Yesterday, the metal world sent a fond farewell to its Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne. Retiring after 50 years on the job, ...

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s historic farewell show was less Live Aid, more Loud Aid - 5/5 With merging and ...

In 2003, Jay-Z released The Black Album, which was intended to be his final album before retiring. The next year, he released an a cappella version of the project with the express purpose of ...

The Black Album (2003) was marketed as Jay-Z’s swan song, a mic-drop moment before retirement. Spoiler alert: The retirement didn’t stick.

Jay-Z might agree with Yachty's ranking, because in 2013—tied to his 44th birthday —the Brooklyn native placed Reasonable Doubt as his personal best, while The Black Album followed at No. 3.

Jay-Z's "Black Album" is turning 20. To celebrate, Roc-A-Fella is re-releasing the classic jerseys Hova helped to popularize.

Jay-Z during Jay-Z "The Black Album Tour" Live at Madison Square Garden - Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, United States. 2003. (KMazur/WireImage for New York Post) ...

On the album's best-known track, '99 Problems', complete with a skull thumping Rick Rubin beat, Jay takes on narrow minded music critics, and details being racially profiled in an encounter with ...

If Jay-Z's career was akin to the stages of running a marathon, The Black Album was his glorious, hard-earned final lap. In the early 2000s, there were plenty of contenders in the field.

The rap legend became the first Black man to earn 10 multi-platinum solo albums JAY-Z has a new reason to celebrate. According to VIBE, the rap icon made history by becoming the first Black male ...

With the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) updating its certifications for The Black Album and The Blueprint 3, Hov has become the first Black man to have at least 10 solo albums go ...