ContactMusic — Jay-Z never thought hed achieve more than a Gold record at the start of his career The 99 Problems hitmaker has released a new video in which he talks about his early motivation and how he only aimed as high as selling 500000 units of his debut... more info

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The Hip Hop Chronicle — The first ever Rocawear commercial is a retrospective of Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter’s journey as a kid growing up in the humble projects of Brooklyn aspiring to make music and eventually making history. On that journey, the first business beyond musi... more info

The Newsroom — The Mega Millions jackpot is up to a whopping $540 million dollars, breaking a record for the biggest jackpot of any lottery. $540 million seems like a huge amount of money, but it's pocket change to some celebs. From Jay Z & Beyonce, Oprah, Donald T... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The much-anticipated birth of Blue Ivy definitely had mere mortal parents feeling like second-class citizens as the Carters received the royal treatment. Despite Beyonce and Jay-Z's impressive restraint at keeping their new bundle's face off of a pro... more info

Guardian Music — What's this? A Geldof girl impressing with quiet calm, simmering passion and understated menace? Farewell, preconceptions …Hometown: London.The lineup: Pixie Geldof (vocals, guitar) and band.The background: Violet are one of the acts who will be pe... more info

411 Mania — Does Tyga make Trevor Porter's "Ayy Ladies" worth a listen? Does Garbage's "Blood for Poppies" get us pumped? Are Rihanna and Jay-Z's "Talk that Talk" a hit? 411's Chad Webb and Jeremy Thomas listen to these tracks and more! more info

411 Mania — News and thoughts on Nas declaring that hip-hop should thank God for Jay-Z, Birdman retiring when Lil Wayne does, Iggy Azalea saying we can't handle her, Victoria V is your hip hop hottie and more! more info

Panda Toes — All three or four of my friends kept hollering at me on Google Chat yesterday. And I'm all, "Chill dudes, I'm working." And they're like, "You don't have a job, what are you so darned busy with?" What am I busy with? First I have to go to Scottie's. ... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Here is a preview of Peter Rosenberg’s “Noisemakers” that went down at SXSW. In the audio below Nasir speaks on Jay-Z. Trailer: more info