Last weekend, Jay-Z celebrated the birth of his by supposedly recording her baby sounds and mixing them into the end a song he dedicated to her. Blue Ivy Carter was given a credit on the “Glory” track and the self-serving people at Billboard are now crowning the 5-day-old as the youngest person to ever make the chart. Read more »
After reportedly shelling out over a million dollars to turn a wing of Lennox Hill Hospital into a VIP room of sorts, Jay Z and Beyoncé scheduled the birth of their daughter for Saturday night, giving the rap mogul his first legitimate child and material for a new song, which has just been released. It’s called “Glory,” the track, not the baby, and is actually a very touching tribute, complete with gossip ready verses about miscarriages.
The inevitable has happened and Lil Wayne’s newest album Tha Carter IV has finally leaked. Here’s a link to a download of a good copy of the album’s deluxe version (you’re welcome). Most of the album is anti-chorus cuts featuring a lot of hashtag-rap and metaphors that we’ve heard before countless times. Read more »
A few years ago it was much cooler to perform for brutal dictators, but with Libya undergoing the whole revolution thing and the regime mercilessly killing its people, some pop stars are rethinking the large sums of money they were given by the Gaddafi family to perform at various private parties. Singer Nelly Furtado stepped up and on Twitter announced she’s donating the million dollars she was paid for a 45 minute performance in 2007 to charity. So who’s next, Beyonce, Mariah Carey or Usher?
Lapping at any drop of potential personal drama, Rolling Stone’s latest profile of Jay-Z zeroes in on how Beyoncé has him whipped in the home decorating department/feminist fine arts. B swapped Jay’s Laurie Simmons noir-style photo of a leggy pistol for one of a leggy perfume bottle. Ooooh.
Say what you want, but dude stays busy. After having a power breakfast at Gracie Mansion with Mayor Bloomberg and NJ Nets majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov on Wednesday, Jay-Z, jetted to D.C. to attend last night’s state dinner at the White House with wifey Beyonce, who performed, in honor of Mexican president Felipe Calderon.
It’s not like anyone watches MTV for the videos anyway—they did adjust their logo for that very reason—but the network has gone ahead and banned Lady Gaga’s new lesbian-prison-sex laced “Telephone” video anyway. Update: MTV didn’t ban, see commenter, CNN misreported! Read more »
The nominees for next year’s Grammy awards, to be held on Jan. 31st, were announced last night, with Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift combining for 23 total nominations. Kanye West also scored six nominations, setting the stage for a possible Beyonce/Kanye/Taylor Swift “Yo Taylor, imma let you finish, but…” redux. |LA Times|
In a new interview with Gotham Magazine, Jay-Z suggests that he may be knocking up Beyonce soon. He also says that he’d like to go to the moon someday. So there. |Gotham|
Meet Alexsandra Wright. She’s the 38-year-old woman who claims to have been impregnated by Beyoncé’s father, Matthew Knowles and has filed a paternity suit against him, according to TMZ. But what else do we know about her? She apparently works in the entertainment/marketing industry, is a former Seattle Seahawks dancer and strangely enough, happens to be the mother of Tone LÅc’s teenage son. Here’s a screengrab from her Facebook page—friend her.
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