Jay Z

Jay-Z, rapper and entrepreneur, and Jack Dorsey, former CEO of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), announced their funding Thursday of The Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Academy, free of cost. What Happened: Dorsey took to Twitter to announce that he and Jay-Z will be collaborating to fund The Bitcoin Academy,...

Start The Day With The Best Daily Pre-Market Overview Of The Cannabis Space On Today's Episode we covered the following public companies: Cresco Labs Inc (OTC: CRLBF) TILT Holdings Inc (OTC: TLLTF) Glass House Brands Inc (OTC: GLASF) Innovative Industrial Properties Inc (NYSE: IIPR)...

TPCO Holding Corp. (NEO: GRAM.U) (OTCQX: GRAMF), which does business as The Parent Company, launched Fun Uncle Cruisers, its live resin full-gram vape cartridges that are selling for $36.  With this launch, the vertically integrated cannabis company upgraded its current product...

Depending on who you ask the market for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, is either dying or just beginning. One investor who falls in the latter category joined Benzinga’s “Moon or Bust” show to talk cryptocurrency and NFTs. Investing in Crypto, NFTs: Known as GmoneyNFT or Gmoney.eth...

Global luxury conglomerate and Moet & Chandon parent company LVMH (OTC: LVMUY) bought a 50% stake in rival high-end champagne company, Armand de Brignac, The Wall Street Journal reported. What Happened: Armand is owned by rapper and mogul Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter. It's among the...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey announced a 500 bitcoins (BTC) or $23.56 million worth of endowment to a trust that will fund the development of the apex cryptocurrency in Africa and India. What Happened: The fund will be set up as a blind irrevocable...

This article by Louis O'Neill was originally published on The Green Fund, and appears here with permission. Renowned rapper Jay Z will be investing USD $1 million into minority-led cannabis companies in an effort to diversify the cannabis industry. Acclaimed rapper, songwriter and record...

Jack Dorsey's fintech payments company Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) is in talks to acquire Jay-Z's streaming music platform Tidal, a source told Bloomberg. What Happened: Jay-Z bought Tidal in early 2015 for $56 million and met with Dorsey to discuss a sale of his streaming music company,...

Gamers who care a lot about how their sound environment, and music listeners particular about the aural quality of their tunes may have some overlap. If so, a new partnership could be good for a leading gaming headset maker and a streaming service facing new competition as both try to sound good to...

Shawn Carter, better known as the rapper Jay-Z, will be “chief brand strategist” for California cannabis company Caliva, working to boost the benefits of the legalization of cannabis in communities that were hit hardest by the War on Drugs. High Times reported Tuesday that Jay-Z has...

Jay-Z may have 99 problems – but the bills ain’t one. Jay-Z has become much more than a rapper, taking an Empire State of Mind as he’s built a portfolio of companies and real estate that led Forbes to estimate this week that he’s now worth $1 billion, the first hip-hop...

Forbes recently released its annual list of the five wealthiest hip-hop moguls in the world. Some familiar names topped this year’s list, with Sean “Diddy” Combs taking the top spot with a net worth of $820 million. Shawn “Jay Z” Carter was a close second with a net...

Music icon Jay Z has found his new calling: leading a venture capital fund. According to Axios, Jay Z is launching a venture capital firm along with his longtime business partner Jay Brown. The two are currently looking for a full-time investment partner to come on board and are also partnering...