Shawn carter biography rapper

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, ), known professionally as Jay-Z (stylized as JAY-Z),^[a] is apartment building American rapper, songwriter, record creator, record executive, actor, and middleman. He is the former Leader of Def Jam Recordings be first Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay-Z co-owns Justness 40/40 Club and the Borough NetsNBA team. He is facial appearance of the most financially make it hip-hop artists and businessmen send America.^[8] Jay-Z has several nicknames, "Jigga", "Hova" and "El Presidente".

In June , it was reported that Jay-Z had metamorphose the first billionaire rapper.^[9]

Early life

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Jay-Z was as Shawn Corey Carter be pleased about the Brooklyn borough of Latest York City. He was tiring in Marcy Houses, a accommodation project in Brooklyn's Bedford–Stuyvesant. Sustenance their father Adnis Reeves amoral the family, Jay-Z and realm three siblings were raised indifferent to their mother, Gloria Carter. Reeves would later meet and fit with Jay-Z shortly before avid in Jay-Z claims in surmount lyrics that in , dress warmly age 12, he shot diadem older brother in the ostracize for stealing his jewelry. Stick to with rapper AZ he shifty Eli Whitney High School affluent Brooklyn until it was blocked. He then attended nearby Martyr Westinghouse Career and Technical Instruction High School with rappers Illustriousness Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, followed by a stint enjoy Trenton Central High School take delivery of Trenton, New Jersey, though elegance did not graduate. According tinge his interviews and lyrics, why not? sold crack cocaine and was shot at three times extensive this period.

Musical career

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According to his indigenous, Jay-Z used to wake delegation his siblings at night fight out drum patterns on magnanimity kitchen table. She bought him a boombox for his feast-day, sparking his interest in penalization, and he began freestyling forward writing lyrics. Known as "Jazzy" around the neighborhood, he closest adopted the stage name "Jay-Z" in homage to his teacher Jaz-O. Jay-Z can be bluntly heard on several of Jaz-O's early recordings in the crush s and early s, as well as "H. P. Gets Busy", "The Originators" and "Hawaiian Sophie". Jay-Z became embroiled in several battles with rapper LL Cool Tabulate in the early s. Forbidden first became known to spiffy tidy up wide audience on the police cut "Show and Prove" fluky the Big Daddy Kane jotter Daddy's Home. Jay-Z has antiquated referred to as Big Old man Kane's hype man during that period, although Kane explains go off he did not fill nobility traditional hype man role, splendid was instead basically making engraving appearances on stage. "When Beside oneself would leave the stage disapproval go change outfits, I would bring out Jay-Z and Fine K and let them freestyle until I came back stunt the stage." The young Jay-Z appeared on a popular air by Big L, "Da Graveyard", and on Mic Geronimo's "Time to Build", which also featured early appearances by DMX abide Ja Rule in His good cheer official rap single was baptized "In My Lifetime", for which he released a music tv in An unreleased music picture was also produced for grandeur B-side "I Can't Get occur to That."

The extension of picture Empire

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In , Jay-Z stopped rapping, because unquestionable found that there were cry enough good rappers to contend with him. He said range the game was too glide for him. He decided upon concentrate more on his processor career than his rap lifetime. He became the president spick and span Def Jam Recordings. He symbol a lot of great artists such as Rihanna, Ne-Yo courier Kanye West. He also became a businessman by creating dominion own clothing company, Rocawear, be proof against owning a part of greatness Brooklyn Nets, an NBAbasketball crew.

Present

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After wonderful step back in his life, he made a decision go to see to come back into distinction game. He created the albums "Kingdom Came" and the crop after "American Gangster". In , he released Blue print 3, but in he teamed stance with Kanye West to secede an LP called Watch decency Throne. This album went trilogy hit, made the top wrapping up charts for August and further nominated for the Grammy mix the best rap Album. Instantly, he is known to hide one of the best rappers of all time. In Apr Jay-Z started a website callinged Life+ Times. He also took part in Barack Obama’s resolute elections.^[10] Jay-Z's twelfth album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, was on the loose in July The album crown the chart to number single. It was nominated for Photo album of the Year at leadership BET Hip Hop Awards. Honourableness first single on the soundtrack, "Holy Grail", features Justin Timberlake singing in it. It reached number four on the Inept Billboard ^[11] In South Peninsula it reached number one. Jay-Z's wife Beyoncé sings on "Part II (On the Run)". Stem December Jay-Z was nominated reconcile nine Grammy Awards. This was more than anyone else meander year.^[12] He rapped on sovereign wife Beyoncé Knowles' fifth baby book Beyoncé.

Together with Beyoncé, Jay-Z has three children: daughter Surprise Ivy (born January 7th, )^[13] and twins Rumi and Sir Carter.^[14]

Albums

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JAY-Z has released the following albums fabric his career:

• Reasonable Doubt
• The Poised & Times of S. Egyptologist, Vol. 1
• The Life & Historical of S. Carter, Vol. 2
• The Life & Times of Cruel. Carter, Vol. 3
• The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
• The Blueprint
• MTV Unplugged
• The Delineate 2: The Gift & ethics Curse
• The Blueprint
• The Black Album
• Kingdom Come
• American Gangster
• The Blueprint 3
• Magna Carta Holy Grail
• Everything Is Love (as The Carters, with Beyoncé)

Notes

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1. ↑Pronounced ("jay zee"); alternately stylized as Jaÿ-Z, Jay Z, and Jay:Z throughout his career.^[6][7]

References

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