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Since his retirement, Jay-Z says he’s been courted by several labels. But not only to rap: They want to give the Jiggaman an executive position, and one such position could be the president of Def Jam Records. For the last few weeks, rumors have been running rampant that Jay will soon take the job, which is second in command to Def Jam CEO LA Reid. Some say the deal will be finalized in less than a week. Jay does acknowledge that he’s been getting offers, but says he hasn’t accepted anything yet. “It’s just talks in the air right now,”… Read more »

The trophy is a silly Moonman. Treasured memories include girl-on-girl kisses, a flying Fartman and the bobbling of a pasty-covered breast. Where other shows confer honors and respect, this one relishes gaffes, guffaws and giggles. Forget “The envelope, please.” It’s time to push the envelope. MTV’s Video Music Awards is among the most irreverent of awards shows. Which may be precisely why it matters. “It’s pop music; how seriously can you take it?” said MTV news correspondent Kurt Loder. “It’s not Martin Heidegger or something. There’s a lot of empty pomp associated with other shows, like the Oscars and even… Read more »

The city and music industry have offered more than $60,000 in rewards for information on the slaying of rap legend Jam Master Jay. But nearly six months after his death, the identity of his killer and the motive behind the shooting remain a mystery. New York Police Department sources close to the case concede the investigation has been hampered by dead-end leads and uncooperative witnesses. “No one in that industry wants to be a rat,” said one of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We’re not at a standstill,” countered police Lt. Alfred Murphy. “We’re still hopeful.” Some… Read more »

The Beastie Boys will perform April 25 at Las Vegas’ House of Blues, in a show that will serve both as a tribute to slain Run-D.M.C. DJ Jam Master Jay and a warm-up for the veteran rap trio’s headlining slot the next night at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Longtime Beasties associate DJ Hurricane will also be on the bill for the all-ages Vegas show, tickets for which are now on sale for $75 and $150. Further details regarding the benefit were unavailable at deadline. It is not known if surviving Run-D.M.C. members Joseph “Reverend… Read more »

As one of the forefathers of rap, with a history of social activism, Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay was an unlikely target for the kind of violence that killed rappers Tupac Shakur or the Notorious B.I.G. He was married with three kids, and a fixture in the Queens neighborhood where he grew up. Yet authorities were searching Thursday for the gunman who killed the 37-year-old disc jockey with a gunshot to the head inside his recording studio. “Jam Master Jay was a longtime family man and one of the founders of the group that knocked down all the doors for hip-hop,… Read more »

Jam Master Jay, a founding member of the pioneering rap trio Run DMC, was shot and killed at his recording studio near the New York neighborhood where he grew up, police said. Two men were buzzed into the second-floor studio shortly before shots were fired inside its lounge at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police said. As of early Thursday, police had made no arrests. The 37-year-old disc jockey, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was shot once in the head in the studio’s lounge and died at the scene, said Detective Robert Price, a police spokesman. Urieco Rincon, 25, who… Read more »

Jay-Z and 311 headline the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour, which kicks off Tuesday (August 20) at Wantagh, New York’s Jones Beach Amphitheater. Others on the bill include Nonpoint, Hoobastank, Nappy Roots, N.E.R.D., and Talib Kweli. The tour was put together by Warped Tour organizer Kevin Lyman, who revealed how it differs from Warped. “They asked if we’d come and produce it and I said, ‘Sure.’ And then I designed this thing called ‘the playground.’ I found all these great underground graffiti artists that are going to be doing, hanging under overpasses and building freeway overpasses. Because you drive down the… Read more »

With those sunglasses he wears all the time, it’s sometimes hard to read Musiq. Except when he’s onstage. He can’t keep from smiling; he obviously loves what he’s doing. Wednesday night at B.B. King’s in New York City, the Soulchild held his album release party for Juslisen, which drops next Tuesday. Unlike most shindigs of this nature, Musiq didn’t just play cuts from his LP for attendees such as Jay-Z, Angie Stone, Capone and Bilal – the 24-year-old and his band played cuts. Before the main attraction came onto the stage, the Roots’ Black Thought warmed things up with his… Read more »

Imagine one of the biggest hip-hop outings in history taking shape this summer. It would be dubbed the Triple Threat Tour and feature multiplatinum acts Ja Rule, Jay-Z and P. Diddy. To top it off, each would bring with him his musical family. Representing with Ja Rule would be Ashanti and the rest of Murder Inc. Jay would “Roc the Mic” with his boys Beanie Sigel, Cam’ron and Memphis Bleek. And Diddy and his Bad Boy crew would do their thing. Keep imagining; although it was almost a reality, the tour has been called off. Last week, while promoting her… Read more »

Queensbridge, New York-based rap duo Mobb Deep is set to release its fifth album, Infamy, on December 11. The set is the follow-up to the pair’s platinum-certified 1999 set, Murda Muzik. While the group is excited about the forthcoming release, they have also recently been involved in an ongoing beef with Jay-Z. The conflict rose to a new level during a Summer Jam event in New York when Jay-Z displayed on the big screen a picture of Mobb Deep member Prodigy as an adolescent dressed up in a Michael Jackson outfit while also attacking the rapper’s street credibility in a… Read more »