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JAY-Z Wins a Peabody Award

blame it on Meka April 21, 2018

JAY-Z has now joined his wife as a Peabody Award winner.

It has been announced that Jay, who co-produced the 2017 docu-series Time: The Kalief Browder Story, has won a documentary Peabody. He is among nine documentaries to receive the accolade, alongside the likes of American Masters: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, Netflix’ Chasing Coral and Indivisible.

Beyoncé, in 2017, won the award for her visual album Lemonade.

In related and equally cool news, Issa Rae was also honored in the Entertainment category for her hit HBO series, Insecure, which is currently shooting its anticipated third season.