After last week's avalanche of amazing videos, things slowed up a bit this week. Still, our top pick is an uncanny, impossible-to-forget piece of work, and there's plenty of other good stuff further…   Read Story »

On their Watch The Throne tour last year, Jay-Z and Kanye West became notorious for performing their triumphant banger "Niggas In Paris" over and over, as many as 10 times. Now one of last year's…   Read Story »

Last night, Jay-Z played a benefit for United Way of New York City and The Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation at NYC's Carnegie Hall -- he plays again tonight -- and though most of the public was…   Read Story »

MTV reports that President Obama has "a wish list" of campaign supporters for his upcoming 2012 run for re-election and points to a document obtained by The Tennessean. The list includes, among…   Read Story »

Mos Def, who is still insisting that we all call him Yasiin Bey now, is launching a new project called Top 40 Underdog, in which he'll remake and tweak some big radio hits. In the first entry, he…   Read Story »

A day after Jay-Z and Beyoncé's first child made her debut on this planet, Jay posted a song that will surely go down as the 2012's most "awwwwww!"-inspiring rap track. Welcome to Earth, Blue Ivy…   Read Story »

Almost none of us are at work this week, so almost none of us are getting fired. And with the holidays coming to an end, we don't have to keep the good-cheer veneer up for much longer. So: Time to…   Read Story »

Big week for Hov, with regards to milestones; not only did he topple Lil Wayne's Billboard record for "Most Top 10 Singles By A Rapper" with 18 ("Niggas In Paris"), he announced that he'll play a…   Read Story »

Parks & Recreation star and professional funny motherfucker Aziz Ansari has ascended to the level of fame where he gets to be friends with Jay-Z and Kanye West; that's him, after all, in the "Otis"…   Read Story »

Jeezy called in some favors for this one! For his sound-drenched track "I Do," the once-dominant Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy managed to wrangle guest verses from two of rap's biggest names, Jay-Z and…   Read Story »