Jay-Z

League and Roc Nation also announce apparel line to benefit reform efforts

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Is the league’s deal with the rap icon a cultural coup or cultural cop-out?

The Week That Was Aug. 19-22

There are a million and one questions about the new alliance. The answers are a combination of money, power and the movement.

But who’s getting paid and what justice is being amplified?

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Justin Tinsley joins OTL to talk about Roc Nation’s entertainment deal with the NFL

The musical legend gives credibility to a league struggling with its image among African Americans

Our ranking, inspired by all the great rap acts on the road this summer, is 100% correct

A hilarious 2008 feud started with DeShawn Stevenson and ended with Jay-Z

Like Madam C.J. Walker and John H. Johnson before him, Jay-Z’s rise to business mogul is testament to the power of the black dollar