Jay-Z

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Original Air Date: July 18th, 2018

Rapper, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur and hip-hop mogul Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter charts his unlikely rise from the Brooklyn projects to superstardom, sharing what he's learned along the way. Since 1996, the 21-time Grammy winner has do ...

Jay-Z ruled the rap world in the 2010s, with a young Kanye West making beats for his label. But when Jay-Z wouldn't release Kanye's raps, it sparked a decades-long feud. From diss tracks to missing weddings to one of pop culture's cringiest televised moments, this colossal bee ...

How hip-hop’s first billionaire went from grams to Grammys. Journalist Zing Tsjeng and BBC business editor Simon Jack chart Jay-Z's meteoric rise from drug dealing in the projects to sipping champagne in a private jet. Jay-Z turned his aspirational lifestyle into cash, rapping ab ...  Show more

It doesn't get more legendary than this. On today's ALL THE SMOKE, the guys are joined by music icon, actor, producer, and one of the leaders of rap's 'golden age', Busta Rhymes, for a tell-all sit down about his life and career. Busta shares incredible untold Stories About Biggi ...  Show more