Consequence Of Sound — Swift also ties JAY-Z for most No. 1 albums by a soloist of all time. Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department Achieves 2nd Biggest Album Opening Ever Jo Vito more info

Stereogum — It’s November 2003, and Jay-Z is retiring. That’s the idea, anyway. He’s making a whole spectacle out of it. At Madison Square Garden, Jay is playing an all-star farewell show, opening things up with a Michael Buffer ring introduction as his... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Festivalgoers are let down for the second year in a row after Jay-Z's annual Philadelphia music festival gets canceled for 2024. more info

New York Post — Jay-Z confronted the Recording Academy about his wife's snubs in February at the Grammys. more info

E! Online — Another Carter has expanded their resumé.  After all, Beyoncé featured daughter Rumi Carter, 6, on her new country album Cowboy Carter—which comes a decade after her eldest daughter Blue Ivy... more info

New York Post — She really kicked up a bey's nest. more info

E! Online — Polish your saddles, everyone.  Because Beyoncé is entering her country phase. The Grammy winner announced she's releasing a new album during the 2024 Super Bowl and no, we're not ready nor... more info

New York Post — "Historically, I think that the Academy, for many years, got it wrong." — Usher more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Jay-Z's comments about who gets overlooked by the Grammys interrupted regularly scheduled programming in a ceremony that badly needed it. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — At the 2024 Grammys Jay-Z questioned the Recording Academy for passing up wife Beyoncé for an album of the year win. 'Even by your own metrics that doesn't work,' he said. more info