Kanye West worked as a producer for Jay-Z before releasing his own music. The Chicago rapper produced songs for the successful album Blueprint, but Jay-Z wasn’t sure West was ready to be a star in his ...

On Thursday (Feb. 13), The Recording Academy announced that eight albums and five singles will be inducted into this year's Grammy Hall of Fame class, including Hov's classic debut Reasonable Doubt.

Jay-Z and Kanye West were once one of the most dynamic duos in hip-hop, collaborating behind the scenes and trading raps on singles and their collaborative album, 2011’s Watch the Throne. Since their ...

On June 25, 1996, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, alongside Roc-A-Fella co-founders Dame Dash and Kareem “Biggs” Burke, launched what would become a defining chapter in hip-hop history with the release of ...

Memphis Bleek Reveals Jay-Z Called Him After His Drink Champs Interview to Shut The Rumors of A New Album Down For over two decades, Jay-Z has maintained an unusual grip on hip-hop: he can disappear ...

As Jay-Z declared on his 1996 classic with Mary J. Blige, you can’t knock the hustle. Dame Dash’s attempted sell of his stake in Jay’s debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt, will reportedly move ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Brooklyn’s own Jay-Z released his would-be retirement album, The Black Album. Although there was virtually no pause between The Black Album and new Jay-Z music ...

Jay-Z’s method of songwriting is rather unconventional. The rapper said that when he began working on music as a teenager, he painstakingly wrote down everything that passed through his mind. As he ...

Find out why Juvenile believes classics like ‘400 Degreez’ outshine albums released by JAY-Z and Nas. Juvenile is raising eyebrows with his latest career hot take comparing his album sales to those of ...