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  See First Blue Ivy Carter Photos, Share Jay-Z and Beyonce's Joy

  February 10, 2012 – "We welcome you to share our joy," write Jay-Z and Beyoncé on Jigga's Life + Times website today (via Rap Up). …
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  Watch Jay-Z and Kanye West's Live 'Paris' Video 11 Times At Your Peril

  February 9, 2012 – No wonder Kanye West and Jay-Z were performing "Niggas in Paris" so many times in a row on their Watch the Throne tour. The hip-hop duo's Will Ferrell-sampling banger now has a video, directed by West himself, that combines live performance footage with very fancy after effects. …
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  7 Must-See Moments From Jay-Z's Carnegie Hall Gigs

  February 8, 2012 – "All those lines that divide us, we gonna step on them." That was Jay-Z at Carnegie Hall on Monday night, as quoted by the New York Times, and by all accounts, smashing boundaries was what Shawn Carter's two-night stand at the hallowed New York venue was all about. Jay-Z wasn't the first rapper to perform at the century-old concert hal — Wyclef Jean took the stage there in 2001, and MC Lyte in 2009 — but he was surely the o …
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  Grand Opening, Grand Closing: Jay-Z's 40/40 Club Has 69 Problems

  January 23, 2012 – A week ago, all eyes were on Jay-Z's 40/40 Club, partly because folks were curious about the revamped Manhattan nightspot's swanky reopening party (attended by luminaries as diverse as Spike Lee and Warren Buffett), and partly because it was Jay's first night out on the town after the arrival of Blue Ivy Carter and the media wanted to grill everyone in sight about Beyoncé giving birth. …
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  Jay-Z Drops 'Glory' Featuring Baby Blue, Nuggets of Parental Knowledge

  January 9, 2012 – That was quick: Jay-Z has already dropped a track featuring his one-day-old baby, Blue Ivy. Check out "Glory" featuring B.I.C. (that's Blue Ivy Carter) at Jay's Life + Times site and listen closely for those little gifted baby cries. Jay spouts all sorts of fatherly sentiment on the track, which is appropriate, because he's actually been showing off nuggets of parental philosophy for some time now. …
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  Q&A: 'Free Ride' Author Rob Levine on Why 'Free' Downloading Is Actually Costly

  December 19, 2011 – Sometimes sampling is theft. Downloads are turning the internet into a Walmart. Google is no better than a record label. Torrents are killing culture. …
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  You Are Now Watching the Throne Do 'Paris' Nine Times a Night

  December 13, 2011 – Who gon' stop them, huh? …
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  Luxury, Rap: Jay-Z Confirms Carnegie Hall Gigs

  December 8, 2011 – Jay-Z has already sold out two of the Empire State's landmark venues, Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden, and next February he'll conquer another New York institution: Carnegie Hall. The rapper announced today that he'll perform a pair of shows at the famed theater on February 6 and 7, Rap Radar reports. …
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  Happy 42nd, Hov: Celebrate Jay-Z's Birthday With SPIN's Greatest Hits

  December 4, 2011 – Jay-Z ensured we'll never forget his birthday by putting it in a song — The Black Album's "December 4th" — in which he provides us with extremely specific details of his arrival: "Shawn Carter was born December 4th. Weighing in at 10 pounds 8 ounces, he was the last of my four children, the only one who didn't give me any pain when I gave birth to him," Jigga's mom narrates at the top of the track over a brassy fanfare. …
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  Kanye, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj Have Their Bob Dylan Moment for Victoria's Secret

  November 30, 2011 – Seven years ago, when Bob Dylan appeared in a TV commercial for Victoria's Secret, the punditocracy was shocked — shocked. …
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