Super producer Timbaland has always been pretty confident-and he has the right to be. However, in a recent interview with Revolt TV Timbaland made controversial comments regarding Drake and Chris Brown's songs with his late protégé Aaliyah. Timbaland said collaborations with Aaliyah "don't work" unless they are with him. After receiving backlash for his comments, Timbaland is taking the high road and issued an apology to Chris Brown via Twitter. Read More »
Jay Z's magnum opus Magna Carta Holy Grail cannot be stopped. The newly dash-less rapper's twelfth studio album holds the top spot on the Billboard 200 for the second week in a row. Read More »
Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z announced that they would be the "Legends of Summer" earlier this year, and after releasing two No.1 platinum's albums, 20/20 Experience and Magna Carta Holy Grail this year alone, its safe to say that they are. After giving fans a preview during the Yahoo! Wireless Festival in London last weekend, the duo kicked off their "Legends Of the Summer Tour" at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday night. Read More »
Jay Z has been all over the news recently for his work musically (new album "Magna Carta Holy Grail"), his work cinematically (producing the soundtrack for "The Great Gatsby"), and his work athletically (becoming a sports agent and signing Robinson Cano and Kevin Durant). Thursday's headline deals with his work grammatically however. Word has gotten round that the rapper would prefer to go by the name "Jay Z," dropping the hyphen previously included in his alias. Read More »
Magna Carta Holy Grail is one of the biggest albums of 2013. Jay-Z proved once again that he is an innovative businessman known for setting trends in the hip-hop community and music world alike. While promoting his record breaking No.1 certified platinum across the pond Jay-Z stopped by the iconic BBC Radio 1 for an in depth interview with Zane Lowe. Hov opened up about falling out with Timbaland, the concept behind MCHG, saving the song "Holy Grail" for the album, the history of Roc Nation, relationship with President Obama, and more. Read More »
Rapper Jay-Z holds the number one spot on the Billboard charts for his album "Magna Carta Holy Grail," which moved 528K units last week. The rapper had now released his European tour dates, just half of his MCHG World tour. Read More »
Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail may not be platinum one week after its release, according to Billboard's rules, but the "Empire State of Mind" rapper's twelfth studio album has gone gold. The record sold 527,000 copies in its first official week of release and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Read More »
Jay-Z's Magna Carta... Holy Grail app first raised eyebrows at Billboard, before moving on to Killer Mike. Now, the privacy concerns espoused by the "Run The Jewels" rapper have some serious backing. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a complaint with the FTC. Read More »
MTV is releasing the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Video of the Year nominees Wednesday at 8 am via MTV's Instagram and Vine accounts. Read More »
Producer Timbaland had a big hand in crafting beats for Jay-Z's recent release "Magna Carta Holy Grail," as can be seen in the series of Samsung commercials that show clips of Hova and friends in the studio. But the pair's ability to work together has only just recently come back into being. Jay explained his fall out with Timbaland on BBC Radio on Monday. Read More »
Jay-Z may have invoked new rules with the digital sales of his Magna Carter Holy Grail, however some rappers still admire the traditional route. Grammy Award winning rapper LL Cool J talked to REVOLT TV about the number in sales versus contact with fans. Read More »
Jigga what? It may come as a suprise to US hip-hop heads but Jay-Z has never had a number one album in the UK (compare to the 13 he's had in the States). At least, that used to be true. HOV's much-derided Magna Carta Holy Grail just netted Mr. Carter his first number one across the pond. Read More »
If it were up to Kanye West, the masses would have heard Magna Carta Holy Grail tracks "Oceans" and "Holy Grail" much sooner. According to a BBC Radio 1 interview via NME, Jay-Z began working on his new album 2013 Magna Carta Holy Grail back when West and he had just finished their collaboration album Watch The Throne, which was released in Aug. 2011. Read More »