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From Marcy to Forbes: Jay-Z and Warren Buffet Forbes Interview

by admin on October 1, 2010

The first Forbes 400 Summit was surreal, amazing and, in the end, moving. We gassed up a Gulfstream 450 one warm September morning and flew one of the most successful recording artists of all time, Jay-Z, to meet the most successful investor of all time, Warren Buffett, on the latter’s home turf of Omaha, Neb. The intent was to capture their very different perspectives on success and wealth and to talk about the social obligations that come with each. They ended up finding out they had more in common than anyone would have expected between a 40-year-old rapper from the Brooklyn projects and the 80-year-old sage of compounded returns.

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Tagged as: Forbes Magazine, JB 2010, millionaires & billionaires, Warren Buffett

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Photographer Craig McDean is responsible for the Jay-z photo shoot in the February 2010 Issue of Interview Magazine

by admin on September 10, 2010

Craig McDean (born 1964, England) is a British fashion photographer originally from Middlewich near Manchester, but now based in New York City. McDean originally trained and worked as a car mechanic before studying photography at Mid Cheshire College (OND) and Blackpool & Fylde College of Further & Higher Education (PQE).

McDean began his photographic career in London as a photographer’s assistant to photographer Nick Knight. His early editorial work was featured in magazines such as i-D and The Face, which led to advertising campaign work for clients such as Jil Sander and Calvin Klein, and editorial commissions with Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue.

More recently, McDean has photographed fashion campaigns for clients including Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, and Estée Lauder.

His editorial spreads are regularly featured in magazines including Vogue (magazine), W, and Another Magazine. Although primarily a fashion photographer, McDean has photographed portraits of celebrities including Madonna, Natalie Portman, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Aniston, Joaquin Phoenix, Hilary Swank, Uma Thurman, Gael García Bernal and Nicole Kidman.

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Tagged as: Jay-Z, Mag: Interview Magazine, Photographer Craig McDean

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Interview Magazine: Jay-Z says “successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who’ve never done anything”

by admin on September 10, 2010

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Elvis Mitchell delivers a great interview with Jay-z for Interview Magazine – Feb 2010

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ELVIS MITCHELL: Would you have ever thought there would be a time where you could have a song like “Empire State of Mind” blow up the way it has, and, yet, there aren’t any record stores around any more? Isn’t it strange that we got to this point?

JAY-Z: It’s horrible. I mean, you didn’t foresee this specifically, but you knew something would happen because whenever people reject change, things change for them anyhow. I think that’s what happened to the record business when Napster came around. The industry rejected what was happening instead of accepting it as change. Here we are today, more than a decade later, and we still haven’t figured it out.

MITCHELL: Well, it still speaks to the power of music that something like “Empire State of Mind” can pop like that. There’s still an appetite for it.

JAY-Z: Well, I don’t think the appetite is the problem. I think the consumption of music is at an all-time high. But I think the ways that record companies are trying to monetize it is just all over the place. At the end of the day, music is in the clouds. That’s where it’s at now. Before, you could hold it, look at it, turn it around. Now, it’s just in the air. That’s where it’s gonna wind up. You won’t need a shelf or a wall unit like my mom and pop had with all these big-ass records. You’ll just need your phone to call it up.

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Tagged as: Jay-Z, JB 2010, Mag: Interview Magazine

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Rolling Stone Mag Cover Destiny’s Child, May 2001. Photographer Albert Watson

by admin on August 5, 2010

Tagged as: Beyonce, Destiny's Child, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams

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Media Watch: Beyonce in the February 2010 Issue of Allure Magazine. Loving the curly afro!

by admin on July 22, 2010

Beyoncé is ready to shed her alter ego and show the world she’s fierce in her own right. See these outtakes from the star’s shoot with Michael Thompson in New York City, plus exclusive shots from her 2002 Allure cover story. For more of our interview with Beyoncé, pick up the February issue of Allure, on newsstands January 26.

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Beyoncé was low-key behind the scenes at the shoot (she requested Uno cards for her dressing room), but certainly not low-energy on the set. When a Michael Jackson song came on, she danced with hairstylist Kimberly Kimble. The day’s playlist also included music by Beyoncé’s sister Solange and by Kelly Rowland. The moment her husband Jay Z’s 2001 album The Blueprint started, the singer laughed and said, “Oh, you can’t play this—you’re going to make me blush.” And then she danced to the entire album. Here, she poses in a beaded silk tulle dress by Roberto Cavalli.