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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York), is an American rapper and former president and CEO of Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records. He is more commonly known as Jay-Z or by a variety of stage names including S. Carter, Jigga, Hova, Hov, and Young Hov. He is regarded as one of the most prolific and successful American rappers of the mid-90s and early 2000s and is known for his use of metaphors, freestyling abilities, word play, flow, and blending of street and popular hip hop. He is one of the most respected rappers in the music industry, and is admired for his ability to craft songs from memory without the use of pen and paper. He married his long time girlfriend Beyonce in November 2008. He is one of the founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, a hip-hop record label which also launched the careers of artists such as Beanie Sigel, Kanye West, Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz, Freeway, and Teairra Mari. As of 2008, he is estimated to be worth around $367 million.

Early history
Originally from the infamous Marcy Houses projects in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in brooklyn in New York City, Shawn Carter was abandoned by his father Adnes Reeves when he was only twelve years old and he was consequently raised by his mother Gloria Carter. Jay-Z attended George Westinghouse High School in Downtown Brooklyn and Trenton Central High School in Trenton, New Jersey but did not graduate. He claims to have been caught up in selling drugs on the streets of New York in the Marcy Projects. In addition to this, Jay-Z has lyrically alluded to having sold crack cocaine and marijuana in Virginia and Maryland.

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Onward-Foster wrote:
3 hours ago

Death Of Autotune, best thing ever.

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betoonking wrote:
Thursday evening

Easily better than anybody in today's hip-hop.

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Ccarroll88 wrote:
Thursday morning

Thank god this man is still in the game.

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chente922 wrote:
Thursday morning

"History" f. Cee-Lo is one of the best hip-hop tracks ever... can't wait for Blueprint 3

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BWalshy wrote:
Wednesday morning

wow DoA is real good.

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Criminology2009 wrote:
Tuesday evening

Do you know why they call a project a project? Because it's a project.

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keltysem wrote:
Tuesday evening

Jay-Z Confirms/Explains His Roc Nation Deal with Sony and Atlantic! Here is the link to the article: http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=134&csid2=844&fid1=39625. Check it out

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TuNa_DriNk wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

new pic mfs http://www.last.fm/music/Jay-Z/+images/30582249

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Anqxxx wrote:
Tuesday morning

Hova Back!Best perform at the BET awards!

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energyneverdies wrote:
Tuesday morning

killed it at the BET awards, and the D.O.A video is dope! Hov' is back!

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Radio_Luz wrote:
Tuesday morning

We're very happy to announce that Jay-Z's 'Death of Autotune' is this week's powerplay at Radio LUZ from Wroclaw (Poland). Check us out on 91,6FM or on http://radioluz.pwr.wroc.pl !

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chente922 wrote:
Tuesday morning

about time a real hip-hop album, cant wait for blueprint 3

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vgarcia11 wrote:
Monday evening

Video for D.O.A. is dope.

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ohshanna wrote:
Monday evening

stayy retired u sell out lol

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ohshanna wrote:
Monday evening

harvii keitel fell the fucc off 2...mean streets to shillin WINE with jay z in a anti autotune song oof

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ohshanna wrote:
Monday evening

this nigga lookin like bill cosby now loll

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MakaveliCro wrote:
Monday evening

coming form a 22 yo male who listens to Ciara, Lady Gaga just makes me giggle.

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babyboy75 wrote:
Monday evening

that hater needs to sit his tired 40yo ass down.

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TuNa_DriNk wrote:
Monday afternoon

nu video is dope!

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hubb22 wrote:
Monday afternoon

JIGGA KILLED LEBRON IN THE B-BALL MATCH ROFL

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