Born: Brooklyn, NY, 1970
Years Active: 2000-2008
Member of: Original Flavor
Influenced by: Eric B. & Rakim, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Genre: Hip-Hop
Biography: Embodying the rags-to-riches rap dream, Jay-Z pulled himself up by his bootstraps as a youth to eventually become the ...
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Nov 02 2009 15:15PM
by Latifah Muhammad
Filed under: Hip-Hop News
The Boombox Music Blog: Jay-Z offered up some advice to the Internet's favorite rapper Drake, warning the young phenom to stay focused. Hov surprised fans in Drake's hometown of Toronto over the weekend hitting the stage with the 22-year-old. So when it comes to advice who ... Read moreNov 02 2009 8:30AM
by Sharks
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?
The Boombox Music Blog: Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z has been dissed by friends and foes alike during his career, but the recent insults hurled by former labelmate and protege of sorts, Beanie Sigel, seem to have struck a nerve. At a Canadian press conference, Jay responded to ... Read moreNov 02 2009 7:00AM
by Tracey Ford
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Tours and Concerts
The Boombox Music Blog: Leave it to hip-hop heavyweight to make virtually every stop on his North American tour memorable. While at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Halloween, Jay-Z switched up his set a bit, cued up the beat to 'Successful' and let the crowd go wild as Drake ... Read more
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10/28/09
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10/27/09
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10/26/09
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10/26/09
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10/26/09
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10/26/09
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10/23/09
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10/22/09
50 Cent Disses Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Kanye, Again Queens rapper 50 Cent has a ne...
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10/16/09
Governor Paterson Endorses Jay-Z's Hottest MC Honor Jay-Z was dubbed "Hottest MC in the ...
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10/16/09
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10/15/09
Jay-Z, Young Jeezy to Shoot Video for 'Real As It Gets' Although details are scarce, Jee...
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10/14/09
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10/12/09
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10/12/09
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10/09/09
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10/08/09
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10/06/09
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10/05/09
The Curious Case of Jay-Z's 'Crispy Benjamins' A press release announcing the addition o...
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Beanie Joins G-Unit: 'I'm Putting My Foot On His Neck' 50 Cent's efforts to support form...
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11/03/09
Jay-Z and Beyonce Leave $500 Tip Rapper Jay-Z and Rand#38;B artist Beyonce leave a $500 ...
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11/03/09
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11/03/09
Hip-Hop Rumors: Did Jay "Fire" Charlamagne? Beanie Part 2 Coming!? Diddy Still Has Mase?
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11/03/09
Jay-Z learned to entertain from Bono Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z mastered the art of performing ...
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11/02/09
Jay-Z, Bono and the Glee Kids: Jock Blockers? Then the Glee club knocks it outta the par...
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11/02/09
Hip-Hop Rumors: Omarion Talks Rihanna! Jay-Z's Life After Rap? Mos Def Gets Pissed! All ...
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11/02/09
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11/02/09
Live Review: Jay-Z in Ottawa Hes sold more records than Elvis and holds the record for N...
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11/01/09
Jay-Z: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered! That night wasn't my first time seeing Jay on tour.
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11/01/09
Jay-Z Plotting Next Career Move -- DJ Hova? What do you do when you've conquered music, ...
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11/01/09
Live Review: Jay-Z in Toronto Jay-Z donned a white plastic hockey mask for the opening o...
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10/30/09
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10/30/09
Watch Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" Video Yeah. In general, musicians tend to not make ...
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10/30/09
Robin Thicke Calls Working With Jay-Z 'A Dream Come True' In December, Robin Thicke will...
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10/30/09
Photos of the Week: Adam Lambert, Katy Perry, Jay-Z Since our recent redesign, some thin...
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10/30/09
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10/30/09
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Friday Fashion Feature: Style Faceoff: Nas & Jay-Z Many have argued on who is the better...
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10/30/09
Beanie Sigel Disses Jay-Z "F You Too, F Bleek Three" Just hours after Jay-Z fans in New ...
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10/30/09
Live Review: Jay-Z in London, Ont. Say what you want about Jay-Z -- the man's got ballga...
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10/30/09
Jay-Z's wedding DJ dream "I've got a whole plan. I'm gonna get me a little Serato, set, ...
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10/29/09
Jay-Z Leads Off for the Yankees at World Series With all due respect to Derek Jeter , we...
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10/29/09
Jay-Z And Alicia Keys Pump Up World Series Crowd In NYC Decked out in his trademark Yank...
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10/29/09
Congressman Trash Talks Beyonce, Jay-Z The Phillies dominated the Yankees last night -- ...
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10/29/09
Hip-Hop Rumors: Kanye West Gets Slapped In The Face! Will Fif Sign Mase Now? Mase & Olivia?
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10/29/09
Jay-Z Wants To Make Time For 'Real As It Gets' Video With Young Jeezy There's a lot of b...
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10/29/09
Jay-Z's video game rage Jay-Z - who is married to 28-year-old singer Beyonce Knowles - s...
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10/29/09
Tuning In The lyrics to Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" are sometimes as raw as New York,...
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10/29/09
4 shows, 1 night in Baltimore Van Morrison , Jay-Z , Jewel and Snoop Dogg all performed ...
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11/03/09
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10/27/09
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10/26/09
Jay-Z Makes World Series Prediction, Calls Himself 'Jigga the Greek' It was all fun and ...
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10/26/09
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10/26/09
Music Without Borders Releases Indian-Inspired Version of 'American Gangster' Somewhere ...
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10/26/09
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys to Perform 'Empire State of Mind' at the World Series Jay-Z will join...
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10/23/09
Chuck D Calls Jay-Z Rookie of the Year, Disses Gucci Mane Legendary MC Chuck D made an u...
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10/22/09
50 Cent Disses Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Kanye, Again Queens rapper 50 Cent has a ne...
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10/16/09
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10/16/09
Jay-Z Discusses Previously Unknown Collaboration With Michael Jackson Jay-Z paid tribute...
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10/15/09
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10/14/09
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10/12/09
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10/12/09
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