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News about Jay-Z, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Highlights From the Archives
An Overdog to Root For
By JON PARELES

Jay-Z, rap’s long-reigning king, has a new album and the old swagger.
September 13, 2009artsNews
Rap, Rock and Rain at Liberty State Park
By JON PARELES

The All Points West Music and Arts Festival aimed at separate sides of the brain for the first two of its three days.
August 3, 2009artsReview
Hot Time: The Living Is Gritty
By JON CARAMANICA

This year’s Hot 97’s Summer Jam at Giants Stadium on Sunday essentially came to an end well before the last act finished its set.
June 9, 2009artsReview
Two Opposites Onstage: A Tale of Hip-Hop’s Reigning Kingpins
By JON CARAMANICA

This concert, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne’s highest-profile shared bill to date, could have been their Camp David.
October 30, 2008artsReview
Magnanimity Becomes One of Rap’s Moguls
By NATE CHINEN

Dynastic succession, cutthroat competition, brand reinforcement: these were a few of the items on Jay-Z’s agenda at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Sunday night.
November 13, 2007artsReview
Jay-Z Finds Himself at the Movies
By KELEFA SANNEH

Jay-Z’s 10th proper album, “American Gangster,” was inspired by the new movie — directed by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe — for which it’s named.
November 5, 2007artsReview
Uneasy Lies the Head
Uneasy Lies the Head
By KELEFA SANNEH

Jay-Z has the money, the power and the girl. Why is the king of hip-hop so anxious?
November 19, 2006artsNews
Superstardom Is Boring: Jay-Z Quits (Again)
By TOURÉ

Jay-Z seemed to be on top of the world. But then he let slip that he would soon retire from hip-hop. His next album, ''The Black Album,'' would be his last.
November 16, 2003artsNews
A Tad Vulnerable Behind the Egomania
By JON PARELES

Jay-Z's story, as told in million-selling hip-hop albums, is an all-American tale of entrepreneurship: from hustling drugs in the ghetto to rapping about guns and girls to running Roc-a-Fella, a recording company and clothing line.
September 25, 2001artsReview
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Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club Is a Sports Bar and Nightclub in the Flatiron District
Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club Is a Sports Bar and Nightclub in the Flatiron District
By BEN DETRICK

Jay Z’s 40/40 club underwent a design-driven renovation and reopened in January with a kickoff attended by Warren Buffett and Spike Lee.
March 14, 2012
Dressing New York City's Water Tanks
By CAROL VOGEL

The project is the brainchild of Word Above the Street, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise awareness about the global water supply.
February 23, 2012
Jay-Z Headlines a Concert at Carnegie Hall
Jay-Z Headlines a Concert at Carnegie Hall
By JON CARAMANICA

There was a fascinating cross section of wealth in New York at Jay-Z’s charity show at Carnegie Hall on Monday.
February 8, 2012
TRADING UP; Showing A Little Restraint
By DAVID COLMAN

Fashion insiders comment that there is a trend away from wearing over-designed high-top sneakers for men, even with jeans. Photos
January 26, 2012
Before Giants Go West, a Few Will Head Downtown
By SAM BORDEN

The Giants have had some notably bad luck in recent years when it comes to their players and nightclubs.
January 18, 2012
#trendingnyc: The Week on Twitter
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER

Blue Ivy Carter, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s State of the City address, Jorge Posada and Stephen Colbert were popular among New Yorkers on Twitter in the past week.
January 15, 2012
CITY ROOM; First, Mayor, About Beyoncé's Baby ...
By DAVID W. CHEN

Reporters press New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg about assertions that recording artists Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z ad paid Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan more than $1 million to convert a hospital wing into a private suite, while having their security guards block other patients for hours; Bloomberg responds by defending the rights of private hospitals to rent out executive suites, citing the revenues that such rentals generate.
January 11, 2012
The Breakfast Meeting: 3-D Olympics and Clearing the Way for Blue Ivy
By NOAM COHEN

A wide open Oscar race and a humble, contrite Rupert Murdoch apologizes for his spelling.
January 10, 2012
After Beyoncé Gives Birth, Patients Protest Celebrity Security at Lenox Hill Hospital
After Beyoncé Gives Birth, Patients Protest Celebrity Security at Lenox Hill Hospital
By NINA BERNSTEIN; COLIN MOYNIHAN CONTRIBUTED REPORTING.

Noncelebrity maternity patients said they experienced a series of indignities as Lenox Hill Hospital went all-out to protect the privacy of Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

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