Otis - Jay-Z & Kanye West (Video)

Click to Enlarge: What's that on Jay Z's T-shirt?



An Owl? Bohemian Grove? Illuminati? I'm sure the allegations will persist and I think he's real good at messing with everyone's head on purpose lol. Yeah who cares about that...what's really interesting is that Jay-Z and Kanye West are auctioning off the car from the video and donating proceeds to help aid in the East African drought disaster.



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Bing, the decision engine from Microsoft, launches an interactive game for Jay Z

Via: Bing.decodejay-z.com



In his first book, DECODED, pop culture icon JAY-Z describes the hidden meanings behind some of his most provocative songs and provides a highly personal narrative of the culture that so powerfully shaped his life and art. But some stories are bigger than the printed page. Bing, the decision engine from Microsoft, is launching a multi-platform search experience and interactive game to help people decode JAY-Z’s life and lyrics. JAY-Z’s words will be taken a step further, allowing fans to use Bing and decide how to find the very locations that inspired them.

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I AGREE: Hova gives us his take on why "we are the world" shouldnt have been Redone

I have a interesting take on that,” Jay-Z said Saturday at the annual “2 Kings” dinner, which was sponsored by Sprite and Bing and took place during NBA All-Star weekend. “I know everybody is gonna take this wrong: ‘We Are the World,’ I love it, and I understand the point and think it’s great. But I think ‘We Are the World’ is like [Michael Jackson's] ‘Thriller’ to me. I don’t ever wanna see it touched. I’m a fan of music. I know the plight and everything that’s going on in Haiti. I applaud the efforts: [Millions have been raised] through text [donations] to Haiti. So I appreciate the efforts and everything, but ‘We are the World’ is [musically] untouchable like ‘Thriller’ is untouchable. Some things are just untouchable. It was a valiant effort, but for me, it’s gonna be untouchable.”



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Jay Z and The Game (East Vs West again) : How Rap Feuds Mirror Global Politics

Related Story: npr.org



I can't help but notice the West Vs East symbolism in this picture with L.A tatted on the Game's face and Jay Z wearing the Yankee fitted in this side by side portrayal.

Late last week, the Los Angeles rapper the Game launched a blistering attack against the legendary New York blogger rapper :>) Jay-Z. At a series of European shows, the Game led crowds in cheers of “F*** Jay-Z” and “Old Ass N*****”, and at one point went into an obsenity laced (but rather wickedly funny) rampage against Jay-Z’s fiance’ (wife?) Beyonce. Over the weekend, he released “I’m So Wavy [Too Hardcore to be a Jay-Z]” an inconsistent but catchy attack on Jay-Z When I started feeding this stuff to my friend Spencer Ackerman last week, his first take was that “the countdown to the end of the Game’s career starts today.”

Jay Z interview with Tim Westwood: he never prevented Chris Brown from performing

Check out this preview of a brand new Jay-Z interview with Tim Westwood where he teases his new record “Run This City” feat. Kanye West and Rihanna. He also says that he never prevented Chris Brown from performing and proceeds to call The Game a “groupie.”

Jay-Z unveils his latest “Blueprint” for Success

Via: uk.reuters.com



JAY-Z on Death of Autotune:

" I'm a multi-millionaire,
so why is it - I'm still the hardest n*gga here? "

This is an excellent article on Jay-Z Inc.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - At just about any given moment of any given day -- including this sunlit June Friday afternoon -- Jay-Z is a busy man. Sitting on a swivel chair at his Roc the Mic studios in downtown Manhattan with a glass of Santa Margherita white wine in hand, he tackles interview after interview with Japanese reporters, pausing only to use the restroom or ask his assistant to get him a refill or an order of food from his sports club, 40/40.

But while he handles his international duties, his Roc Nation team -- seven people, including his assistant, longtime publicist and engineers -- make sure his empire runs smoothly. His employees are scattered around the room, some perched on stools or couches, others standing or sitting on the floor, some with laptops before them. His assistant is booking flights, hotels and car service for the BET Awards, which is taking place that weekend; his publicist whispers on the phone about another magazine story.

Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter and raised in Brooklyn's Marcy Projects, is the first to admit he could not have achieved half of his successes on his own. But it's his overarching big-business vision and talent that have positioned him as one of the most well-known and influential artists of his time.

"I still owed an album to Def Jam, but I wanted to have it back for a number of reasons, the most important being that it wasn't consistent with the type of business I planned for me or where I was positioning myself. Everything in my life I had taken charge of, but yet I was still an artist signed to a label. It seemed a little archaic in my plans," he says. "I've always prided myself on being a principled person. It was more so the principle than the amount of money. It was about owning my own masters and owning my own companies, but you have to pay for the privilege, and that comes at a premium." Continue Reading: Click Here