Lenny S – aka KodakLens on Instagram – posted this photo of Jay and Rae together, with the caption “We workin on Real Rap shit over here. JAY x RAE #RocNation #Wu”. We’re not sure what this is all leading to, but it’s pretty dope regardless. Hopefully, it’s not album called “J-Kwon”.

Trap prodigy Brillz has been making a name for himself lately, after releasing his Twonk! LP, and collaborating regularly with names like Zedd, Diplo and ETC! ETC! For his next trick, Brillz teams with longtime site homie Z-Trip, as the two take on remixing Jay-Z’s classic single “Dirt Off Your Shoulder”. Z-Trip provides the cuts [cont.]

The-Dream’s IV Play album available rverywhere May 28th.

Songs lyrics can be hypnotic, poetic, seductive or inscrutable, and we’ve all had moments where we wonder about the meaning of a specific line or a stanza. For our “Dramatic Interpretations” series, Google Play presents some of today’s top artists with a classic song verse, and asks them to give a reading of it as [cont.]

Update: Full preview of the track, courtesy of NPR. 4/23/13:Here’s a piece of Jiggaman’s contribution to The Great Gatsby soundtrack, entitled “$100 Bill”. The set is due May 10th.

Listen to Jay-Z discuss his inspiration for getting involved with The Great Gatsby and why Executive Producing major films is the next stage in his business development.

Pharrell sits in at The Angie Martinez Show, and speaks on many of his new projects, including his most recent work with Daft Punk. He also says he is working with Beyoncé, No Doubt, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Busta Rhymes, Jennifer Hudson and Miley Cyrus. As well as Jay-Z’s next album. Of that record, he [cont.]

King of rap music, Jay-Z, makes the cover of TIME Magazine, for their “100 Most Influential People In The World” issue. This is cover 1 of 7, which will also feature names like Rand Paul, Jennifer Lawrence, Li Na, and more.

Swizz Beatz to Hot 97 explains how he, Timbaland, Trey Songz, and Jay-Z came together to record “Open Letter”.

Jay-Z fires back at critics of his Cuban vacation. Produced by Swizz Beats & Timbaland. The White House has responded already, saying they did not “sign off” on Jay and Bey’s trip to Cuba. It’s a song,” said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. “The president did not communicate with Jay-Z over this trip.” [cont.]

Jay-Z has released this amazing recap video from last summer’s Made In America festival in Philadelphia, which he hosted and produced in 2012. This comes on the heels of the announcement that the festival will happen again on August 31st-September 1, 2013, once again in Philadelphia. So far, the line-up for this year has not [cont.]

As previously reported, Jay-Z was signed on as music supervisor for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, and the just revealed tracklist shows an interesting mix of collaborators. The soundtrack will feature a new track by Jay called “100$ Bill”, a remake of Amy Winehouse’s “Back To Black” by Beyonce and Andre 3000, as well as [cont.]

While in NYC, TDE heads to a late night studio session for ScHoolboy Q’s upcoming album OxyMoron where TDE CEO ‘TopDawg’ happens to surprise Kendrick with a verse from Jay-Z on the official “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” remix. Cameras were on hand to capture his reaction to the first listen.

In this episode of DECODED, JAY Z’s Life+Times sits with producers The Buchanans to learn how they secured their first beat placement, which became “What More Can I Say” off of JAY Z’s critically acclaimed The Black Album.

As premiered last week during Young Guru’s DJ set at SXSW, here is the final version of Kendrick Lamar’s remix to “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe”, featuring Jiggaman.

Young Guru gave fans a preview of Kendrick Lamar’s “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” remix, featuring Jay-Z. We usually don’t post performance phone footage, but this is monumental….

Kanye went on one of his usual rants at the Hammersmith Apollo on February 23rd, 2013. He delivers a new sung “verse”, with the words “I got love for Hov, but I ain’t fucking with that ‘Suit & Tie’,” and then blasts the music industry’s relationship with corporate America. Watch below….

The “Suit & Tie” team of Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake will unite for the Legends Of The Summer tour, which will begin with 12 dates throughout the U.S. and Canada, with more dates to be added. Ticket sales will begin tomorrow, February 27th. 7/17 Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre 7/19 New York, NY – Yankee [cont.]

Grammy-winning hip-hop icon 9th Wonder tells the story behind the production of “Threat” off Jay-Z’s “The Black Album.”

DJ Green Lantern presents “Jigga Man Bootleg”. After appearing as the intro to Altitude, “Jigga Man Bootleg” is released in it’s full song form due to heavy request from fans and DJ’s alike.