Magna Carta Holy Grail

On the day of its official wide release, Jay-Z—the official #NewRules broker of hip-hop—has been awarded a platinum plaque for his Magna Carta Holy Grail. Though the album is projected to hit No. 1 on Billboard and its retail numbers remain to be seen, Jay sold a million records to Samsung in an unprecedented deal that forced the Recording Industry Association of America to re-write their own rul

With Magna Carta Holy Grail just one day away (!), Jay-Z has revealed the lyrics to the album's two final tracks, "Nickels & Dimes" and "Somewhere In America." You can check out the lyrics below, and take a look at the official album artwork here. ...

As the looming July 4th release date of Jay-Z's forthcoming Magna Carta Holy Grail LP approaches, the XXL staff is getting excited. To add to our excitement, with every new day Hov has taken to his new blog to release the lyrics from the album's tracks. So far, he's relea...

In the many commercials teasing Jay-Z's forthcoming Magna Carta Holy Grail album, Jay is surrounded by a supergroup of his longtime collaborators—Swizz Beatz, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland—as he plays new music and explains the songs. Also seen ...

Jay-Z's reported concert atop the Ed Sullivan Theater will be happening after all. The rapper—who drops his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail on the Fourth of July—was rumored to be planning a free performance in Times Square last week. Mayor Bloomberg...

Ever since the initial commercial teasing his forthcoming Magna Carta Holy Grail album aired during the NBA Finals, Jay-Z has had a stronghold on the hip-hop media game. Not only has he continued to release trailers for the album, he's taken to his website to unveil song lyrics from tracks featuring the likes of Frank Ocean and Justin Timberlake...

As time continues its slow crawl toward July 4th, the highly-anticipated release date for Jay-Z's new album Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay has taken to promoting his forthcoming album in some really creative ways. Among them is his steady release of song lyrics via his website. The...

Courtney Love is full of surprises, and it turns out that extends to an unlikely friendship with Jay-Z as well. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Love spilled the beans on some of the first details of Jay's new album Magna Carta Holy Grail, which is due out on the Fourth of July via a landmark marketing deal with Samsung. Love ...

After announcing his partnership with Samsung for the release of Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z took to his Twitter to argue his case for already-Platinum status. "If 1 Million records gets SOLD and billboard doesnt report it, did it happen? Ha....