they’d get “an original Roc-A-Fella chain from off my neck.” But then Jay-Z intervened, delaying the auction and claiming future ownership of “Reasonable Doubt,” which he said will ...

On this day in 2003, Freeway, one of the grittiest voices in Roc-A-Fella Records’ golden era, released his debut album, Philadelphia Freeway. The project introduced the North Philly native’s ...