DJ Khaled has released a new music video for “Sorry Not Sorry,” featuring Jay-Z , Nas and James Fauntleroy. The track appears on the hip-hop impresario’s new album Khaled Khaled , which arrived today, April 30th.
“Sorry Not Sorry” boasts a luxurious beat of heavy drums and atmospheric synths, accented by etherial vocals that swirl around the track (as to who provided those extra vocals, the song includes an additional credit, “Harmonies by the Hive,” which could refer to Beyoncé, whose unmistakable voice definitely pops up during Jay-Z’s verse). The video for “Sorry Not Sorry,” meanwhile, finds Khaled, Nas and Jay-Z taking over a card table at a casino, stacking chips and place bets with abandon.
Like all DJ Khaled endeavors, Khaled Khaled is packed with an array of guests. It includes two previously released Drake collaborations, “Popstar” and “Greece,” as well as tracks with Cardi B, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, H.E.R., Migos, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Megan Thee Stallion, Post Malone, DaBaby, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Big Sean, Rick Ross, Bryston Tiller and Meek Mill.
Jay-Z Closes Deal to Sell Tidal for $350 Million to Jack Dorsey's Square
Jay-Z 's 6-year flip of Tidal's streaming service is complete -- he just closed the deal to sell the majority of the company to Square for $350 million ... a pretty good return on his initial investment.
Square, the financial services company owned by Jay's pal, Jack Dorsey , is now firmly in the music streaming biz. Jack had announced back in March that he planned to take Tidal off Jay's hands, but sources familiar tell TMZ they just closed the deal Friday morning.
For its $350 mil ... Square gets 80% ownership of Tidal, along with licensing deals with the major record labels and all the artists/owners will remain with the company too.
We're told Jay and Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez , who helped broker the deal, will stay on board to help run Tidal.
Over the last year we've seen Jay and Jack hanging out several times -- sometimes sipping wine together in the Hamptons -- and now we know what they're discussing ... major tycoon stuff.
Jay's made serious bank of his Tidal investment. He'd previously sold 33% of it to Sprint back in 2017 for an undisclosed amount.
DJ Khaled Joined By Jay-Z and Nas in 'Sorry Not Sorry' Video | Billboard
The narrative for the visual is pretty simple, really. The men, dressed in tuxedoes, puff on cigars and sip drinks in an empty casino as they push in their towering stacks toward the dealer during a late night gambling session you can't even imagine. With James Fauntleroy crooning the chorus -- "Sorry, not sorry, don't mind me/ I'm livin' the dream, don't mind me/ Came from nothin', whoever thought that we would be/ Livin' the dream, livin' the dream, yeah" -- Nas saunters up to the first verse with some serious crypto energy.
Jay-Z blasts cancel culture | TheHill
Rap superstar Jay-Z is weighing in on the internet's cancel culture and says he believes it's not going anywhere anytime soon.
In an interview this week with The Sunday Times Style , the rapper was asked if he were 20 years younger and just starting out in the music industry if he would use social media more frequently, in which he immediately responded "No." Jay-Z, 51, appears to only have a Twitter account and uses it rarely.
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"You can't give someone a microphone for 24 hours a day and [have them] not think they have to use it," Jay-Z told the outlet, which noted the rapper seemed to "feel a bit sorry for the younger stars coming up today."
"These kids, it's unbelievable. Imagine having a microphone and you're asked about social justice questions at 18 years old? It's like, 'What? I'm meant to know the answer, and if I don't answer the correct way, if I don't say everything right, even if my intentions are right, and I don't say the same right thing, it's going to be everywhere," he said during the interview.
In a recent Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey , 64 percent of respondents said there is a "growing cancel culture" that is a threat to their freedom, while 36 percent said they did not view it as a threat to their freedom.
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Jay-Z opens up about how he and Beyonce parent their 3 kids | GMA
Jay-Z reveals if he wants his kids to pursue a career in music
In a rare chat with The Sunday Times, the rapper said, "Feeling loved is the most important thing a child needs, you know? Not 'Here's this business that I'm going to hand over to you, that I'm creating for you.'"
He went on to say he does not want his kids, nine-year-old Blue Ivy and three-year-old twins Sir and Rumi Carter, to feel pressured to pursue a career in music necessarily.
"What if my child doesn't want to be in music or sports?" he said. "I have no idea, right? But as long as your child feels supported, and feels loved, I think anything is possible."
He continued, "[The goal is to] just make sure we provide a loving environment, be very attentive to who they want to be. It's easy for us, as human beings, to want our children to do certain things, but we have no idea. We're just guides."
The couple's daughter, Blue Ivy, is already winning laurels at just nine years of age for creating music.
Jay-Z invests in fitness company for home workouts | Fox Business
Jay Z's Venture Capital firm Marcy Ventures is investing in a fitness company. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter’s venture capital firm Marcy Venture Partners is backing the Los Angeles-based fitness company which specializes in strength training, cardio and physical therapy all in one machine. The machine includes an all-in-one water rower, Pilates reformer and resistance band training system that boasts hundreds of exercises like barre and strength training, the company describes on his website.
Los Angeles Dodger and five-time MLB All-Star Adrian Gonzalez is also leading the funding round. The financial terms of the investments, however, have not been disclosed.
Jay-Z co-founded Marcy Ventures in 2018 with Jay Brown of Roc Nation and Larry Marcus and the firm has backed companies like Rihanna’s clothing brand Savage X Fenty.
It's unclear if Beyonce's husband will team up with LIT Method for a music streaming component. Beyonce partnered with Peloton last November to produce streaming content and workout classes with her music .
Jay-Z curates playlist of Nas songs for Tidal; they appear together on new DJ Khaled song
Meanwhile, Jay-Z and Nas appear together on "Sorry Not Sorry" off the new DJ Khaled album Khaled Khaled , which comes out at midnight (4/30). Stay tuned for that and check out the full tracklist (also featuring Cardi B, Drake, Lil Wayne, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, DaBaby, H.E.R., Migos, Justin Timberlake, and more) below.
Jay-Z Shares 'Most Important' Part of Parenting His, Beyonce's Kids
Raising their kids right! Jay-Z and Beyoncé are intentional about treating their three children as individuals.
Not only do he and the singer, 39, want to "provide a loving environment" to their little ones, but they work to "be attentive to who they want to be."
The New York native explained, "It's easy for us, as human beings, to want our children to do certain things, but we have no idea. We're just guides."
The "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" rapper became a parent in 2012, telling GQ that same year that "being there" was the most "important" part of fatherhood. "Parenting has its ups and downs and you're going to make mistakes, but the biggest reward is being around," he added at the time. "Providing — that's not love."
Jay-Z is a "good father," Beyoncé told Anderson Cooper the following year, noting that she and her husband "both" changed diapers.
The pair "do everything" with Blue, Sir and Rumi , a source exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2019. "Jay-Z and Beyoncé have nannies for the kids and their assistants help out too, but they mostly try and bring the kids everywhere. Blue always travels with Beyoncé and comes with her when she's working. The twins are getting older, and Beyoncé has been taking them out a little more too."
After calling the family of five "tight-knit," the source added, "Jay-Z does a lot of daddy duty stuff and he takes Blue to school and things like that."
Queen B's dad, Mathew Knowles , exclusively explained to Us in May 2020 how his grandchildren have already shown their distinct personalities . "Blue Ivy is just so incredible and reminds me of Beyoncé so much," the talent manager, 69, explained at the time. "Sir, he just wants his world to himself. Rumi reminds me of [my daughter] Solange [ Knowles ]."
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