Island Def Jam, Jay-Z in Final Talks
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Jay-Z is in final negotiations to become president of Universal Music Group's Island Def Jam label, a source familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday.
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Two years after the death of Run-DMC&#39;s Jam Master Jay, few clues have emerged about his killer. The hip-hop legend was killed in his Queens recording studio on October 30, 2002.
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Jay-Z and R. Kelly&#39;s joint Best of Both Worlds tour has halted due to a falling-out between the two headliners. An incident in New York City&#39;s Madison Square Garden on Friday night led to the falling-out.
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Universal Music Group said on Monday  that Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter is stepping down as president of its  Def Jam Records unit, effective by the end of the year.
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The first ever direct talks between politicians and intellectuals of Indian and Pakistani Kashmir over the Kashmir dispute concluded here today with both the organisers and the participants stressing the need to continue dialogue.
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Clerical workers presented their final offer to shipping companies Saturday after all-night contract talks aimed at preventing a strike at the nation's largest port complex.
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U.S. and South Korean negotiators entered their final day of free trade talks Monday, what is expected to be the end of formal negotiations aimed at concluding a landmark deal by the end of March.
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US and Haitian officials have discussed ending the 13-year arms embargo against the troubled Caribbean nation, Haitian radio reported Thursday.
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Final talks between Serbian and ethnic Albanian leaders over Kosovo's future begin on Wednesday.
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As a white-tuxed Jay-Z stood on stage at Radio City Music Hall, celebrating the 10th anniversary of his debut album &quot;Reasonable Doubt&quot; and planning a world tour, it seemed as if a wide chasm separated the hungry rapper who made that dazzling debut and the mogul on the mic.
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New York rappers the Beastie Boys are to headline the Bestival music weekend in the Isle of Wight.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Jay-Z has been named  president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings, home of such acts as  Grammy frontrunner Kanye West and rap veteran LL Cool j.
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LOS ANGELES  Â Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter said Monday that he will leave his post as president of Universal Music Group's Def Jam Records label after his contract expires this year.
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Just 24 hours after announcing that the &quot;Jay-Z and Friends&quot; tour would last at least one more date, a spokesperson for Jay said that the outing will, indeed, complete the remainder of the canceled Best of Both Worlds tour.
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A planned 2002 US tour by Jay-Z and R Kelly  is to be revived. Plus news in brief on Phil Spector and Rodney Dangerfield.
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Proving yet again that he is the hardest-working retiree in music, the rap megastar Jay-Z has agreed to become the president of Universal Music Group's Def Jam Recordings label.
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Jay-Z and R. Kelly&#39;s &quot;unfinished business&quot; likely will be resolved in the courts, amid conflicting accounts of what went wrong with their tour.