Pharrell and JAY-Z want us to root for ourselves August 19 was the 17th anniversary of The Neptunes’ Clones album, the album that featured “Frontin‘” featuring JAY-Z. It’s a quick feature from JAY, but, it gets the job done, from start to finish. The two are known to have a dynamic unlike any other when

DMX left Def Jam in 2006, with the help of JAY-Z In 2006, DMX‘s $12 million debt would be wiped away by JAY-Z. “X was in debt over there. He probably owed about $12 million,” Dee noted. “Me and Hov got together, and I went up to the office and I asked him, ‘Can you

Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation has partnered with Long Island University in Brooklyn to create a school on the college campus that is focused on educating students that aspire to careers in entertainment. The partnership was announced earlier this week. LIU president Kimberly Cline commented on the new venture. “We look forward to joining with Roc Nation

Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel and Freeway all passed on the beat for Joe Budden‘s 2003 “Pump It Up.” Just Blaze revealed this during a 2010 interview with Hip Hop Chronicle saying: “Beanie Sigel and Freeway passed on Pump It Up, Jay also passed on Pump It Up and then went back and re did it. ” Jay-Z

Nas and Jay-Z both passed on the beat for Jadakiss’ “We Gonna Make It” ft. Styles of the Lox. During an interview on A Waste of Time podcast with ItsTheReal, Alchemist revealed Nas passed on Jadakiss’ “We Gonna Make It” beat. Alchemist also revealed Jay Z also turned down the “We Gonna Make It” beat. “I had

The beat for “Blue Magic” the first single from Jay-Z’s tenth studio album, American Gangster was originally produced by Pharrell for Yung Joc but he passed on it. Yung Joc revealed during an interview with Vlad TV, he was booked in the studio with Pharrell in Miami. Skateboard P played the “Blue Magic” beat and gave

Jay-Z helped The Roots’ clear the Radiohead Sample they used on “Atonement” at the last minute for their 2006 album Game Theory. During a 2011 interview with Spin, Questlove revealed The Roots had sampled Radiohead’s “You and Whose Army?” for “Atonement,” but they had troubles clearing the sample for release because Radiohead’s lawyers wouldn’t clear the sample. Questlove

Jay-Z recorded a diss record for 2Pac in 1996, and it was about to be released then Tupac passed away. Jay held on to the diss record as a sign of respect for 2Pac. According to Jay-Z’s longtime producer DJ Clark Kent, Jay-Z actually recorded a 2Pac diss and he even performed it once at

Jay-Z released his album The Blueprint on September 11th, 2001, the beat for the album’s fourth cut “Girls Girls Girls” was originally for made for Ghostface Killah but he Wu-Tang rapper turned down the beat. The song’s producer, Just Blaze revealed the “Girls Girls Girls” beat was originally intended for Ghostface Killah during a discussing

Why does Jay-Z call himself Hov, Hova & Jigga? Where did Jay-Z’s nicknames come from? Shawn Corey Carter—famously known as—Jay-Z has been referring to himself as Hov or Hova since 2001. Hov or Hova, is short for Jay-Hova, and it’s a shortened version/play of the word Jehovah, the Hebrew word for God. Jay-Z has called himself

Last night (March 29), The-Dream and Sean Garrett had a Battle of the Songwriters on Instagram live. Both showed how mighty their pen was and still is. The-Dream played the unreleased version of “Holy Grail,” originally released on JAY-Z‘s Magna Carta Holy Grail album. Check out the newly released version below: https://tidal.com/browse/track/135832472

Jay-Z passed on the beat for Black Rob‘s “Whoa!”, so did Memphis Bleek and Amil. The Whoa! beat which was produced by Buckwild was being shopped around New York after being given to Roc-A-Fella Records A&R Lenny S. “Lenny S gave the beat to Jay-Z, then Memphis Bleek, then Amil, and then other people. They