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Brooklyn NY, United States (1996 – present)
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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MrJay23 wrote:
brocklesnarwwe: "Support real music" Says the guy who likes listening to Plies, Bow Wow, Jim Jones. Interesting.
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olexz wrote:
come to Heineken in July in Poland !
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brocklesnarwwe wrote:
first mixtape that is worth 2 download is [Russian Gangster] the rest is so lame of him his albums never can touch a legends album like: All Eyes on Me from 2pac or Stillmatic from Nas or ready 2 die!
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brocklesnarwwe wrote:
hee dude i asked you a question answere it tool .... who was the best rapper alive?? NAS BIGGIE TUPAC? or urkel mabye i dont know
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DStyles23 wrote:
Nah, brocklesnarwwe, only you support that. Me? I'll keep bumping my Jay-Z albums. We're on to the next one.
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brocklesnarwwe wrote:
last words by the god of rap was DIE DIE JAY-Z we belive in a god named tupac not Urkel the baddest day of hiphop camel face was born in December 4th 1969 haha he is so old please stop with your hipflop game its so bad:D haha dont get mad at me Urkel's fanboys you got alot 2 learn about hiphop you retared wiggers didn't for got the best rapper alive or do we? huh tell me what is the name of the best rapper that lived and sold the most albums all over the world
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brocklesnarwwe wrote:
kill this fake faggot ass nigga tupac and biggie are the real stars this is just a rip-off fucking ugly CamelFace we only support real music 2pac and nas biggie not this twat
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Gunner-Alex wrote:
I guess you should commit a suicide =)
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betoonking wrote:
Young Forever is a piece of shit. Hate that fucking song.
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IagoJordanTS wrote:
UK people, Esmee Denters new single, "admit it" is out in UK. You can buy on stories and Itunes. Get it here: http://tinyurl.com/yc93t7l !!!
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Cittabella wrote:
J-hova to Roskilde festival next year - God, make it happen!
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Veasna wrote:
What are you trying to be? Some kind of peace maker or some shit?
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TonyBadass wrote:
yall sound like fucking idiots fighting on here. if u wanna battle over the internetz than take it somewhere else? i hate saying that cuz it sounds so dumb. don't try and predict the world cup either, especially when ur counting out brazil--like come on. lets keep dis soley hova...like how he is performing on new years eve. young forever is stating to grow on me...he'll prob perform that song
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PWNdestroyPWN wrote:
Nope. Soccer sucks anyways.
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thority wrote:
are you trying to be funny or what?
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PWNdestroyPWN wrote:
Too bad Canada's the only good team chump.
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thority wrote:
i'd like to see argentina winning the world cup, for real, they got alot of great players. not only messi, but tevez, lucho, aguero, cambiasso and others
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PWNdestroyPWN wrote:
When'd this become the soccer page?
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bluntbulletloco wrote:
Discussing soccer? rly? oh well brazil is the best but they won't win the world cup b/c FIFA doesn't want them to, Spain has a lot of buzz around them look out. Como odio la selection de Argentina TRI por vida!
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thority wrote:
chicks from argentina are hot. brock i tell you, too bad you're a fag, you wont appreciate
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