Jay Z

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Jay Z

Jay Z at the Shawn Carter Foundation Carnival, 2011

Born

Shawn Corey Carter

December 4, 1969 (age 45)

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]

Occupation

Rapper

record producer

entrepreneur

Years active 1990present

Net worth US$510-520 million (2014)[2]

Spouse(s) Beyonc (m. 2008)

Children 1

Musical career

Genres Hip hop

Instruments Vocals

Labels Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam, Roc Nation

Associated acts

Beyonc

Foxy Brown

Jaz-O

Justin Timberlake

Kanye West

Linkin Park

Memphis Bleek

Pharrell Williams

R. Kelly

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Rihanna

Big L

Notorious B.I.G

Website

lifeandtimes.com

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969),[3]

known by his stage name Jay Z (formerly

Jay-Z),[4][5][6]

is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is one of the

most financially successful hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. In 2014, Forbes

estimated Carter's net worth at nearly $520 million.[7][8]

He is one of the world's best-selling

artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records, while receiving 19 Grammy

Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations.[9][10][11]

Consistently

ranked as one of the greatest rappers ever, he was ranked number one by MTV in their list of

The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006.[12]

Three of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996),

The Blueprint (2001), and The Black Album (2003), are considered landmarks in the genre

with all of them featured in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[13][14][15]

As an entrepreneur and investor, Jay Z co-owns the 40/40 Club, and is the co-creator of the

clothing line Rocawear.[16]

He is the former president of Def Jam Recordings, co-founder of

Roc-A-Fella Records, and the founder of Roc Nation. He also founded the sports agency Roc

Nation Sports and is a certified NBA and MLB sports agent.[17]

As an artist, he holds the

record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with 13.[18][19]

Jay-Z

also has had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist. On December 11,

2009, Jay-Z was ranked as the tenth-most successful artist of the 2000s by Billboard as well

as the fifth top solo male artist and fourth top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent.[20]

He was also ranked the 88th greatest artist of all time by Rolling Stone.[21]

Jay-Z married American R&B singer Beyonc in 2008.[22]

They have a daughter named Blue

Ivy Carter, born January 7, 2012.

Contents

1 Early life

o 1.1 Early career

2 Music career

o 2.1 199597: Reasonable Doubt and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

o 2.2 19982000: Vol. 2..., criminal charges and mainstream success

o 2.3 200102: Feud with Nas, The Blueprint and The Blueprint2

o 2.4 200305: The Black Album, initial retirement and collaborative albums

o 2.5 200507: "I Declare War", Kingdom Come and American Gangster

o 2.6 200811: The Blueprint 3 and Watch the Throne

o 2.7 2012present: Magna Carta Holy Grail and other ventures

3 Musical style

o 3.1 Influences

o 3.2 Rapping technique

4 Business career

5 Personal life

o 5.1 Relationship with Beyonc

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o 5.2 Legal incident

o 5.3 Philanthropy

o 5.4 Politics

o 5.5 Criticism

6 Discography

7 Awards and nominations

8 Filmography

9 Official tours

10 Bibliography

11 References

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