Results tagged “jayz”

Annie Savoy said, "...I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones...I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball." Well, Annie, our church officially opens for business today when the St. Louis Cardinals pay a visit to our Houston Astros for Opening Day for the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Wandy E. Rodriguez gets the start. He's got no decisions in the season thus far with only five innings under his belt, but his numbers are OK - six strike outs, a walk, but four earned runs. Start warming up your "Hey, batta, batta!" after your three o'clock staff meeting. The ball club takes the field at 6:05 PM.

Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z take a break from their high-profile Heart of the City Tour to perform on The Late Show with Dave Letterman this week. You can also catch the duo when their tour stops in Houston on April 10.

Happy Holidays Houston! If you can stand more excitement after all of the festivities this week, we suggest tuning in for a re-airing of Justice's awesome "performance" on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and a brand spanking new Austin City Limits with Bloc Party and Ghostland Observatory.

Houston rapper Pimp C was found dead this morning in his hotel room on LA's Sunset Strip. Pimp C had performed with Too Short on Saturday evening at the House of Blues. Pitchfork reports "L.A. firefighters responded to a 911 call at the Sunset Strip's Mondrian Hotel, where they found the rapper dead in his bed. No information on cause of death has been given at this time." Pimp C, born Chad Butler, was one...

We're psyched about Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings' appearance on Letterman later this week, and we think you should be too. Watch their brilliant video for the single, "100 Days, 100 Nights." Monday -CBS, 10:35pm: The Late Show with David Letterman, Jay-Z -ABC, 11:05pm: Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ben Harper Tuesday -NBC, 7am: Today Show, The Brian Setzer Orchestra -CBS, 10:35pm: The Late Show with David Letterman, the cast of Young Frankenstein Wednesday -CBS, 12:05am:...

This week, we learn that Jay-Z is officially out of retirement indefinitely, that heima means home in Icelandic, and that Chris Brown is like a real grown-up! So the new film American Gangster served as inspiration for Jay-Z’s latest album and made big bucks at the box office last weekend. Could this mean huge numbers for Jay-Z’s CD of the same name? -Read an album review in the New York Times -Watch Jay-Z on VH1's...

So the next time you are flying your private jet into Houston after a “rockstar” weekend with Jay-Z you will have a new choice in landing spots. Houston Executive Airport, located off of Highway 90 just west of Katy, is set to break ground on the Henriksen Jet Center facility. The two-story facility will have a passenger lobby, pilot lounge, theater room and office / meeting rooms and is set to open in 2008. Houston...

Movies Houstonians Love: Houston Rapper Bun B presents "Style Wars" It's just that Larry Dierker, Barbara Bush, and B-U-N-B! That's right, folks. Houston's hometown rap impresario, and one half of UGK, Bun B joins the Movies Houstonians Love series at the Museum at Fine Arts tonight. Bun will be presenting "Style Wars", regarded by many as the definitive document of the emerging hip-hop culture.An emblem of the spirit that burst forth from underground tunnels, uptown...

Beyonce is all over the news again. There are reports that she’s jealous over her “Dreamgirls” co-star Jennifer Hudson. And from what Beyonce said to defend herself, it sounds like she really is barely jealous at all. (Please note the sarcasm.) "I'm already a star. I already have nine Grammys. Everyone knows I can sing," Knowles said. "I did this because I wanted people to know that I can act and I can play someone...

Let's look back at a week in which no site in the -ist network adopted anyone from Africa... -Austinist reveled in the dumb antics of some U.T. law students and posted some great audio from former New Orleans natives who've decided to stay in Austin. But the best news for Austinist? They were voted Best Local Entertainment Web Site by the local Austin alt-weekly. Congrats, Austinist. -DCist gloried in being told their musical tastes made...

Celebrate Ben Franklin's 300th birthday with the Bikini Bandits and Phillyist! (NSFW). Speaking of Mr. Franklin, send in a picture of Ben (or Ed Rendell) with a red tongue and win a free t-shirt. And they might have the next YearlyKos in Philly. You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater. LAist's sex advice column on...

We learned this morning that some local fans are upset with their hometown hero Beyonce’s new video “Déjà vu.” They’ve even started a petition to have her record company re-shoot the video.

Houstonist is pretty white, guys. Let's just get that out there. But we like to feel we have a finger on the ever-interesting pulse of the hip-hop milieu. (And how many people have put the words "hip-hop" and "milieu" together successfully? Come on, we get points.) In any case, our voluminous street cred allows us to bring you this, the latest news from HipHop nation: