Tshepo Bareetseng

Image: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images There has always been talk that Jay-Z has cheated on Beyoncé‚ but both have ignored the speculation and never spoken out about it. While there have been hints in their music and that infamous elevator fight with Solange‚ Jay-Z's recent interview in The New York Times Style Magazine is the first time the music mogul addressed the rumours. He said that he had built walls because of issues from his childhood‚ which led to him shutting down and infidelity. "The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone's face that you caused‚ and then have to deal with yourself. You have to survive. So you go into survival mode‚ and when you go into survival mode‚ what happens? You shut down all emotions." He said that when you shut down emotionally there are all kinds of consequences. "So‚ even with women‚ you gonna shut down emotionally‚ so you can't connect. In my case‚ like‚ it's deep. And then all...

By Tshepo Bareetseng Jay-Z's new confessional and political release, "4:44," finally entered the Billboard 200 album chart, storming to the top spot and scoring his 14th No. 1 release. The rapper and producer sold 262,000 units of "4:44," according to data from Nielsen SoundScan on Monday, to earn the fourth-highest one-week album sales total of 2017. The album, on which Jay-Z admits cheating on his wife Beyonce and addresses the birth last month of their twins, was released on June 30 as a one-week exclusive to members of his streaming platform Tidal and customers of wireless carrier Sprint Corp. Despite being certified platinum in its first week, "4:44" was absent from last week's Billboard 200 album chart because Tidal did not report numbers to Nielsen Music. The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album). Jay-Z already holds the rec...

By Tsh epo   Bareetseng Kanye West is reportedly leaving Tidal after fighting with Jay-Z's music streaming service over money, according to a new report from TMZ. The rapper allegedly feels like he's owed more than $3 million for bonuses and reimbursement for music videos after he debuted his album "Life of Pablo" on the service over a year ago, according to the TMZ report. He's reportedly left the company over the fight, according to TMZ. Tidal didn't respond to Business Insider's request for comment. Jay-Z relaunched Tidal in 2015 with a roster of other A-list artists as an artist-backed alternative to Pandora or Spotify. Tidal claims to pay more royalties and was set up as a co-ownership with Jay-Z's artist friends like Madonna and Coldplay's Chris Martin. West was one of the original artists to buy into Tidal's mission and fight back against companies like Apple who was trying to build its own competing service. Part of Tidal's bi...