Robert Lopuski "got the call" from Kanye West and Jay-Z to shoot behind-the-scenes footage of the pair as they recorded "Watch the Throne" over 2010 and 2011. The result is an 11-minute "...
ATLANTA (AP) — Jay-Z is taking another step into the pro basketball realm: The Grammy-winning rapper and minority owner of the Brooklyn Nets will serve as the executive producer for the coming "NBA 2K13&quo...
Only a month out from showtime, the organizers behind Jay-Z's inaugural Made In America music festival have added some big new names to the lineup. Drake, Jill Scott, Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, the newly reunited Ru...
Rita Ora's "How We Do (Party)" made HitFix's top 25 2012 Summer Jams list. Will her new tune "Roc the Life" make it into the fall?
The title is a nod to her label home, Jay-Z's Roc Nation, which o...
A title like "3 Kings" with a combo Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Dr. Dre certainly sounds ambitious. But if this was to be a royal coalition, they should have called in some reinforcements -- or at least for a livel...
Veteran acts still rule the touring roost: Midway through 2012, Roger Waters’ “The Wall Live” is the top-grossing concert outing.
Based on reporting to Billboard Boxscore from Nov. 1, 2011 ...
Frank Ocean planned all along to drop “Channel Orange” a week early digitally. Or so he told Zane Lowe at BBC Radio 1 in an interview that aired today.
“[I wanted to] let the music speak for itsel...
After R&B crooner Frank Ocean came out as gay last week, there has been an outpouring of support fromt he urban music community, including some from another R&B pop star, Beyonce.
Bey posted an open letter --...
The wait is soon over for Rick Ross' new album "God Forgives, I Don't," and now there's a few freshly revealed guest artists on the set to amp up the anticipation.
Jay-Z and Dr. Dre are slated to appear alo...
When one is a part-owner of the Nets basketball team, it seems only appropriate one can christen the basketball team's new arena. Jay-Z is that part-owner, and he'll be opening the Barclays Center in the middle of Bro...
