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Jay-Z launching YouTube channel
Written by . Published: October 05 2012
Hip-hop heavyweight Jay-Z is launching his own YouTube.com channel on Saturday with a live stream from his New York City concert.
The rapper will kick off his Life+Times channel by broadcasting live footage of the last of his eight shows at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The gig will cap off a series of sold-out homecoming gigs the 99
Problems hitmaker has staged to open the sports arena.
Future programming will include an interactive show for fans called
Roc Nation Check-In, a series called Well Dunn with British catwalk
star Jourdan Dunn, and a documentary series about the Brooklyn Nets
basketball team.
Jay-Z is a minority owner of the NBA side.