Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was accused in a lawsuit Sunday of raping a teenage girl after an awards show more than two decades ago along with Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul facing federal sex trafficking charges and a wave of lawsuits alleging sexual assault.

Legal experts believe the unknown female celebrity tied to the Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs rape lawsuit has sought her own representation with attorneys.

Jay-Z has been accused of improperly requesting to have the identity of his rape accuser revealed. The rap mogul was named in a sexual assault lawsuit Sunday along with Diddy.

Jay-Z has gone on the offensive against the attorney whose client anonymously accused the media mogul of sexually assaulting her in 2000. In a Tuesday letter addressed to the judge overseeing the case, Jay-Z's lawyer Alex Spiro cast doubt on the ...

Z have denied the lawsuit's allegations. In a then-burgeoning hip-hop scene, the fellow New York natives rose to prominence in the East Coast rap world through the mid-1990s. Their music tapped into hard knocks and entrepreneurial ambitions – but both wanted more than album sales and positive reviews.