Towards the end of today’s Five, the hosts decided to devote an entire segment to the story that rapper Jay-Z would eliminate the word “bitch” from any new lyrics following the birth of his daughter. The strange thing was, as Andrea Tantaros readily admitted up top, that story has already been debunked. Making it weirder, none of the hosts thought Jay-Z should ban the word and none of them even seemed to care that much about the story. So, as a viewer, I was left wondering, “Why are they even talking about this?”

Then they revealed that Bob Beckel was going to attempt to perform the hit “Big Pimpin’” and I said “Ohhhh.”

Right now there is a slightly heated debate going on in the Abrams Media office as we’ve found a story that somehow intersects the purviews of three of our different sites; Jay-Z’s company, Rocawear, is now selling a t-shirt that says “Occupy Wall Street” with graffiti style lettering modifying the message to read “Occupy All Streets.” A mini scandal has brewed over the shirt as it’s become clear that Rocawear, currently, has no plans to give any of the procedes to the occupiers themselves.

Is this a brave show of support or a cynical commodification of a genuine cultural movement? Here’s a Mediaite take.

Warren Buffett has created a cartoon series to help teach children about making the right financial choices. The show, entitled Secret Millionaires Club, is an expansion of a web series and seems like a really good idea. It’s an important topic, one other children’s shows have begun tackling.

Yes, I fully support this show and everything it aims to accomplish…that being said, I really can’t stop laughing at this clip they released.

I mean, I don’t want to be a jerk, you guys, but it might be possible that Jay-Z isn’t the world’s best voice actor.

Riddle me this: What do you call a 50th birthday party dinner for the leader of the free world, held in the Rose Garden of the White House, and featuring musical performances by music legends like Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder? Well, if you’re an editor at Fox Nation, you call it a “Hip Hop [...]

Last week’s Betty White hosted episode has seemingly given gravitas to the many Facebook SNL petitions out there. Consider Saturday’s episode the comedy world equivalent of the John Edwards story giving the National Enquirer a semblance of credibility. The question is, will Lorne Michaels and company deign to listen to their online fans again?

Jay-Z debuted his latest video, “On To The Next One,” thematically last night on NBC’s New Year’s Eve countdown with Carson Daly, featuring rapper/producer produced by Swizz Beatz. Check it out below.

Remember, early on in this innocent decade, when it was a big deal when Bill O’Reilly started criticizing rap music? Now, it seems to happen all the time. For someone opposed to the immorality and hedonism that he sees embraced in rap lyrics, O’Reilly knows how to start a hip-hop-style feud with some of the big names in the industry, including Ludacris, Nas, and Cam’ron. Eight notable beefs between O’Reilly and rappers, starting off with Ludacris (semi-NSFW):

When I was a junior corporate lawyer at a giant soulless monolithic New York law firm, I used to work these ridiculous round-the-clock hours for giant deals that made gobs of money for all sorts of people and for which my time was no doubt billed out for far more than it was worth. What [...]

At least in New York, the biggest single of the summer, and maybe the fall too, has been Jay-Z‘s “Empire State of Mind,” featuring Alicia Keys. Inside: Watch Jay-Z’s performances on September 11 and this week at World Series Game 2, and the official music video.

Somewhere between Fashion’s Night Out on Thursday night, the eve of Fashion Week, and Jay-Z‘s “Answer the Call” September 11th memorial concert on Friday at Madison Square Garden, we learned a little something about Anna Wintour: Rappers love her.

As Steve Krakauer reported on Monday, rapper Jay-Z has commenced beefs with both Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly and radio host Rush Limbaugh, telling them to “fall back” and “get off (his) balls,” respectively. O’Reilly launched his own short, not-so-sweet reply last night, but it was El Rushbo who took the cake for weirdness-of-rejoinder.

Who’s beefing with Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh this week? Hip-hop icon Jay-Z.

In his newest song from his upcoming album, leaked today, “Off That” includes a line directed at the Fox News host and radio star. And it’s the latest in a long-standing battle between O’Reilly and the hip-hop community.