He then attended nearby George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School with rappers The Notorious B.I.G. Along with rapper AZ, he attended Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn until it was closed. Jay-Z claims in his lyrics that in 1982, at age 12, he shot his older brother in the shoulder for stealing his jewelry. Reeves would later meet and reconcile with Jay-Z shortly before dying in 2003. After their father, Adnis Reeves, abandoned the family, Jay-Z and his three siblings were raised by their mother, Gloria Carter. He was raised in Marcy Houses, a housing project in Brooklyn's Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood. Shawn Corey Carter was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on December 4, 1969. Jay-Z (top) with a friend in Trenton, New Jersey, c. In 2013, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Ranked by Billboard and Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, Jay-Z was the first rapper honored in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the first solo living rapper inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Additionally, he is a recipient of the NAACP's President's Award, as well as an Emmy Award and has been nominated for a Tony Award. Jay-Z also holds the record for the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 (14). One of the world's best-selling music artists, with over 140 million records sold, Jay-Z has won 24 Grammy Awards, the joint-most Grammy awards of any rapper along with Kanye West. In 2020, he launched "Monogram", a line of cannabis products. In 2015, he acquired the tech company Aspiro and took charge of their media streaming service Tidal. Both businesses have grown to become multi-million-dollar corporations, and allowed him to start up the entertainment company Roc Nation in 2008. In 1999, he founded the clothing retailer Rocawear, and in 2003, he founded the luxury sports bar chain 40/40 Club. Through his business ventures Jay-Z has become a billionaire. He also released the full-length collaborative albums Watch the Throne (2011) with Kanye West and Everything Is Love (2018) with his wife Beyoncé, respectively. He went on to release twelve additional albums, including the acclaimed albums The Blueprint (2001), The Black Album (2003), American Gangster (2007), and 4:44 (2017). The album was released to widespread critical success, and solidified his standing in the music industry. īorn and raised in New York City, Jay-Z first began his musical career in the late 1980s he co-founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995 and released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in 1996. He was the CEO of Def Jam Recordings and he has been central to the creative and commercial success of artists including Kanye West, Rihanna, and J. He is regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists of all time. He’s a business, man.Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. In between those projects, he grew his empire, helming Roc-a-Fella Records and spearheading various film, clothing, sports management, and production deals. He returned in 2006 with Kingdom Come, and followed it with heavy output, including 2017’s lauded 4:44. JAY crafted his initial farewell statement on 2003’s The Black Album-with production from the soon-to-break-out Kanye West -but couldn’t stay away. Carter), proving his acumen for the charts. 2… Hard Knock Life) and “Big Pimpin’” (from 1999’s Vol. He went on to amass further hits like “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” (from 1998’s Vol. JAY’s debut album, 1996’s Reasonable Doubt, established his hustler attitude.
He rose from a tough childhood in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects to earn over 20 Grammys and sell over 100 million albums, all the while perfecting the frank NYC flow established by predecessors like Biggie Smalls. If ever there were a reasonable doubt that JAY-Z didn’t have the chops to thrive in hip-hop, his modern mogul status proves otherwise.
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