Jay-Z’s jaunty anthems made him one of rap’s all-time greats and then, as he amassed a business empire and married fellow superstar Beyonce, he drew an ever thicker curtain over his private life. Releasing an album after a four-year gap, Jay-Z has bared himself like rarely before. He apologizes to Beyonce for cheating and pours … Read more
Jay Z tackles the injustices of the American prison system and the business it propagates in a new op-ed for Time. In his essay, the rapper writes that since producing Time: The Kalief Browder Story, he has become “obsessed with the injustice of the profitable bail bond industry.” “On any given day over 400,000 people, … Read more
The 18th edition of the Ghana Music Awards comes off Saturday, April 8 at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). The event is arguably the biggest night on the Ghana music calendar as artistes recognised for their work over the year under review. As Ghana awaits the awards on Saturday,brings artistes who have won the … Read more
Smokey-eyed Zulala Hashemi, standing tall in four-inch gold heels, wants to sing for women. The 18-year-old has become the first girl to reach the final of popular television music talent show Afghan Star. Hashemi, a native of eastern Jalalabad — a stronghold of Taliban and Islamic State insurgents — will face off against the first … Read more
Jay-Z has several reasons to be happy right now. Less than a month after it was announced he and his wife Beyonce are expecting twins – he is to receive a top songwriting honour. Jay-Z is to become the first rapper ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in the US. A handful of … Read more
Hip-hop icon Jay Z is the first rapper chosen for the Songwriters Hall of Fame, heading a class of inductees that also features Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and R&B crooner Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, the group said Wednesday. The 47-year-old Jay Z, who has sold more than 100 million records in his career since his … Read more
Rapper and leader of music trio, 4X4, Captain Planet says his new single Very Good Bad Girl featuring Sarkodie is the official song for Christmas. In an interview with Showbiz on Tuesday he said, “I am happy the song is making waves now. I have received both positive and negative reviews about the song but … Read more