Jay-Z's Decoded is a 300-page tome that's filled with lush photographs, autobiographical musings and lyrical analysis, roughly in equal measure. But despite its title, the book leaves much un-decoded.

Jay-Z is a great American artist — and he’d be the first to tell you so. “Decoded” is an elegantly designed, incisively written bid for cultural legitimacy by a man whose XXL ego is underscored by an ...

U.S. rapper Jay-Z will release his first book next month -- a hybrid of music history, social commentary and memoir, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. "Decoded," to be published Nov. 16, charts ...

Jay-Z is facing legal issues over his book, Decoded, which was published in 2010. Hova has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed by a writer named Patrick White, who claims that Jay ...

On Monday Jay-Z announced an interactive worldwide scavenger hunt to promote his forthcoming book, Decoded. (The book mixes first-person memories of Jay’s life with detailed discussions of his most ...

Hip-hop king Jay-Z has been slapped with a lawsuit by a man who claims that sections of the Throne rapper's 2010 book 'Decoded' were in some way stolen from him, reports AllHipHop.com. In a ...

"I Am Amelia Earhart" is first up for the line of illustrated "Ordinary People Change The World" books. By Aaron Couch, Andy Lewis Brad Meltzer will continue to explore historical heroes in a new ...

Jay-Z is a great American artist — and he’d be the first to tell you so. “Decoded” is an elegantly designed, incisively written bid for cultural legitimacy by a man whose XXL ego is underscored by an ...

First, let’s get past the obvious: if you’re a true Jay Z fan (and when I say “true fan†, I mean you own his music, not just like his music), you must own a copy of Decoded. Ditto if you have a real ...