Hey ya’ll, Jay-Z has finally launched his own lifestyle blog, Life + Times, and it’s okay for the kids to look—no naked models here. The sleek tile layout makes things easy to navigate, and in case you haven’t had a chance to click on all of the buttons just yet, we’ve got a quick breakdown of what you can expect. Jay has selected a few important categories for content: Leisure, Art & Design, Style, Music, Technology, and finally, Jay’s, which seems to be a rubric dedicated to his personal contributions.
The blog has been up and running for less than 24 hours, but already every section has been populated with some kind of interesting content.
First, there’s the introduction: Welcome to the Future.
Category Highlights:
Art & Design
Modern Man: A personal video interview with Glenn O’ Brien in his New York City apartment. O’Brien shares a few words on his new book, How To Be a Man,and gives a quick tour of his prized collection of Warhols and Basquiats.
Modern Man: A personal video interview with Glenn O’ Brien in his New York City apartment. O’Brien shares a few words on his new book, How To Be a Man,and gives a quick tour of his prized collection of Warhols and Basquiats.
Leisure
Dishing with Daniel Boulud: A Q&A with the renowned chef on his current restaurant projects, including the upcoming NYC outpost Boulud Sud. As for Boulud’s rock star credentials, “The way he handles his business, our man Daniel is more like a rap star.”
Dishing with Daniel Boulud: A Q&A with the renowned chef on his current restaurant projects, including the upcoming NYC outpost Boulud Sud. As for Boulud’s rock star credentials, “The way he handles his business, our man Daniel is more like a rap star.”
Music
Snow and Taxis: A stream of Gold Panda’s single “Snow & Taxis.” Click the play button to listen as the page unfolds into a short Q&A with the Brit artist.
The Tempered Roar: A Q&A with Swedish electronic group Little Dragon, along with a stream of their track “Feather.”
Snow and Taxis: A stream of Gold Panda’s single “Snow & Taxis.” Click the play button to listen as the page unfolds into a short Q&A with the Brit artist.
The Tempered Roar: A Q&A with Swedish electronic group Little Dragon, along with a stream of their track “Feather.”
Style
The Cutting Room Floor: A Q&A with French fashion blogger Garance Doré, who has helmed her own blog, garancedore.fr, for four years.
The Cutting Room Floor: A Q&A with French fashion blogger Garance Doré, who has helmed her own blog, garancedore.fr, for four years.
Leisure
Rebuilding a legend: A video feature on a relatively unknown African filmmaker, Ousmane Sembene, that Jay-Z thinks you should definitely know.
Rebuilding a legend: A video feature on a relatively unknown African filmmaker, Ousmane Sembene, that Jay-Z thinks you should definitely know.
Sports
Lord of the Ring: A quick word on boxing legends Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. followed by the introduction of future star Andre Berto.
Lord of the Ring: A quick word on boxing legends Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. followed by the introduction of future star Andre Berto.
Technology
A Road Less Traveled: A Q&A with the head of design for Jeep, Mark Allen.
Ghost in the Machine: A detailed rundown of the Rolls-Royce Ghost.
A Road Less Traveled: A Q&A with the head of design for Jeep, Mark Allen.
Ghost in the Machine: A detailed rundown of the Rolls-Royce Ghost.
You get the idea. Also, click on Hov’s face tiles for a quick inspirational quote. And check out the Tweets is Watching sections to follow on Twitter.