A drug dealer from Queens admitted Monday to taking part in the 2002 slaying of Run-DMC legend Jam Master Jay, telling a judge he helped a pair of killers get into the rapper’s music studio to murder ...

One of the three men charged in the killing of hip-hop icon Jam Master Jay changed his plea to guilty in court on Monday. Jam Master Jay, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was killed in 2002 inside a ...

Jay Bryant negotiating plea deal in New York death of Run-DMC star, over which one conviction has been overturned One of the three men charged in the killing of Jam Master Jay plans to plead guilty, ...

The rapper discussed his 2024 sexual assault lawsuit and the Kendrick-Drake beef in a new GQ cover story Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Jay-Z has spoken ...

Hov sits down for his first cover story in nearly a decade. By Michael Saponara Jay-Z has broken his silence. The Brooklyn rap legend sat down with GQ on Tuesday (March 24) and graced the cover of the ...

Jay-Z discovered the work of Chicago-born artist Rashid Johnson—whose paintings, installations, and photographs often represent Black intellectual life—about a decade ago, says Johnson, when the ...

The 56-year-old 'Empire State of Mind' rapper has changed his stage name multiple times throughout his career Valerie Macon / AFP via Getty Jay-Z has reintroduced the umlaut over the “Y” in his name, ...

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z is reintroducing himself as JAŸ-Z. The 56-year-old rapper quietly revised the spelling of his stage name to include an umlaut over the “Y,” in an announcement that he would perform ...

Jay-Z's got 99 problems, but his name ain't one. The rapper subtly underwent a name change in preparation for his upcoming reunion with The Roots, adding an umlaut to his moniker to read JAŸ-Z on the ...

Jay-Z leaves the Fanatics Super Bowl party Friday Feb. 6. 2026, in San Francisco. Jason Henry for California Post Jay-Z aficionados noticed this week that the hip hop icon has added an umlaut to his ...

Jay-Z is making his grand return to the stage for the first time in nearly a year with a headlining performance alongside the Roots at the Roots Picnic 2026. The rapper, who recently changed the ...

Beyoncé and Jay-Z might be the most powerful power couple of all time since they started dating more than 20 years ago. Since then, the musicians became multihyphenates and built a billion-dollar ...