Jay-Z Biography

Shawn Corey Carter, popularly known by his stage name, Jay-Z, is an American rapper and businessman. With over 20 Grammy Awards received for his music and having sold more than 100 million records, He is one of the best-selling musicians of all time! In 2006, MTV ranked him the Greatest MC of all time. Rolling Stone also ranked three of his albums — Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, and The Black Album — among The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Forbes estimated his net worth at $810 million in 2017, making him the second-richest hip-hop artist in the U.S. Jay-Z owns the New York 40/40 Club sports bar and is the co-creator of the clothing line Rocawear. He is also a former president of Def Jam Recordings, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, and founder of the entertainment company Roc Nation. He also founded the sports agency Roc Nation Sports and is a certified NBA and MLB sports agent. As an artist, he holds the record for most number 1 albums by a solo artist on the US Billboard 200 with 14 in total. He’s also had four number 1’s on the Billboard Hot 100, one of which he was the lead artist - Empire State of Mind. In 2009, Billboard ranked him as the tenth-most successful artist of the 2000 as well as the fifth top solo male artist and fourth top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent. He was also ranked the 88th-greatest artist of all time by Rolling Stone. In early June 2017, posters were seen displayed in New York City and Los Angeles, with banner ads on the Internet promoting a TIDAL-related project titled 4:44. A teaser ad was aired during the NBA Finals on June 7 of that year, featuring actors like Mahershala Ali, Lupita Nyong'o, and Danny Glover in a one-minute video, ending in 4:44 – 6.30.17, Exclusively on Tidal. The project was confirmed to be a new Jay-Z album on June 18, 2017 and a clip featuring a song titled Adonis was posted on Sprint's YouTube page. Jay-Z married singer Beyoncé in 2008 and the couple have three children together: Blue Ivy, Rumi, and Sir Carter. Together, their three children have an estimated net worth of $1.16 billion combined.

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