February 19th, 2010 by Warren Moore

Jay-Z has offered his advice to the music industry, saying that record labels need to be ‘smarter’ in order to survive the new digital age. Jay-Z, who was named Best International Male at the BRIT Awards, told BBC’s Newsbeat that less equals more when it comes to success: ‘Records are not selling as many as they were before… people have to be smarter about how they A and R, and what they put out, record companies need to catch up to that, someone needs to send them the memo.’

 Jay-Z is set for a UK tour this summer. Jay-Z kicks off the tour with a show at MEN Arena from June 7, before also playing live at Birmingham LG Arena on June 9. The final Jay-Z date on the mini tour will take place at London’s Hyde Park on July 4 as part of the 2010 Wireless Festival.

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