Profile
Jay-Z
Rapper + Entrepreneur
Male
Born
Dec 4, 1970
Age
42
Hometown
Brooklyn
Genres
Hip hop
Performed With
Big L + R. Kelly ...
Record Label
Roc Nation
Other Names
Carter, Shawn Corey
Shawn Corey Carter, better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over… Read More
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Romance
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Shenelle ScottDated 2000 - 2001
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Carmen BryanFling 1996 - 2001
Family
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Jay-Z
Age 42
parents
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Adnes ReevesFather
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Gloria CarterMother
News + Updates
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Jay Z Recalls Rise From Public Housing To Boardroom In Rocawear AdMTV News - Apr 02, 2012
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Katy Perry: This One Goes Out To All My NinjasByron Shire News - Mar 20, 2012 -
Hip Hop Rumors: Jay Z Working On $150 Million Tour Deal For BeyonceAll Hip Hop - Mar 19, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1967
Birth
Born on December 4, 1967.
TEENAGE
1982
14 Years Old
Originally from Marcy Houses, a housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, the future "Jay-Z" then known as Shawn Carter, was abandoned by his father and in 1982, he shot his brother in the shoulder for stealing his jewelry.
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TWENTIES
1994
26 Years Old
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He first became known to a wide audience by being featured on the posse cut "Show and Prove" on the 1994 Big Daddy Kane album Daddy's Home.
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He made an appearance on a popular song by Big L, "Da Graveyard", and on Mic Geronimo's "Time to Build", which also featured early appearances by DMX, and Ja Rule in 1995.
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1996
28 Years Old
After striking a deal with Priority to distribute his material, Jay-Z released his 1996 debut album Reasonable Doubt with beats from acclaimed producers such as DJ Premier and Super DJ Clark Kent and a notable appearance by The Notorious B.I.G..
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1997
29 Years Old
After reaching a new distribution deal with Def Jam in 1997, Jay-Z released his follow-up In My Lifetime, Vol. 1.
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THIRTIES
In 2001, Jay-Z spoke out against Prodigy after he took an issue with a Jay-Z line from "Money, Cash, Hoes" that he felt were subliminal shots at Mobb Deep and referenced Mobb Deep's beef with Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and Death Row Records.
Jay-Z returned with his comeback album on November 21, 2006 titled Kingdom Come.
Jay-Z released his tenth album entitled American Gangster on November 6, 2007.
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FORTIES
It was announced on February 2, 2008 that Jay-Z would headline the 2008 Glastonbury Festival, becoming the first major hip hop artist to headline the British festival.
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On May 21, 2009, Jay-Z announced he would be parting ways with Def Jam, and had struck a multi-million dollar deal to sign with Live Nation, with whom he would start his Roc Nation imprint which would serve as a record label, talent/management agency, and music publishing company and also partnered up with production team Stargate to start a record label called StarRoc.
On January 23, 2010, Jay-Z released a track, "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)", with Rihanna, and U2's Bono and The Edge, as well as performing it at the Hope For Haiti Now telethon.
At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, Beyoncé revealed that she was pregnant with their first child and on January 7, 2012, she gave birth to their daughter, named Blue Ivy Carter, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.
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He encouraged the team's relocation to Brooklyn's Barclays Center (from New Jersey) in the 2012–2013 season, at which point the team took on the Brooklyn Nets moniker.
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