Rapper Jay-Z Named to Head Def Jam Label
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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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R&amp;B singer R. Kelly on Monday filed a $75 million breach-of-contract suit against fellow recording star Jay-Z, accusing the rapper and his associates of threats and violence
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - A day after reaching No. 1 on the U.S. album charts, hip-hop star Kanye West took the top spot on the singles chart Thursday.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Jay-Z came out on top of the post-Thanksgiving U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, tying the Rolling Stones for the third-most No. 1 hits.
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R+B star R Kelly has filed a $75 million breach-of-contract suit against rapper Jay-Z, accusing the New Yorker and his associates of ambushing their joint Best Of Both Worlds American tour.
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Rapper Jay-Z came out on top of the  post-Thanksgiving U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, tying the  Rolling Stones for the third-most No. 1 hits.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - About a month after launching a  joint North American tour, R. Kelly and Jay-Z plan to release  their second collaborative album.
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Days after his co-headlining tour with rapper Jay-Z (news | tickets | CDs) was called off, R&amp;B singer R. Kelly (news | tickets | CDs) has filed a $75 million lawsuit that charges that Jay-Z and his production company deliberately sabotaged the tumultuous
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Anyone eager to hire a globally known rapper might want to check out the Web site supporting Jay-Z's Hewlett-Packard commercial.
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The Chicago-based rapper-producer and the King of Southern Fried Crunk tied with three trophies apiece to lead the way at Sunday night&#39;s Source Hip-Hop Music Awards.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Rapper Jay-Z is on course to achieve his 10th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, based on early sales estimates issued Wednesday.
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The rapper is joining forces with Steve Stoute to open an ad agency that will help marketers reach multicultural consumers.
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Rapper Jay-Z is continuing a US tour despite the acrimonious departure of R&amp;B star R Kelly from the line-up. The rapper had cancelled the remaining dates after R Kelly left alleging he was hit with pepper spray at Saturday&#39;s concert in New York.
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Hit producer and sometime rapper Jermaine Dupri has been named president of Island Record Urban Music, a newly created division of Island Def Jam Music Group.
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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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Thatâs apparently the approach being taken by Jay-Z. He says what was âThe Best of Both Worldsâ tour will now be called âJay-Z and Friends.
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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.