Jay-Z

The brutal economics of celebrity culture is turning children into marketing mannequins | Van Badham

The Kardashian children, and others, are working in adult spaces for the family business, whether the parents admit it or not

Van Badham

17, Sep, 2022 @8:00 PM

Beyoncé returns with Renaissance: a play for the mainstream and a strike against perfectionism

The musician’s seventh album is seemingly shooting for cultural saturation while celebrating norm-defying musicians and workers

Michael Cragg

28, Jul, 2022 @9:13 AM

Jay-Z’s bitcoin school met with skepticism in his former housing project: ‘I don’t have money to be losing’

The hip-hop mogul loves to rap about his roots in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects. But classes in cryptocurrency show the billionaire is out of touch, residents say

Wilfred Chan in Brooklyn

17, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM

Jay-Z and Beyoncé crossing a picket line to party shows how shallow celebrity activism really is | Emma Dabiri

The couple’s Oscars afterparty saw celebrities bypass Chateau Marmont workers who have complained of abhorrent conditions, says author Emma Dabiri

Emma Dabiri

05, Apr, 2022 @10:52 AM

‘Jay-Z needs to decide which side he’s on’: Chateau Marmont workers to picket star’s Oscars after-party

Jay-Z and Beyonce’s ultra-exclusive post-Oscars bash runs afoul of a worker boycott of the famed hotel, which laid off hundreds when the pandemic hit

Wilfred Chan

24, Mar, 2022 @6:51 PM

Pharrell Williams’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!

It’s 20 years since his band NERD released their debut album – but the rapper-producer-singer-songwriter has been responsible for an avalanche of hits. As he and co-pilot Chad Hugo get inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, we count down Williams’s 30 greatest bangers

Alexis Petridis

10, Mar, 2022 @2:00 PM