JAY-Z and Will Smith are expanding their already impressive business portfolios by investing in the Airbnb-like camping app Hipcamp. The company announced on Thursday that it has taken $25 million in its latest round of fundraising, and among those investors is JAY-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners and Will Smith’s Dreamers VC fund, per Complex. “Hipcamp is on the forefront of […]
Affion Crockett is one of the most talented men in Hollywood, and he’s always working! Shockingly he just shot his first stand-up special! It’s not shocking that he did it but it’s shocking that it’s his first! He calls it “Mirror To Society,” and he’s excited for it to be released. Tom was eager to […]
Jay-Z is catching hell from the Black community after news of his new deal with the NFL broke. Chris Paul says he personally can’t believe it. First Kanye became friends with Trump and now Jay is in business with Roger Goodell. These two went from Watch The Throne to turning their backs on their own.
The barbershop conversations have been really interesting lately, especially with all of the drama going on in the country. Huggy decided to start a political conversation to keep people from talking about how bad the Washington Football Team are. “I can’t believe Hickenlooper dropped out before Marianne Williamson,” he said. But, the conversation shifted right back […]
As you may have seen or heard, yesterday the NFL announced a wide-ranging partnership with Jay-Z and his company, Roc-Nation. I’m just gonna be completely raw and open on my feelings here. I’m deeply disappointed in Jay Z. I’m deeply disappointed that he formed this partnership with the NFL. I’m deeply disappointed to learn that […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A day after Jay-Z announced that his Roc Nation company was partnering with the NFL, the rap icon explained that he still supports protesting, kneeling and NFL player Colin Kaepernick, but he’s also interested in working with the league to make substantial changes. The Grammy winner and entrepreneur fielded questions Wednesday […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL and Jay-Z’s entertainment and sports representation company are teaming up for events and social activism. The league not only will use Jay-Z’s Roc Nation to consult on its entertainment presentations, including the Super Bowl halftime show, but will work with the rapper and entrepreneur’s company to “strengthen community through […]
During a recent episode of PeopleTV’s Couch Surfing, actor Fred Savage reflected on co-starring with Beyoncé in the 2002 movie “Austin Powers in Goldmember,” and he also noted that he and the singer have something else in common: their kids attend the same private school. “Years later, my kids and her daughter (Blue Ivy) go to […]
It looks like we’ll be getting the Ursula we deserve…but she won’t appear alongside Halle Bailey in the live action film. ABC, which is also owned by Disney announced that in addition to the live-action film, they’re hosting a Little Mermaid live event., similar to The Wiz Live. In this production, Ariel will be played […]
Two of the biggest Black names in Hollywood are teaming up to bring our stories to the silver screen in a thoughtful way. Will Smith and Jay-Z are joining forces on an upcoming series detailing the lives of women who were actively involved in the Civil Rights movement. The ABC series, tentatively titled Women Of The Movement will […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s got 99 problems but Woodstock isn’t one: The rap king has pulled out of the 50th anniversary Woodstock festival just weeks before the troubled event is supposed to take place. A person familiar with the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Meek Mill is having a pretty good week. He was granted a new trial today by a Pennsylvania appeals court after almost a decade of probation. Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday overturned rapper Meek Mill’s conviction in a drug and gun case that has kept the rapper on probation for a […]
