Beyonce Joins Jay Z at Hillary Clinton Concert in Cleveland

  If Jay Z performing for free in Cleveland on Friday night (Nov. 4) wasn't a big enough draw for Ohioans and Midwestern road-trippers, he brought along Big Sean, Chance the Rapper and J. Cole -- oh, and his superstar wife Beyoncé too.
  The concert was in support of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, and the Democratic nominee for president was also in Cleveland, snapping pics with Jay and Bey backstage before the show -- and eventually hitting the stage at the end of the concert.
  After an opening set from Jay and mini-sets from Sean, Chance and Cole, Jay returned to the stage, and moments later, the opening strains of Bey's Lemonade standout "Formation" played and the rumors were confirmed: Beyoncé was in the building.
  "If you came to slay, say, 'I slay!'" she instructed the crowd to wild screams, rocking a black-and-white polka-dot pant suit and backed by dancers in royal-blue pant suits -- a nod to Clinton's fashion of choice.
"Less than 100 years ago, women did not have the right to vote," Beyonce said to the crowd after wrapping up "Formation." "Look how far we've come from having no voice to being on the brink of making history by electing the first woman president. But we have to vote."
  After recalling her excitement about voting for Barack Obama eight years ago so her nephew could grow up with a black president, she talked about what voting for Clinton will mean to her own daughter, Blue Ivy. "Now, we have the opportunity to create more change. I want my daughter to grow up seeing a woman lead our country and know that her possibilities are limitless. We have to think about the future of our daughters, our sons, and vote for someone who cares for them as much as we do. And that is why, I'm with her."
  The set also included "Freedom," a medley of Destiny's Child's "Independent Women, Pt. 1" and her solo hit "Girls (Who Run the World)" and a joint performance of Jay's "Holy Grail," with Bey taking over vocal duties for Justin Timberlake.

Jay Z Spearheads NBC Drama About First African-American Army Sniper

Jay Z has announced his third project stemming from his deal with The Weinstein Company in the form of a historical docu-series based on Nicholas “The Reaper” Irving, the first African-American special ops sniper in the United States Army.
The six-hour mini-series will air on NBC and is based on his memoir The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers. The book describes The Reaper racking up a reported 33 kills during a four-month span in 2009. He also has an AR-15 named after him.
“The series will take a look inside the life of the world of special ops,” a source tells Page Six. “The plan is to start filming early next year.”
The series is slated to star Sterling K. Brown, who won an Emmy for “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and currently appears on NBC’s “This Is Us.”
This is the latest of several moves Jay has made in conjunction with Weinstein. The Lee Daniels-directed biopic about Richard Pryor and a documentary series on the life of Kalief Browder are also in the works with the music mogul seated as producer.
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Nicki Minaj Discusses Women Being Entrepreneurs and Her Admiration for Jay Z in 'Marie Claire' Cover Story

   Hip-hop's reigning queen Nicki Minaj has built her empire from the streets of Jamaica, Queens up to the No. 6 spot on Forbes' 2016 Hip-Hop Cash Kings list. Her evolution from street mixtape rhymer to pop powerhouse with "Anaconda," which hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, has solidified her rank among her male counterparts. In her November cover shoot for Marie Claire, the Queens native is all about women's empowerment, and confesses her admiration for Jay Z's hustle.

   Nicki Minaj has always encouraged women to be be their own boss, and have a sense of independence, instead of looking for cop-outs like "marrying into money". "I don't want that to be a woman's goal in life. I want your goal in life to be to become an entrepreneur, a rich woman, a career-driven woman," she tells Marie Claire.  While she gained prominence with Lil Wayne's co-sign and residency on his Young Money imprint, Minaj has flourished in the male-dominated hip-hop industry, often calling out the industry for its unfair treatment towards women and biased beauty standards.
   Minaj has also pocketed a few collaborations with Beyonce, like the "Flawless (Remix)" and "Feeling Myself" off Nicki's 2014 LP The Pinkprint, and says she feels "inspired" when the two artists work together. "Every time Bey and I do something together, I see how women are inspired, and it has nothing to do with how we look," the "Super Bass" MC explains. "It has to do with how we are owning who we are, and telling other women you should be the boss of your own career and the brains behind your life or your decisions or your art. I just love that feeling."
  Though she seeks the same opportunities her fellow rappers have, she's found a way to look past the industry's faults in order to build her empire, and has modeled her career after one of hip-hop's true moguls: Jay Z. "He did such a great job being an authentic street guy and a businessman, and I was like, 'Why aren't there women doing that, taking the success from rap and channeling it into their empire?'" she confesses about the Brooklyn-bred lyricist. "I felt like anything he could do, I could do."
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