UPDATE 2/23/2020: Tiffany Haddish, Usher, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Charlamagne Tha God, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Susan Sarandon and Pete Buttigieg have been added to the line-up for Harry Belafonte‘s 94th birthday event. Additionally, Jay-Z will receive the Gatekeeper of Truth Award at the livestream celebration. ~~~ A live virtual party in honor of …
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Beyoncé and Jay Z will receive the Vanguard Award for being allies to the LGBTQ community at the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Per a statement, GLAAD’s Vanguard Award is presented to people who “have made a significant difference promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people.” It continued, “Beyoncé and Jay Z …
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Fifteen years ago, in the midst of a creative rut and middle-aged ambivalence, Jay-Z made a great album. It was built on an idea never happened: Jay-Z was supposed to retire after The Black Albumand, spoiler alert, did not follow through on that. No one with a shred of common …
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Hours before Beyoncé and Jay-Z released their new album Everything Is Love on Saturday night, their camp was scrambling to complete the surprise LP. “People were still recording parts an hour and a half before the last show in London, three hours before the album was released,” says Andre Lyon, …
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“This. Is. Real. Life” blazed the gigantic screens as Jay-Z and Beyoncé‘s OTR II tour finally sparked into life. It was an opening that hinted that the kickoff show at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, might strip away the picture-perfect filter that seems to be permanently engaged on the …
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Jay-Z explains that it takes a good voice and good flow to be a great rapper in a preview from his upcoming interview with David Letterman on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. “You can have a great voice, and you can just almost say anything,” Jay-Z tells the former …
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