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Jay Z Wiki Biography

Born on 4 December 1969, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, Shawn Corey Carter is widely known by his stage name Jay-Z, and is a rapper, record producer and entrepreneur, whose career began in the late 1980s.

So just how rich is Jay Z? Authoritative sources estimate that the  amount of Jay-Z’s net worth as of mid-2019 is over $1 billion, accumulated from his multi-faceted career in the entertainment industry and business now spanning more than 30 years; he is believed to be the first rapper to reach the billion dollar mark.

Jay Z was raised by his mother, Gloria Carter, and began creating lyrics, freestyling, following famous artists at an early young age, with his vocals earning him the nickname of ‘Jazzy’ in his neighbourhood, that developed into his stage name, ‘Jay-Z’. He attended Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn, then the nearby George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School with future rappers The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, followed by a period at Trenton Central High School in Trenton, New Jersey, though he did not matriculate.

Jay Z began his career by being featured on ‘Show and Prove’ in the Big Daddy Kane album ‘Daddy’s Home’ in 1994, followed by Jay-Z’s debut album ‘Reasonable Doubt’ in 1995, which was generally favored by critics and loved by audiences, reaching number 23 on the Billboard 200 and eventually platinum status. Jay-Z has continued a-pace ever since, and currently he is one of the wealthiest hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs in the US.

Jay Z is stated to be one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million albums worldwide. What is more, Jay-Z’s reputation increased consistently after each nomination and award, as for now he has received 17 Grammy Awards for his musical work and many other additional nominations. He is regularly rated as one of the greatest rappers of all time, in 2006 being chosen number one by MTV on the list of ‘The Greatest MCs of All-Time’.

Album releases have included ‘Reasonable Doubt’ in 1996, ‘The Blueprint’ in 2001 and ‘The Black Album’ released in 2003, considered to be the best albums throughout Jay-Z’s career. He has established the record for the most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200, as well as having four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist. In 2009, Jay-Z was rated in the most successful artists of the decade by Billboard, as well as number five in the top solo male artist and number four in the top rapper list, after Eminem, Nelly and 50 Cent. Jay-Z is also number 88 in the greatest artist list of all time as proclaimed by Rolling Stone magazine.

Furthermore, Jay-Z’s wealth has been increased by his business activities. He is one of the owners of the ‘40/40 Club’, and he created the clothing line ‘Rocawear’ together with Damon Dash. He is the former president of ‘Def Jam Recordings’, and with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs Burke founded ‘Roc-A-Fella Records’. Additionally, entertainment company ‘Roc Nation’ was founded by Jay-Z, as was the sports agency ‘Roc Nation Sports’, and he is a certified ‘NBA’ and ‘MLB’ sports agent.

In his personal life, Jay-Z married the singer Beyoncé in 2008, and they have a daughter. As a couple, they were named in Time magazine’s list of most influential people in 2006, and were rated the highest earning Hollywood couple by Forbes magazine in 2009, at 162 million dollars. They divide their time between homes in New York and Los Angeles.

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Jay Z Quotes

• I come from the Marcy projects, in Brooklyn, which is considered a tough place to grow up, but this [showed me] how good we have it. The rappers who say, ‘We’re from the ‘hood,’ take it from me, you’re not from the ‘hood. You haven’t seen people with no access to water. It really put things in perspective. – [His thoughts regarding trip taken to Africa in 2006 on his first world tour, where he discovered that 1.1 billion people don’t have clean drinking water.]
• I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.

Jay Z Important Facts

• Received a Tony award nomination in 2010 for Best Musical as part of the producing team of “Fela!”.
• Old schoolmate and friend of the late The Notorious B.I.G (Also known as Biggie Smalls). The two later made songs together including “I Love The Dough” and “Brooklyn’s Finest”.
• President of Def Jam Records [April 2005]
• Recording his final album, “The Black Album”, due out in November [2003]
• Nominated for 6 Grammy Awards including best Rap Album and Rap Song. [December 2003]
• Gives credit to Kool G. Rap as one of his inspirations.
• Named his daughter Blue after his series of albums The Blueprint.
• Is part owner of the Nets basketball team.
• Daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, was born on January 7, 2012 at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City.
• In 2006, came out of retirement to begin recording again. He left the presidency of DefJam and sold his remaining stake in Rocafella to found RocNation in 2008.
• Good friends with Rihanna. He is also her mentor.
• It was controversially announced on February 2, 2008 that Jay-Z would headline Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England, becoming the first major hip-hop artist to headline the British festival.
• Ranked #7 in the 2008 Forbes The Celebrity 100 list.
• Along with his wife, Beyoncé Knowles, is good friends with Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin.
• Brother-in-law of Solange Knowles.
• Son-in-law of Mathew Knowles and Tina Knowles.
• Good friends with Ralph Fiennes.
• In 2004, it was reported that he had amassed a fortune worth $286 million as founder of Roc-a-fella Entertainment.
• Ranked #10 on VH1’s 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists.
• Was among the guests at Usher Raymond’s 26th birthday party.
• Is portrayed by Jimmie Walker in rapper Cam’ron’s video, “Wet Wipes”.
• July 2004: Has a sneaker deal with Reebok to create his S. Carter sneaker line.
• Discovered rapper Malicious Jynx.
• He and Beyoncé Knowles are buying a house in Miami as well as in London, England.
• Has often been called “The God MC.” This is why he has been called Hova. J-Hova (Jehovah).
• Is good friends with Eminem. They have worked together three times since 2003.
• Ends the feud with Rapper Nas.
• “The Black Album” was to be accompanied by his autobiography, “The Black Book”. Instead the autobiography came later under the title of “Decoded”.
• The second rapper to have his own signature sneaker, the S. Carter by Reebok. (Master P was first, affiliated with Converse.) It went on to become one of the biggest-selling sneakers of 2003.
• Calls “Blueprint 2” his weakest album because of “too many songs.”.
• Calls “Reasonable Doubt” the favorite of his own recordings because “it’s the first.”.
• His album, “The Black Album”, was supposed to be his last.
• Created urban clothing line ‘Roca Wear’
• His “The Blueprint 2” has sold a total of 3 million copies.
• 2003″ Opened a sports bar called 40/40 Club.
• Since his album “Hard Knock Life/Volume 2”, every Jay-Z solo album has gone at least double platinum.
• Has had six consecutive albums make #1 debuts on The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Charts: “Volume 2: Hard Knock Life”; “Volume 3: The Life and Times of S. Carter”; “The Dynasty/Roc la’ Familia”; “The Blueprint”; “Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse”, and “The Black Album”.
• His ex-girlfriend’s pregnancy led to a miscarriage two years ago, a fact he laments in the song “This Can’t Be Life”, from 2000’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000).
• “Ghostwriter” for such stars as: Foxy Brown, Mase, Dr. Dre and others.

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