A 1996 film that is currently streaming on Amazon Prime has been named as one of the greatest gangster films of all time and ...

Jay-Z’s American Gangster is one of the strongest albums in his discography. Inspired by the Denzel Washington movie of the same name, the 2007 album did its best to capture the essence of the ...

In conjunction with the movie of the same name, Jay-Z released the concept album American Gangster in 2007. The movie is about 1970s Harlem drug dealer Frank Lucas and he is played by legendary ...

York. Times.'" In Creekmur's “Magna Carter” review, the hip-hop journalist started off by stating he was in Jay-Z's studio in 2007 when he listened to "American Gangster" by the rapper.

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His new position made Jay-Z one of very few African-American executives at a major ... Throne (2011), which received generally positive reviews despite some critical grousing that it seemed ...

Shawn Corey Carter, better known as Jay-Z, has morphed from a street-smart hustler into a billion-dollar brand, leaving an indelible mark on American ... Z some of the best reviews of his career.

I DO NOT RESPECT YOUR GANGSTER. You p***y." Jay Electronica had some choice words for Birdman and everyone else who criticized Jay-Z for allegedly ... Aaron was obsessed with American animated ...

"I don't read Jay-Z as speaking up just for Beyoncé," says Adriane Lentz-Smith, an associate professor of history, and African and African American ... Brutally honest reviews of every Grammys ...

“I Want You Forever” plays during a hookah lounge scene where he attempts to find a way out of debt owed to a local gangster and decides to become Jesus’ 13th apostle. Jay-Z, who serves as ...

Hova, Jiggaman, Iceberg Slim – whatever name you know him by, he is Mr. Shawn Carter, or Jay ... reviews, it is considered by many as a good follow-up to a less popular, “Kingdom Come” album. “There’s ...

Following his success in sampling Annie for "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" the year before, Jay-Z again turned to ... that will turn darker later on American Gangster, foreshadowing that ...