On his twelfth studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z addresses Miley's twerk phenomenon on his song "SomewhereinAmerica." The mogul hosted an impromptu (for fans) Twitter interview with his followers Monday evening and he addressed his mention of Miley Cyrus and even exchanged tweet with the twerk queen herself. Jay-Z stopped by HOT 97 radio station in New York City Tuesday, July 9 and Miley's name came up again. "I like what she is doing-just being herself," Jay-Z said. Read More »
It seems like every Jay-Z is highly anticipated, nevertheless with the ground breaking digital release of Magna Carta Holy Grail Jay-Z's star power and influence on the music industry on a whole may equate this as his most prolific album to date. While his twelfth studio album was released via Google Play App for Samsung and android phones users on July 4th, the album became available on July 9th for all. Hov went back to his roots and stopped by New York's HOT 97.1 radio to chat with his friend Veejay Angie Martinez about MCHG, fatherhood, his well wishes for Dame Dash, Beyonce, and where he gets his news. Read More »
Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail seems to have come out of nowhere, and The Dream confirms that it is indeed true-somewhat. Following Timbaland’s exclusive interview, The Dream recently sat down with Revolt TV to talk about writing the opening song “Holy Grail” featuring Justin Timberlake and how Jay-Z’s twelfth studio album only took about two weeks to complete over, but what a movement in the making for years. Read More »
Even though the one million copies of Jay-Z's new album 2013 Magna Carta Holy Grail will not count toward the Billboard 200 chart, the record is still projected to debut at No. 1 next week. According to Billboard, Magna Carta Holy Grail is projected to sell 350,000 to 400,000 records between today (July 9) and the end of the tracking week on July 14. Read More »
You must live under a rock if you have yet to see or hear about Miley Cyrus twerking at a recent Juicy J concert. The former Disney star has long since shed her Hannah Montana image, and dad/Grammy award winning rapper Jay-Z is well aware of it. Read More »
After more than a decade Jay-Z is still out for “Dead Presidents” and can we blame him? One day prior to the release of his twelfth studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z did the unthinkable and held a Twitter Q&A with his fans. When one fan asked about a “Dead Presidents 3” single, Hov simply made it available to the world. Read More »
As if we haven't been waiting for a Pusha-T album for years, the "Who I am" rapper goes and delays his debut solo album My Name Is My Name again-but for understandable reasons. In a recent interview Pusha revealed that he would be pushing back his album release until August do to the recent burst of hip-hop albums. Read More »
While it may not be new music from Beyonce, it's close enough for hungry fans. There's no word yet if this solo cut of "On The Run (Part II) is officially from Bey or was mastered by a superfan, but you can still hear Bey's contribution to the Magna Carta Holy Grail track sans Jay-Z below Read More »
Though Jay-Z tweeted last month that he had already reached his yearly tweet allotment, the "Glory" rapper took to Twitter today (July 8) to respond to fan remarks with seemingly random answers and questions, and an acknowledgement of his distinct laugh. Read More »
You should always be careful when downloading music from the internet. The same applies for when users try to access the "Magna Carter Holy Grail" app that allows them to download Jay-Z's newest album. Representatives for computer security company McAfee have determined that hackers are using a clone of the app for Android phones to access information on the phones of downloaders. Read More »
With the iconic and ground breaking July 4th digital release of Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail android phone users were able to get their hands on Hov's twelfth studio album prior to mainstream and/or traditional release tomorrow, July 9th. While the Jay and Samsung continued to leak lyrics, the tracklist, and producers such as Timbaland and 16-year-old phenom Ebony Oshunrinde have come forth in regards to working on the album, fans have yet to see who all was apart of Jay-Z's internet takeover. Read More »
We've all been ruminating over Magna Carta Holy Grail since it's release on July 4. However, while much ink has been spilled over two of its creators- Jay-Z and 16-year-old producer WondaGurl- now fans can appreciate the other people who put time and effort into MCHG. The full list of production credits (including samples) is below. (via) Also, if you've yet to hear MCHG, a full album stream is available here. Read More »
It should come as no surprise that Beyonce, Jay-Z and their daughter Blue Ivy celebrate the 4th of July a little different than the rest of us. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say they put a high-end twist on the things we all do. For example, Bey puts on uber-patriotic clothing...but then she does a photo shoot in front of her antique Rolls Royce. Check out the just released photos of Jigga, Bey and baby's Independence Day below. Read More »