{"id":17468,"date":"2017-11-07T22:11:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T22:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=17468"},"modified":"2017-11-07T22:11:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T22:11:56","slug":"watch-the-throne-again-jay-zs-succesful-solo-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/watch-the-throne-again-jay-zs-succesful-solo-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Throne, again: Jay-Z&#8217;s successful solo tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Words: Demi Bailey-Paul | Subbing: Stella Akinwumi<\/h6>\n<h3>Jay-Z may have had 99 problems in the past but his current worldwide tour sure isn\u2019t one of them.<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17472\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/11\/Jay-zlivein2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"404\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>After the release of Hova\u2019s thirteenth album \u20184:44\u2019 which was released on the 30<sup>th<\/sup> June of this year, it landed Jay- Z with his 14<sup>th<\/sup> number one album on the Billboard 200 charts and was also certified platinum within a week. The highly anticipated album was Jay\u2019s chance to prove to the industry that he still had the midas touch, he rubbed the dirt off his shoulders and re-invented himself as a thought provoking rapper by shrugging off the old \u2018Big Pimpin\u2019 fa\u00e7ade that many up and coming rappers class themselves as now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17469\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/11\/4-44_album_cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"429\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Could his current solo tour of \u20184:44\u2019 be his highest grossing yet? Well yes, it is in fact the highest grossing solo tour ever, according to Billboard magazine. The highly successful tour owes much of its success from a ticketing strategy whereby it puts high market value prices on the VIP, premium and front row tickets, which forces touts to set their prices closer to the actual value of the tickets.<\/p>\n<p>The new album revealed a stripped back version of Jay-Z, behind the glitz, glam and \u2018gangster\u2019 image which the world hadn\u2019t seen. Raw, genuine and notable moments in the album see Jay admitting to infidelity, speaking openly about his mother coming out as gay. In a time where racial tensions are extremely high in America, his controversial music video \u2018Story of OJ\u2019, examined issues of racial stereotypes within the history of cartoons and also in the history of America. \u2013 It seems this authentic Jay-Z is what the fans want.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17473\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/11\/Beyonc\u00e9_e_Jay-Z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, there was actually speculation recently that the tour wasn\u2019t doing so well, as upper tier tickets were being sold for as low as six dollars\u2026 but XXL magazine have stated that only after three shows the tour has pulled in more money than any of Mr Carter&#8217;s previous tours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words: Demi Bailey-Paul | Subbing: Stella Akinwumi Jay-Z may have had 99 problems in the past but his current worldwide tour sure isn\u2019t one of them. After the release of Hova\u2019s thirteenth album \u20184:44\u2019 which&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,92],"tags":[387,4322,5133],"class_list":["post-17468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-music","tag-album-review","tag-music","tag-rap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}