The pre-eminent hip-hop label for the better part of the last three and a half decades, the best Def Jam songs define the evolution of the genre.
Blake first cover the song in 2017, but it’s only now come to streaming services.
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Thom Yorke, Calvin Harris, Run the Jewels and many more are also tapped for annual California festival.
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Jay-Z is back: with a new album, a hyphenated stage name and a new sponsorship with Sprint for the splashy release of his 13th studio album, 4:44.