The name of Jay-Z’s first book is “Decoded,” a curious title given that among the work of celebrated rappers his lyrics might need perhaps the least decoding. Unlike the Wu-Tang Clan, for instance, ...

On Kanye West’s new song, “So Appalled,” Jay-Z raps, “I’m so appalled, I might buy the mall, just to show […] how much more I have in store.” As Jay’s protégé’s album dropped this week (and leaked ...

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 ...

To call someone a conspiracy theorist is, in truth, to say something insultingly vague, because as we all know conspiracy theorists come in degrees. On the one hand are the elite squad of paranoids ...

The fact that you've probably never heard of Mai Jia says a lot about how few Chinese books are marketed in America. Mai is one of China's most famous living writers, having written several ...

Independent ad agency Decoded Advertising has launched its own direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand, according to news shared with Marketing Dive. Called 42 Birds, the e-commerce business focuses on ...