TV Updates Jay-Z on SNL Jay-Z was the musical guest on SNL on Saturday night. He performed two songs from 4:44 and made quiet but powerful statements with both. First, Damien Marley joined Jay on stage for their song Bam, not my favourite track on 4:44 but I liked the vibe of the By Kathleen • Oct 02, 2017 11:04 am
Beyoncé Intro for September 15, 2017 Dear Gossips, I had an entirely different open planned for today. And then I woke up at 5am and saw how supported Rihanna was last night at her third annual Diamond Ball. Kendrick Lamar performed (in a great pair of well-tailored black pants). Dave Chappelle spoke. Jamie Foxx showed up. By Lainey • Sep 15, 2017 07:37 am
Music Jay-Z & JT: Super Bowl LII? Oh FFS. There’s a rumour circulating that the NFL is negotiating with Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake to co-headline Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. The source of the rumour is Hits Daily Double. Previously, whenever there have been leaks about halftime shows at the Super Bowl, they’ve come from By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 12:33 pm
Boy Sh-t Jay and Kanye’s family feud Nobody wins when the family feuds That line, from Family Feud on 4:44, is the first thing that came to mind when I read the latest update on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s boy sh-t. Boy sh-t usually brings me joy. Usually, I’m entertained. Usually, I live for By Kathleen • Aug 21, 2017 03:25 pm
Music Jay-Z’s Black Friends In Jay-Z’s extensive, 30 plus year music video catalogue, there aren’t many “holy-sh*t-I’m-never-going-to-forget-the-first-time-I-saw-this” classics. Well, Jay has been releasing new music videos and video extras from 4:44 steadily over the past few weeks that have easily become some of his best work. They’ve ranged By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2017 10:19 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé sushi night Beyoncé and Jay Z went out for sushi last night in LA. It’s been a couple of weeks since we saw her last. The day she confirmed the names of the twins, the paps shot her and Jay leaving a Roc Nation party. She ended up giving us the By Lainey • Aug 03, 2017 04:27 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Ruminations On The Carter Twins’ Names As Lainey said earlier, we can officially celebrate the birth of the twins because they were officially acknowledged by Bey – and by her mother Tina. But I am not going to surprise anyone when I say that I didn’t feel like celebrating. I’m going to be honest— I By Duana • Jul 14, 2017 03:05 pm
Cheating Loins Jesse Williams’ bad timing For a hot second this morning, I was feeling bad for Jesse Williams. In Jay Z’s newly released 4:44 footnote video I wrote about earlier, Williams addressed the rumours that he left his wife for Minka Kelly. Those rumours inspired a lot of conversation and speculation about the By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2017 04:10 pm
Music Jay Z and friends talk love and infidelity Jay Z’s 4:44 is an album that requires dissection. It’s a striking, emotional and vulnerable piece of art that is deserving of all the praise and analysis it has received. It’s got layers on layers of sh-t to process. I’ve listened to it multiple times By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2017 03:35 pm
Music Boomshakalaka It’s the universally recognised sound you hear when someone gets dunked on. It’s the sound you’re hearing today because we all just got dunked on. By Blue Ivy of the House Knowles-Carter, first of her line, the platinum, queen of the Twitter and princess of the Beyhive, By Lainey • Jul 07, 2017 12:39 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Jay Z’s would-be empire and why we love trucks And we’re back! Since so many of us had a holiday weekend, it feels good to dig into work talk… even though this week, the talk seemed kind of work-adjacent: In Jay-Z’s case this is because lots of people haven’t yet heard 4:44, since it’s By Duana • Jul 05, 2017 02:53 pm
Music Jay Z’s confessions and revelations Jay Z’s new album 4:44 dropped last night. Were you scrambling to reinstall TIDAL on your phone like I was? Needless to say, 4:44 lit up Twitter. Here’s one of my favourite tweets: When you've not listened to Jay Z 's album but By Lainey • Jun 30, 2017 12:25 pm
Music Mahershala after Moonlight…and Jay Z I haven’t written about Mahershala Ali since a couple of weeks after he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Moonlight. It was a long award season. He’d just become a father. He took a break, to be with his family, to process the milestone year he’ By Lainey • Jun 19, 2017 01:18 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé Twin Watch What we think we know: the #Beybies have been born. At least according to multiple media outlets and Mathew Knowles, who tweeted this yesterday: They're here!#beyonce #twins #jayz #happybirthday pic.twitter.com/woFRKoL7eO— Mathew Knowles (@MathewKnowles) June 18, 2017 And then he subsequently got dragged by the By Lainey • Jun 19, 2017 10:35 am
Baby and Bump Obsession RING THE ALARM!?!? OK, wait. Maybe don’t. But everyone’s talking about how The Twins might be here. It started yesterday because, according to several outlets, there was a major security team seen at UCLA Hospital. And someone told The Shade Room that the 5th floor of the hospital was being shut By Lainey • Jun 14, 2017 12:59 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Blue Ivy dances into her destiny Blue Ivy Carter is the first descendant of our Queen. Since the day she was born, the expectations have been high. Since the day she was born, her parents have been giving us snippets of her life, through concert videos, edited Instagram posts or red carpet appearances. The Blue Ivy By Kathleen • Jun 07, 2017 10:04 am
