A woman who accused Jay-Z of sexual assault is recanting her claims. Two years after the “Empire State of Mind” rapper(real name Shawn Carter) was accused of raping an unnamed woman—listed in...
E! Online•Olivia Evans5h ago
The anonymous woman previously claimed the rapper assaulted her alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs when she was 13 years old.
On Thursday, the woman identified as Jane Doe filed a declaration in Manhattan federal court stating that all of her original claims against the rapper were false.
NPR•Isabella Gomez Sarmiento9h ago
The woman who accused Jay-Z of sexual assault in a lawsuit she filed against him is recanting her allegations ... she says he never raped her and they have never even met. Jay's accuser filed the suit as a Jane Doe two years ago ... but in a new…
TMZ•TMZ Staff12h ago
Unnamed woman who filed and later dropped lawsuit against rap superstar states that she never met him, contrary to initial allegation of 2000 assault A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old has formally withdrawn her allegation, saying that she has never met the rap superstar. The unnamed woman had originally made the allegation in a lawsuit filed in 2024, claiming that Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, had drugged and raped her with Sean Combs, known as P Diddy. The incident was alleged to have happened at a party after an MTV awards ceremony in 2000. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Ben Beaumont-Thomas13h ago
A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 now says she has never met the rap superstar.
BBC15h ago
Rick Rubin’s eight-part interview series with the MC is irritatingly unstructured, has portions that feel like filler and would hugely benefit from a different medium – which encourages use of the pause button Jay-Z in 8 does what it says on the can: the docuseries, released by Mubi, finds influential, mercurial superproducer Rick Rubin interviewing rap titan Jay-Z over the course of eight meandering, freeform episodes. Directed by Rubin himself and shot in black and white, the series is ostensibly designed to give viewers a look inside the brain of a godlike musical figure as he celebrates 30 years in music. As it makes eminently clear, this is a deeply reflective time for Jay-Z: in any given episode, he is liable to make reference to old collaborators such as Biggie and Jaz-O, reminisce on his upbringing in the Marcy Projects (the public housing units in Brooklyn where he grew up), and speak with astonishment about his rapid rise from crack dealer to generational rapper, often swinging between anecdotes with free-associative ease. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Shaad D'Souza19 Sept
After a battle to get his autistic children properly assessed, the London MC has co-founded a specialist centre in Kent to help neurodivergent kids realise their potential It has been a busy few weeks for the London rapper Giggs. Two weeks ago, he was in New Jersey with his fiancee Valerie as she gave birth to the couple’s daughter, Noa. The next day, he flew home and went straight to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to guest on stage with Jay-Z. “Yeah, it’s been crazy,” he smiles. Remarkably, as soon as Noa was delivered, he also found time to livestream from the US hospital to the launch event for his latest project: not an album, but a specialist school and assessment centre for neurodivergent children. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Ian Gittins18 Sept"Because she’s such an extraordinary singer, people underrate the producer that she is," the rapper said of the superstar.
The folks who call the shots for the Super Bowl halftime show have two megastars at the top of their list for the 2027 event ... Justin Bieber and Harry Styles. Sources tell us both singers are high on Roc Nation's short list. Jay-Z and his company…
TMZ•TMZ Staff15 Sept
Jay-Z is ready for the hard knock truth when it comes to his new project. But the Grammy winner—who shares kids Blue Ivy, 14, as well as 9-year-old twins Rumi and Sir with Beyoncé—admitted he...
E! Online•Sasha Wayman14 Sept
The gig celebrating the 30th anniversary of Jay's Reasonable Doubt found JT popping out for the pair's duet on "Holy Grail" and his own "Until the End of Time."
The rapper pledged to hold the lawyer who filed the since-dismissed allegation accountable, but now the lawyer is entitled to recover his legal costs
Rolling Stone•Nancy Dillon11 Sept
Continuing his run of superstar guest appearances, Jay-Z brought out Justin Timberlake in Paris on Thursday for a rare performance of “Holy Grail,” their collaboration on Jay’s 2013 album “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” as well as “Until the End of Time,” which was originally a Timberlake duet with Beyonce. In London last week, Jay brought […]
Variety•Jem Aswad10 Sept