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Jay-Z was honored with the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the Grammy Awards and took shots at the organization for snubbing Beyoncé and keeping her from taking the Album of the Year award. The multi-hyphenate media mogul had Beyoncé cheering him on, and he brought his daughter, Grammy Award winner…

Mark Howard James, the producer known as “DJ Mark The 45 King” who worked with such rap hitmakers as Queen Latifah, Jay-Z and Eminem among many others, has died at 62. His manager confirmed the death, but provided no further details. Related Stories …

Editors' Note: This guest column by former Luke Cage showrunner and Creed II writer Cheo Hodari Coker is part of Deadline’s series commemorating the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop on August 11. In 1999, Yasin Bey — then known as Mos Def – dropped the seminal album "Black On Both Sides.” The first…

They doubted him. They trash-talked him. They flagrantly fouled him. But it was Los Angeles Laker LeBron James who had the final word after his underdog team took down the hotshot Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs, destroying them 125-85 Friday night in Game 6 of their series. The…

Rihanna hasn't toured since 2016, but on Sunday during the Jay Z-produced spectacle that is the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show the Good Girl Gone Bad singer put on a tour de force. Filling her less-than-15-minute set with an array of hits, floating platforms, club dance floor dynamics and spectacle…

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment agency is betting that Times Square needs a Caesars Palace casino, and has joined Caesars Entertainment and Manhattan realty company SL Green in their bid to make it happen. "New York is a beacon, the epicenter of culture,” says Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter in a statement…

Norman Lear’s  Live In Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes may have been a favorite going into Emmy season — he did, after all, just turn 100 — but there was absolutely no beating this year’s Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. And turns out, Lear didn’t. The stellar, 12-minute performance at…

Netflix is developing a live-action feature take of the bestselling Boom! Studios comic series Irredeemable and its sister title Incorruptible with BAFTA-winning The Harder They Fall filmmaker Jeymes Samuel directing, Oscar-nominated scribe Kemp Powers writing and producers Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter and James Lassiter on…

The Guild of Music Supervisors today unveiled the nominees for its 12th annual award ceremony, celebrating outstanding achievement in the craft of Music Supervision in film, television, games, documentaries, advertising, and trailers, with such notable songwriters and performers as Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Lin-Manuel…

SAG-AFTRA and the producers of the Super Bowl Halftime Show have worked out an agreement in which "no professional dancers will be asked to work for free" as part of the show, the union said in a statement today. The agreement, which comes after several dancers complained about being asked to work without pay, was…

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has whittled its Original Song Oscar category to 15 songs that made the shortlist Tuesday, with a Grammy-loaded roster of talent bolstering the field. Among the notable performers on the 15-song shortlist are music power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z, the former with "Be…

UPDATED: Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues, Mariah Carey’s upcoming holiday special. It’s set to launch globally December 3 on Apple TV+. You can watch the trailer below. PREVIOUS, Nov. 2: Mariah Carey is returning for an Apple TV+ Christmas special for a second…