Softpedia
 

NEWS CATEGORIES:



NEWS ARCHIVE >>
SOFTPEDIA REVIEWS >>
MEET THE EDITORS >>
Home > News > Tags > Jay-Z

Stories about: Jay-Z


First Photos of Blue Ivy Carter Are Here

Following weeks of intense speculation on the method Beyonce and Jay-Z would choose to introduce their baby girl, Blue Ivy Carter, to the world, here come the much awaited photos. Interestingly, they were not sold to a celebrity magazine. Any “respectable” celebrity gossip lover must know that stars hav...

11 February 2012
03:35 GMT

Beyonce Makes First Appearance Since Giving Birth

Beyonce is rocking those post-pregnancy curves! The singer, who gave birth to her first child a few weeks ago, has made her first red carpet appearance since the happy event the other night – and she's getting everybody talking about it.As her fans must know, Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed their first child to...

7 February 2012
09:47 GMT

The Blue Ivy Carter Effect: Jay-Z Swears Off Profanities in Music

Jay-Z and other rappers have often been criticized for how their music demeans women for referring to them with the B-word. For what it's worth, critics can stop hating because Jay has already decided to take the offensive word out of his vocabulary. NME obtained a poem that Jay-Z wrote shortly after the birth ...

18 January 2012
07:31 GMT

Blue Ivy Carter Gets $600K (€467,654) Gold Rocking Horse

She's just a few days old, but Beyonce and Jay-Z's first child, daughter Blue Ivy Carter, is already being treated like a princess. Her parents splashed $1.5 million (€1.17 million) on toys alone, before she was born, claims a new report. Among the things the two superstars bought is a rocking horse co...

13 January 2012
14:31 GMT

Religious Fanatics Say Blue Ivy Carter Is Satan

Just when you thought you heard it all, the conspiracy theories around Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce and Jay-Z's first child, reach a new height. A group of vandals have defaced a church sign, writing that the celebrity kid is actually “Satan.”Ever since she was born on Saturday, January 7, Blue Ivy Carte...

12 January 2012
08:11 GMT

Illuminati, Satanist Conspiracies Abound Around Blue Ivy Carter

Blue Ivy Carter is barely three days old but she's already a star on her own. The daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z, born over the weekend in NYC, is the newest member of the Illuminati, word on Twitter has it.Just as it happened with her conspiracy, some people simply can't accept that Jay and Bey are just peo...

11 January 2012
09:01 GMT

Beyonce Had Miscarriage Before Blue Ivy Carter

Before becoming pregnant with Blue Ivy Carter, who was born just 2 days ago, Beyonce miscarried once. The revelation comes in Jay-Z's song “Glory,” which was released just hours ago. As we also reported in a previous material, to celebrate the birth of his first child, the music mogul released a trac...

10 January 2012
10:34 GMT

Listen: 'Glory,' Jay-Z ft. Blue Ivy Carter

Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter, is just 2 days old but she's already a bona fide recording artist. Just check out the video below if you don't believe us. Shortly after putting out a press statement on the birth of their first child, Jay-Z released the most touching of all touching tribu...

10 January 2012
05:43 GMT

Blue Ivy Carter Was Born Naturally

Beyonce is a mommy now. The other day, the singer and husband Jay-Z welcomed Blue Ivy Carter into the world, in a hospital in New York City. Just hours ago, they have released an official statement about the happy event. Among other things, it also stresses that, contrary to ongoing reports, Blue Ivy was not born via...

10 January 2012
05:19 GMT

Beyonce Gives Birth to Baby Girl

Beyonce and Jay-Z are first-time parents. After much speculation and media frenzy, the most powerful couple in showbiz welcomed their first child, a daughter, in a New York hospital over the weekend. Reports initially claimed that Beyonce wanted to have her C-section scheduled for January 4 for the reason that she an...

9 January 2012
02:57 GMT

Jay-Z Pulls 'Occupy' Clothing Line from Rocawear Amidst Controversy

Rapper, music mogul and designer Jay-Z got himself in quite a pickle with his latest line of designs. All bearing the caption “Occupy All Streets” and taking inspiration from the Occupy Wall Street movement, the items have now been pulled from the Rocawear website. Jay helped create a new line of tees wh...

14 November 2011
14:41 GMT

Beyonce and Jay-Z Are Having a Girl, Says Kelly Rowland

Beyonce and Jay-Z didn't want to tell the press whether they were having a boy or a girl, saying only they would become parents in February. Kelly Rowland has, more or less unwillingly, clarified that for everybody. In a new interview with BANG Showbiz, the X Factor judge and singer has let it slip that the ...

