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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 Roc A Fella Records. He is more commonly known by a variety of stage names including S. Carter, Jigga, Hova, J-Hova, Hov, and Young Hov. He is regarded as one of the most prolific and successful American blend artists 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 April 2008 after dating for over seven years. 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.
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.
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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Giooz wrote:
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westhamcole wrote:
"Aardvarked shitting truth" [2] all hail the glorious, magnanimous truth shitter.
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Criminology2009 wrote:
Aardvarked shitting truth over all you guys, per usual. You think the site admins would get rid of brock by now, Jesus Christ.
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Aardvarked wrote:
I never listen to hip-hop? You get dumber by the day.
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brocklesnarwwe wrote:
@Aardvarked you lame why you keep talkin about hiphop when you never listen 2 Rap,hiphop you idiot stupid fagg dont spam gay-z page full of that nonses....
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pex wrote:
omg thx! ;)
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minimagpie wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Jay-Z/The+Blueprint+3
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pex wrote:
where is the blueprint 3 album on lastfm?! Can't find it, can anyone give me a link pls!
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Aardvarked wrote:
I said those things after you started getting upset, nice try though. Next time you're in English class please read a couple of chapters on punctuation because that was some of the most incoherent shit I've ever seen. Defending an artist who's put out a couple of good albums isn't being oversensitive, getting emotional when somebody mentions an artist you listen to is. And the only thing that "floors itself" is a Miley Cyrus fan trying to discuss hip-hop, never ever do it again. You lost, goodbye.
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Marra6 wrote:
denken jetze die Hopper sie wern "cool" wenn sie über Lucifer " rapen" oder was ?! so ne scheisse !
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CellaDoorFreak wrote:
Ein echter Gangster. er hat ein lied namens Lucifer, WOW! ... Omg so ein Scheiß!
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hetisjeboy wrote:
Aardvarked your argumentation is the worst ever: ''The fact you got so upset about me mentioning Miley Cyrus without even commenting on whether or not I thought it was a good thing''ow you didn't?Let's see what you said about her:''especially if you listen to miley cyrus'', ''It is though, unless you're a 14 year old girl'', ''ultra generic shitty pop'', ''because I think Miley Cyrus makes terrible terrible music'', ''nothing as terrible as Miley Cyrus'' you floor yourself so hard.The only thing I get upset about is actually having an argument with such a dumbass. But anybody reading back this argument between us will clearly see what's what.Apparently you're the one whose ''oversensitive and ridiculously insecure about the music you listen to''since you're the one who started this whole thing by defending precious 50cent. And telling me what is good and what is bad music does, indeed, make you a music snob.Since this is most pointless discussion ever I suggest we lay it off here,g'day
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thority wrote:
this shoutbox is really fucked up
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westhamcole wrote:
I would like to add to this debate that i personally find 50 cent to be quite utterly terrible and i have no idea who Miley Cyrus is. (Baby by Me = pants).
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JcA92 wrote:
Empire State of Mind would easily be #1 if everyone used the same tag.
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thic47 wrote:
Empire State needs to be #1 right now. Actually, I can deal with #2, 99 Problems is classic. [2]
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PWNdestroyPWN wrote:
Empire State needs to be #1 right now. Actually, I can deal with #2, 99 Problems is classic.
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Aardvarked wrote:
I can practically see the tears dripping out of your words, it's hilarious. The fact you got so upset about me mentioning Miley Cyrus without even commenting on whether or not I thought it was a good thing shows that you're ridiculously insecure and oversensitive about the music you listen to. Picking up on the fact that you listen to hip-hop as well as pop music doesn't make me a music snob, I listen to pop music too just nothing as terrible as Miley Cyrus. Chin up junior.
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jamesdean20 wrote:
Damn fix ur tags!!!!
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hetisjeboy wrote:
I just made some random comment of which thousands can be found about 50cent. and Yes that does make you a music snob, your comments are filled up with subjective childish remarks. Ow, so now all of my music is bad music? Yeah because my library is clearly filled up with youngsters music...not! Why don't you go ahead and critisize all of the other people their music as well, who knows someone might just listen to Britney Spears or even....Miley Cyrus!!O NO!god forbid it!Luckily we have music-god Aardvarked to tell us what is good- and what is bad music. Look at who'se oversensitive, you're the one telling everybody here to shut up. Like I said: lets just lay it off here because having an argument with a music snob like you who thinks he knows everything better is an impossible thing.
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