jay-Z after Jay surprisingly thanked Dame in his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction speech saying, “I know we don’t see eye-to-eye, but I can never erase your accomplishments. And I appreciate you and I thank you for that.” Related Stories Page Six reached out to Dame over the surprising acknowledgment and not only was Dash appreciative of the kind words, but also seemed inclined to have a heart-to-heart with Jay so long as it’s just the two of them. “It was beautiful,...
Jay-Z Calls Out Prosecutor For Using Word Trickery In Perfume Trial
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rich Schultz / Getty Jay-Z is a great rapper but also very talented at avoiding being finessed. The Jigga Man handled himself like a champion while being cross-examined by a prosecutor during his cologne trial. As spotted on Complex the Brooklyn native took the stand to defend his good name in conjunction with the Jay-Z Gold cologne deal. On Monday, November 1 he fended questions from Parlux’s attorney Anthony Viola. The litigator asked the “Run This Town” rapper if he was familiar with the terms of the deal he signed with the smell goods brand back in 2013. According to Parlux, he failed to make several appearances to promote the release. When asked about it he shot back “I’m not a lawyer” suggesting that his legal team had reviewed the paperwork fo...
Hall Of Fame Hova: Jay-Z, LL Cool J & More Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty That took long enough. Jay-Z and LL Cool J were among the musical royalty, including Tina Turner, who were formally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (October 30) night. The induction ceremony went down at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH. Besides the aforementioned, the new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class includes the Foo Fighters, Carole King, The Go-Gos and Todd Rundgren. Also getting their flowers were Clarence Avant (the Ahmet Ertegun Award) and Gil Scott-Heron, Charley Patton and Kraftwerk. Related Stories According to the Associated Press, Jay-Z’s intro included a star-studded video of some famed fans espousing on his greatness like President Barack Obama, LeBron James and David L...