5 November 2011
06:41 GMT

Pregnant Beyonce Says She’s Having the Time of Her Life

Beyonce announced her pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Awards 2011 and, since going public with the news, she’s been having the time of her life, she says in a new interview to MTV News. The pop star and her mother have just launched the latest collection for their House of Dereon and MTV made sure it was there...

21 September 2011
04:21 GMT

Beyonce Played the Media to Keep Her Pregnancy a Secret

Beyonce pulled a fast one on her fans and the press. At Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards 2011, the singer announced that she and husband Jay-Z were expecting their first child together, which even generated some conspiracy theories. They’re all explained now.Shortly after Beyonce walked the red carpet at t...

31 August 2011
07:48 GMT

VMAs 2011: Jay-Z Disses Chris Brown

Chris Brown got raving reviews for his impressive performance at the MTV Video Music Awards 2011, but one person in the audience seemed quite unimpressed by it. Jay-Z refused to clap at the end, report says. TMZ has video of Jay-Z’s reaction at the end of Brown’s performance, when the entire audience was ...

30 August 2011
04:44 GMT

Beyonce and Jay-Z’s Marriage Is in Trouble, Says Report

Jay-Z has been acting very much like a single man in recent months, claims a new report. Though he’s married to one of the most desirable women on earth, Beyonce, he’s been spotted partying and flirting with other women. In its weekly roundup of tabloid stories, Jezebel also got this tidbit coming from In...

29 July 2011
11:57 GMT

Bing Helps Decode Jay-Z’s Life and Music

Just hours from now users will be able to start putting together Jay-Z’s first book: Decoded page by page with a tad of help from Microsoft technologies such as Bing and Silverlight. Bing.com/Jay-Z is now live, with the site placed at the core of the Decode Jay-Z with Bing Cloud experience. Fans of the artist ...

18 October 2010
07:21 GMT

Beyonce Reportedly Pregnant with First Child

It’s precisely one month that Beyonce was telling the media she had killed her fierce alter-ego, Sasha Fierce, and that she couldn’t wait for all her music commitments to come to an end so that she could enjoy some “me time.” She wanted to cook, watch TV and just chill, she said. MediaTakeOut ...

26 March 2010
11:31 GMT

Jay-Z Says ‘We Are the World’ Remake Should Not Exist

On Friday, a remake for the classic 1985 hit “We Are the World” was released. Pioneered by Lionel Richie, who also co-wrote the song with Michael Jackson, the new single represents one of the biggest initiatives of the kind, in that it includes over 100 artists, from both music and film. Notably absent wa...

16 February 2010
10:05 GMT

Susan Boyle Should Launch a Clothing Line, Jay-Z Says

She’s the best selling artist of 2009 and one of the most surprising new voices in the industry in many years, but what Susan Boyle should be doing right now is think of launching a fashion line. Given her amazing success, the Scottish sensation should seriously consider capitalizing on it more, rapper and entr...

8 February 2010
11:00 GMT

Stephen Colbert Pulls Out iPad at the Grammys (Video)

When Stephen Colbert couldn’t find his list of nominees during the Grammys, he suddenly remembered, “Oh, I know... It’s on my iPad!” Apple recently unveiled the long-rumored device, while regular customers, like Jay-Z, still have to wait a couple more months before getting their hands on it. ...

1 February 2010
03:23 GMT

Beyonce and Jay-Z Are Industry’s Most Successful Couple

Forbes magazine has just released its annual list of the industry’s most successful couples and, not quite surprisingly, it is topped by singer Beyonce Knowles and rapper Jay-Z. Recession has clearly taken a toll on the joint finances of the two, as they’re down about $40 million from the previous year, w...

14 January 2010
10:09 GMT

Eminem and Jay-Z DJ Hero Tracks Revealed

Activision has revealed the full track lists for the bonus material that Jay-Z and Eminem are set to contribute to the Renegade Edition of DJ Hero, the Guitar Hero spin off that should arrive on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the Nintendo Wii and the PS2. The special release of the game should come with exclusive t...

15 October 2009
05:31 GMT

Jay-Z Has ‘Kanye Moment’ over MTV Eminem Diss

MTV recently unveiled the 2009 list of Hottest MCs in the Game and, while as expected, Jay-Z came on top, there was one name that was notably absent from it: Eminem. Fans were upset, especially since “less hot” artists than Em made the cut, but also upset was Jay-Z, who took the time to write a lengthy le...

10 October 2009
06:50 GMT

Jay-Z Tops Elvis Presley with ‘The Blueprint 3’

On September 8, Jay-Z released his latest studio album, “The Blueprint 3,” refusing to even taken notice of the fact that the album had leaked on the Internet in complete form just a week before the official release. At the time, the rapper called the leak a “preview,” saying he wasn’t g...

