Hitting upon his perfect meld of street-tough gangsterism and hook-heavy commerciality, ‘Vol.2… Hard Knock Life’ turned Jay Z into a superstar. Key to the album’s success was Jay-Z’s ...

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There's just something special about how he sounds over an East Coast beat, especially something as classic as Jay-Z‘s "Hard ...

then was behind the board for such rap classics such as Jay-Z's Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) and Stan by Eminem . He earned his professional name by culling bits from obscure 45 singles His ...

On Sunday 13 November, Ken Bruce and Elaine Paige will broadcast live from the prestigious ... behind Tomorrow or It’s the Hard Knock Life. Jay Z sampled the latter for his own Hard Knock ...

Jay-Z made his Grammy debut in 1999 with three nominations, two from his now seminal Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life album and one for his collaboration with Jermaine Dupri, “Money Ain’t a Thang.” ...

Within the nearly two weeks since Hard Rock Casino Rockford opened, big music acts including Brad Paisley, Joan Jett, and ...

The proud mom of three with longtime husband Jay-Z does her ... extremely hard on is making sure my kids can have as much normalcy and privacy as possible, ensuring my personal life isn’t ...

Diamonds live at the ... American rapper/businessman, Jay-Z, to wrap up the London 2012 Paralympic Games Ceremony. "Shine a light through an open door/ Love and life, I will divide/ Turn away ...

Syed, who was the subject of the 2014 podcast “Serial,” had been serving a life sentence for the 1999 ... just kind of crumbled once they took a hard look. I know. If you’ve heard season ...