Jay-Z Is Now America’s Richest Musician

The“greatest trick in music that people ever pulled off,” Jay-Z said to Forbes in 2010, was convincing young aspiring musicians that “you can’t be an artist and make money.” The rapper followed up on his words this week by rising to become the fifth-richest figure on the magazine’s annual ranking of celebrity wealth in America — and the wealthiest musician on the list.

Women dominate the slate at the 2019 Grammys

The 2019 Grammys ceremony proves that this past year was the year of the woman, AP Music Writer Mesfin Kefadu reports.