Hip-hop entrepreneur, born on December 4, 1969 in the Marcy housing projects of Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, New York.
Worked from the age of thirteen as a drug dealer selling crack cocaine in the back alleys around where he grew up.
JAY-Z is currently the co-owner and chairman of Entertainment, co-owner, creative consultant and co-developer of and is a certified sports agent through Roc Nation Sports. He previously co-founded and Rocawear (along with and ), created the 40/40 Club in 2001 and had prior endorsement deals with Armadale and (JAY-Z was the first non-athletic hip-hop artist to endorse Reebok footwear before ). From 2004 to 2009, he was president and CEO of .
As an artist, JAY-Z has sold over 59 million records worldwide and invested in over $1.9 billion in cash and assets. He has broke out artists such as , , , , and many more. Since 2008, he has been married to singer with whom he has three children (including ).
Name Vars
- Black Album Revisited
- El Presidente \
- Holla Yall
- J
- J-Z
- J.-Z
- J..?
- J.Z.
- JAY Z
- JAY-Z
- JAYZ
- JZ
- Jay
- Jay - Z
- Jay C
- Jay Hova
- Jay J
- Jay Z
- Jay Z.
- Jay Zee
- Jay'Z
- Jay-Y
- Jay-Z \
- Jay-Z (Uncredited)
- Jay-Zee
- Jay-Ziano
- Jay-z
- Jay. Z
- Jay.2
- Jay.Z
- Jay:Z
- JayZ
- Jayz
- Jayziano
- Jaz-Z
- Jaÿ Z
- Jaÿ-Z
- Jz
- S. Carter
- Sheek
- The Incredible Jay Z
- The Incredible Jay-Z
- Yaz-z
- ¸§¤ûZ
- ¸§¤།༺
Aliases
- HOV
- Shawn Carter
- Jigga
- El Presidente
- The Carter Administration
haha, yeah. Even Kanye, mister big ego, openly admits that Jay always beats him when they rap together. Not saying to disrespect Kanye, he has his own style and talent