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The best Mitchell & Ness retro jerseys you need to look like Jay-Z

Will Hov make them hot again?

Input · Feb 27, 2022

What links Louise Bourgeois to Jay-Z’s comeback album?

As the artist gets a London retrospective, take a dive down the rabbit hole via Gwyneth Paltrow’s house and Kara Walker

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

Harry and Meghan win award for social justice work

Past recipients of the gong include Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, LeBron James, Rihanna, Jay-Z and Lauryn Hill

Wales Online · Feb 26, 2022

Jay-Z's Roc Nation remade the Super Bowl halftime show, but NFL's record on race casts long shadow

LOS ANGELES — The paint was still wet on the field at SoFi Stadium as Desiree Perez strode toward the 50-yard line, a pair of ringing-and-dinging smartphones tucked inside her boxy leather handbag.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 11, 2022

Will Dr Dre’s halftime Super Bowl show move the NFL beyond its race crisis?

The lineup’s too big to fail, and like the league’s efforts to address its race and gender problems, this too appears to be a no-win proposition

The Guardian - US · Feb 8, 2022

Syl Johnson dead: Soul legend heavily sampled in hip-hop dies aged 85

Soul singer Syl Johnson, whose music has featured on over 300 songs, including a hit by Jay-Z and Kanye West, has died at the age of 85

Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2022

‘Harder They Fall,’ 'Insecure,' H.E.R. Nab NAACP Awards Noms

Netflix could be a dominant force at next month’s NAACP Image Awards. The streaming giant on Tuesday emerged with a leading 52 nominations including the film “The Harder They Fall.” The movie — featuring a large starry cast including Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba and LaKeith Stanfield — pulled…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 19, 2022

Stars including Jay-Z call for end to use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence

Meek Mill, Kelly Rowland and more sign letter supporting proposed change in New York state law

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2022

Jay-Z's Team Roc renews calls for DOJ probe into Kansas City police misconduct

Team Roc, the social justice arm of rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation, renewed its calls Tuesday for an intense investigation into alleged corruption in the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, saying there is no excuse to justify the Justice Department's "silence."

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2022

Jay-Z makes surprise admission about music on divisive album in rare Twitter post

‘It haunts me,’ rapper said

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022