Though Jay-Z told Rolling Stone that there wouldn't be any guests hitting the stage during his eight-night run at Brooklyn's brand-new Barclay's Center -- he wasn't exactly true to his word -- the…   Read Story »

Back in 1990, an extremely young Jay-Z showed up wiggita-wiggitaing all over "The Originator," a single by his fast-rapping buddy the Jaz. And between that moment and 1996, when he released his…   Read Story »

"Nothing feels like tonight," Jay-Z kept repeating on-stage at last night's Barclay's Center-opening blowout, a night that Jay himself and NYC developer (/civic villain, depending on who you talk to)…   Read Story »

A couple of weeks ago, we beheld the weirdly moving spectacle of Orbital and Stephen Hawking performing together at the Paralympics Opening Ceremony. The games ended this past weekend, and last…   Read Story »

Yesterday, a snippet of Kanye's new one, "Clique," emerged, a preview that presented a track buoyed by a compelling, maximal Hit-Boy beat. Now the whole thing has showed up. When the track turns to…   Read Story »

Philadelphia's inaugural Made In America festival took place over the weekend, touting an eclectic Jay-Z-curated lineup of Pearl Jam, Skrillex, a reunited Run-D.M.C., D'Angelo, Dirty Projectors,…   Read Story »

Earlier tonight, Rick Ross dropped the latest single from God Forgives, I Don't -- a release from which we've already heard "Hold Me Back", "So Sophisticated" and "Touch'N You" -- the…   Read Story »

The Throne made its first televised appearance over the weekend for the broadcast of BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend in London, where Jay-Z and Kanye performed a thirty-minute set. Though the tour…   Read Story »

Summer Jam, the annual stadium concert thrown by New York rap-radio giant Hot 97, has been a tradition around the city since 1994, when its lineup included Arrested Development, SWV, and Black Moon.…   Read Story »

Last week, we skipped this list so that we could run our list of the 25 best videos of the year thus far. So I'll just take a moment to point out that last week's list, if we'd done it, definitely…   Read Story »