2002: By the turn of the new millennium, Brooklyn rapper Jay Z had already begun his ascension from hip-hop to mainstream superstar and business man. His 2002 album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The ...

Inevitably becoming one of the biggest forces in hip hop and one of our first billionaire couples, The game changed when ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook With the beginning of the rock revival thing last year, you’d never have suspected that 2001’s ...

Jay-Z's Blueprint album series is finally available to stream outside of Tidal. Last night (May 22), fans who had not made the switch to Tidal rejoiced when they discovered The Blueprint 1, 2 and 3 ...

See original story from 10/2/16 below. Jay Z fans with Apple Music no longer have to consider changing their music streaming service to Tidal to hear some of the classic Blueprint series. 2001’s The ...

The album released in the '00s that you're most likely to find near the top of a list of "the greatest hip hop albums of all time," however, is "The Blueprint." Whether it is better than Jay-Z's debut ...

This is Jay-Z’s 3rd ‘Blueprint’ titled release in as many years, and this time it’s an edited version of ‘The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse’. In an attempt to reclaim a bit of face he’s now ...

It may be hard for some fans to recognize or recall, but the rise of Shawn Carter aka Jay Z to rap alpha dog status wasn't immediate or a foregone conclusion. Those who are dismissive of Jay's ...

JAY-Z continues to show that his wealth is in another stratosphere. The Roc Nation maestro recently sported a timepiece valued at a small private island. As reported by Complex, Hov put on for the ...

'the blueprint 3' is the follow up to jay-z's instant classic 'blueprint' (2001) and the critically acclaimed 'blueprint 2' (2002); 'blueprint 3' is the final installment in the blueprint series. of ...