Thursday 20 December 2018

JAY-Z Reportedly Wants Travis Scott to Back Out of Super Bowl Halftime Show

Assortment reports that JAY-Z is encouraging Travis Scott to haul out of a Super Bowl execution close by Maroon 5.


In the event that you missed it, the Astroworld rapper was labeled to perform close by Adam Levine's some way or another as yet hitmaking band at the up and coming Super Bowl. While much more rappers are being considered for the display in Atlanta on February 3, 2019, Scott has all the earmarks of being the main affirmed act other than Maroon 5.

This purportedly doesn't sit well with Jigga, who has been profoundly reproachful of the NFL and the manner in which that it has taken care of the issue of progressing player challenges police ruthlessness. Jay has been a vocal supporter of Colin Kaepernick, the previous 49ers quarterback who kickstarted the development and has been successfully debased by the alliance for his inconveniences.


Jay isn't the first to censure the possibility of Scott playing at the Super Bowl. Submissive Mill reminded Scott that the group needs him more than he needs the class in a progression of tweets following the news that he had marked on.

In the event that different reports are to be trusted, Shawn Carter will have a couple of more telephone calls to make in the coming weeks. Gossip has it that Cardi B and Big Boi are additionally in converses with play the halftime set at America's most-viewed wearing occasion.



Fans were at that point despondent at the halftime choices before Jay began his crusade to remove rappers from the NFL, noticing that having Scott and Maroon 5 play in a powerful hip-bounce center like Atlanta was a botched chance.

Tuesday 3 July 2018

Watch the trailer for Jay-Z’s Trayvon Martin documentary series

                                                               


Jay-Z is bringing the story of Trayvon Martin to the small screen in a documentary that will air later this month.  

» RELATED: Who was Trayvon Martin?

The trailer for the six-part  film, titled “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” was recently released by Paramount Networks.

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Watch the trailer for Jay-Z’s Trayvon Martin documentary series
The docuseries is titled “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story”
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Jay-Z is bringing the story of Trayvon Martin to the small screen in a documentary that will air later this month.  

» RELATED: Who was Trayvon Martin?

The trailer for the six-part  film, titled “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” was recently released by Paramount Networks.

The flick will take a look at the criminal investigation, trial and the not guilty verdict of George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed the 17-year-old in 2012. 

It will also include interviews from Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, Al Sharpton, Angela Rye, Angela Davis, Carmelo Anthony and others. 

This isn’t Jay-Z’s first documentary. He also produced “TIME: The Kalief Browder Story.” It followed the story of Kalief Browder, who was accused of theft at age 16 and imprisoned on Riker’s Island for three years while he awaited trial. It won a Peabody Award and a Black Reel Award in 2017. 

“Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story” will premiere at 10 p.m. July 30.

Tuesday 15 May 2018

Another new Prince album coming in 2019, via Jay-Z and Tidal


The Prince Estate and Tidal announced today that the streaming service will exclusively launch an unpublished music album by the deceased artist. According to the announcement, the album will contain "unpublished music extracted from the vast archive of Prince's Vault recordings".

The album, scheduled for release in 2019, will air exclusively on Tidal for fourteen days and will be available for download seven days after its debut, although the label that will distribute the album has not been clear: the announcement only says, "A The physical version of the world is planned through The Prince Estate after the exclusive digital premiere at Tidal. "

The launch will be independent of another album containing unpublished material will come in September, real estate consultant Troy Carter told Variety to be launched in Warner Bros. Records; Today's announcement explicitly states: "The association of the album with Tidal does not imply any Prince's music catalog that is subject to previous agreements with Warner Brothers Records, Inc." This means that the material will be after 1996, when Prince's initial agreement with the label has ended.

The announcement also said that the new version "marks a continuation of the Prince's association in 2015 with Tidal", through which he released his albums "HITnRUN Phase One" and "two phases", and says, "This concludes the unresolved legal issues between the Prince and Tidal estate 'which had been ongoing following the confused state of affairs commercial artist after his death from an accidental overdose in April 2016. Some versions of Prince remain available exclusively for the transmission to Tidal.

The owner of Estate and Tidal Jay-Z is working on the selection of songs for the album. "Our only goal is to share Prince's music with his fans as he wanted," Jay-Z said in the release. "After a serious and honest conversation with him, he chose Tidal as a partner for" HITnRUN Phase One "and" HITnRUN Second Phase ", and we will continue to respect and honor the Prince's lost legacy and wishes with this new collection. "

Carter, speaking on behalf of the estate, said, "I am very pleased that this has been resolved, and we pay tribute to the relationship between the Prince and Tidal this hope album that fans hear the new music and the experience of the Prince's genius .. "

The agreement between Tidal and The Prince Estate was approved on May 9, 2018 by the Probate Court overseeing The Prince Estate.