18 September 2009
03:50 GMT

Lil Mama Apologizes for Ruining Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ VMA Set

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards came with many surprises, from the heartfelt speech Madonna gave in honor of Michael Jackson, to Janet Jackson’s tribute to her late brother and, of course, the new, extended trailer for “New Moon,” but it also had its “off” moments. One of them was Kanye ...

15 September 2009
03:58 GMT

Jay-Z in O Magazine on Music, Married Life and Drugs

Jay-Z is not a man of many interviews, not even when he has new material to promote. Some say this has to do with his name, which alone is able to sell his albums without him doing too much promotion. Others, with his private nature. However, when need be, he picks and chooses his interviewers – thus, he is fea...

3 September 2009
10:50 GMT

Rihanna to Perform on Jay Leno Next Week

Contrary to what rumors said as to Rihanna taking to the stage to make her musical comeback in the aftermath of the Chris Brown February incident, the singer will only return to live performing – now officially – on September 14. Jay Leno himself has announced the trio that will make up the musical guest ...

7 August 2009
07:15 GMT

Renegade Edition of DJ Hero Announced Packs Eminem and Jay-Z

Activision has announced that its upcoming DJ Hero is set to get a special Renegade Edition that will offer gamers a more complex experience than the basic edition, while packing in quite a bit of extra content.All those who pick up the Renegade Edition will get what is described as the “premium” edition ...

30 July 2009
16:31 GMT

Beyoncé and Jay-Z Already Fighting

High-powered couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z caused a huge stir two weeks ago, when they allegedly tied the knot in an ultra-secret (but still wildly speculated) ceremony which took place at Jay-Z's Tribeca penthouse in New York. The fact is, much to the dismay of the couple's fans, the two singers are yet ...

18 April 2008
11:43 GMT

Mary J. Blige Exposes Beyoncé Wedding

The past weekend could safely be labeled "phantom wedding weekend" - either that or the "did they or didn't they" interlude. Beyoncé and her rapper boyfriend Jay-Z made the headlines with their hushed up wedding weekend, and what began as a playful "wonder if they'll do it" game of putting together scattered ...

7 April 2008
06:43 GMT

Jay-Z and Beyoncé Might Get Married Today

Last weekend, the big "wedding story" doing the rounds on the Internet was the alleged marriage of tabloid sweethearts Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Almost a week later, another rumored wedding is taking the media by storm; this time, everybody admits it's only a rumor. However, let's not forget that hip-ho...

4 April 2008
09:39 GMT

Jay-Z and Beyoncé Finally Take the Big Step

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are the showbiz couple closest to Angelina and Brad when it comes to marriage rumors and controversies. The Destiny's Child alumn and her longtime boyfriend, hip-hop artist and entrepreneur Jay-Z have been quietly dating since 2002, but have so far refrained from formal commitment and have tried ...

2 April 2008
05:47 GMT

Beyoncé and Jay-Z Married?

We've been waiting for a major celebrity secret marriage rumor like this one for a long time - but is was sure worth it! It's not often that we get to speculate on whether two A-list singers (who have also been dating for about four years) have tied the knot or not - in other words, it's not often that...

20 December 2007
04:47 GMT

Microsoft Goes Gangsta

There are many ways to characterize Microsoft, and perhaps the most common is the term monopolist, but the Redmond company is about to undergo a shift of its public persona, and pimp it to the next level. Microsoft is about to go gangsta, and will have the mother of all crews to show for. The Redmond company will enj...

16 November 2007
08:38 GMT

Jay-Z Rules, Britney Goes Down, Down, Down

Good news for Jay-Z: the celebrated rapper and producer just scored his 10th No. 1 album on The Billboard 200, as his latest studio effort, "American Gangster" (Def Jam) debuted at number 1 this week after selling no less than 425,000 copies in the United States (according to Nielsen SoundScan). This means that the r...

15 November 2007
03:45 GMT

So, Are You Wet Yet?

Rihanna, the wonder 19-year-old singer, the new IT girl and Jay-Z's protégée, is now preparing to launch her third and yet untitled album, only two years after she made her grand entrance on the music stage. The third studio material is scheduled to hit stores on June 5, 2007 - but don't expect to hear anythi...

27 April 2007
06:42 GMT


WindowsGamesDriversMacLinuxScriptsMobileHandheldNews

SUBMIT PROGRAM   |   ADVERTISE   |   GET HELP   |   SEND US FEEDBACK   |   RSS FEEDS   |   UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE   |   ROMANIAN FORUM