CLAP FOR HIM: Jay Z Set To Launch Venture Capital Fund
02/21/2017 •
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"But I'm just a hustler disguised as a rapper. In fact you can't fit this hustle inside of a wrapper.." Shawn Carter
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According to multiple sources Rapper and Mogul Jay Z is launching a venture capital fund. Venture capital is a type of funding for a new or growing business. It usually comes from venture capital firms that specialize in building high risk financial portfolios. With venture capital, the venture capital firm gives funding to the startup company in exchange for equity in the startup.
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One of his partners will be Jay Brown, a longtime business partner and president of Roc Nation. The pair also is scouring the venture market for a full-time investment partner. The "Jays" also are partnering with Sherpa Capital, although this won't be a Sherpa-branded effort, and existing Sherpa staff won't be leading investments.
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Expect the focus to be on seed-stage tech opportunities, with this really being the institutionalization of Jay Z and Jay Brown's previous angel investing activities. For example, they both were in Uber's Series B, at a $300m pre-money. Other investments have included JetSmarter, plus his involvement and stake in music streaming service Tidal.
BEEF OVER: Jim Jones Signs To Roc Nation
02/08/2017 •
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Everyone is taking their talents over to Roc Nation. First Yo Gotti, The Lox, Fat Joe and now Jim Jones is calling Roc Nation home after signing a management deal. It was rather surprising due to the rocky history of Jim and Jay. Which was always made public by Jimmy. However we live and learn. With Jim being about his paper he had this to say about his recent business move:
"As you get older you realize that most of your peers are either dead or in jail,”
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Jones said in a quote provided to Billboard.
"The fact that we can move past the BS is a testimony [to] how much we have grown."
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OH BABY! Beyonce’ & Jay Z Are Expecting Twins
02/01/2017 •
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World Stop!!!!
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Beyonce Knowles-Carter shocked the world today after announcing via Instagram that she and Jay Z are expecting twins!!That's right two new babies are on the way!! Blue Ivy turned 5 last month and I think it's the perfect age for her to become a big sister. There's no word on the sex of the twins or if they are identical or fraternal. However the baby bump watch starts NOW.
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POWER MOVES: Jay Z’s Streaming Service Tidal Announces Partnership With Sprint
01/23/2017 •
i'm not a businessman i'm a businessman-Shawn Carter
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Celebs Celebrate Halloween 2016
10/31/2016 •
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Halloween 2016 kicked off over the weekend and The Carters slayed Halloween as usual. Beyonce, Mama Tina and Blue Ivy served Salt-N-Pepa realness at a 80's/90's themed party. Head inside to see images of other celebs that turned up over the weekend.
Jay Z Gearing Up To Throw A Concert In Support Of Hillary Clinton
10/26/2016 •
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He's With Her!!
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Jay Z is set to hold a get out the vote concert for Hillary Clinton in Ohio aimed at mobilizing black voters, three sources told BuzzFeed News on Monday.
On Tuesday, the Clinton campaign officially announced the concert would be held in Cleveland on Nov. 4, just four days before the election.
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Kanye West Unleashes Rant Against Jay Z & Tidal
10/20/2016 •
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During a recent stop on his Saint Pablo tour, Kanye took the time to get some things off his chest Yeezy spazz out style. Check out the videos inside.
CLAP FOR HIM: Jay Z Nominated For Songwriters Hall Of Fame
10/20/2016 •
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"I’m in The Hall already, on the wall already
I’m a work of art, I'm a Warhol already
On another level, on another plane already
H-O-V, I got my own lane already...."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Z, one of contemporary music's most celebrated lyricists and entertainers, is one of the nominees for the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame, and if inducted he would become the first rapper to enter the prestigious music organization.
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Jay Z is the first rapper to be nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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The Songwriters Hall gave The Associated Press the list of nominees Thursday, a day ahead of its official announcement. Other nominees that could be inducted next year are George Michael, Madonna, Bryan Adams, Vince Gill, Babyface, Max Martin, Kool & the Gang and more.
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Eligible members can vote for three non-performing songwriters and two performing songwriters until Dec. 16. Five songwriters, or songwriting groups, will be officially inducted at a gala in New York on June 15, 2017.
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Other performing nominees include Cat Stevens, Sly Stone, Chicago, Gloria Estefan, Jeff Lynne and David Gates. Non-performing nominees are Kenny Nolan, Randy Goodrum, Tony Macaulay, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Allee Willis, Maury Yeston, Paul Overstreet and the songwriting duos Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, and Steve Barri and the late P.F. Sloan, who died last year.
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Songwriters are eligible for induction after writing hit songs for at least 20 years. Jay Z, who released his debut album, "Reasonable Doubt," in 1996, has launched multiple hits in the last two decades, from "Big Pimpin'" to "Empire State of Mind."
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Jay Z: ‘The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail’ (PRESS PLAY)
09/15/2016 •
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Powder Cocaine vs Crack Cocaine = Same drug.
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This short film, narrated by Jay Z and featuring the artwork of Molly Crabapple, is part history lesson about the war on drugs and part vision statement. Check it out inside.