Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), professionally known as Jay-Z (a JAY-Z style ), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is one of the best-selling music artists in the world, and one of the most famous rappers of all time.
Born and raised in New York City, Jay-Z began his musical career in the mid-1990s, after which he released his debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt, in 1996, for widespread critical and commercial success. He released the album a year after setting up a record label Roc-A-Fella Records. The next album has also seen great praise, with The Blueprint (2001) and The Black Album (2003) then heralded as modern classical music. She follows this with Collaborative album Watch the Throne (2011) with Kanye West, her critical thirteen studio album praising 4:44 (2017), and collaborating efforts with Beyonce's wife on year 2018.
Jay-Z's business acumen and life outside of music also gained significant mainstream attention. He is the owner of the Club 40/40 sports club, and co-creator of the Rocawear clothing line. He has also acted as president of Def Jam Recordings, and is the founder of the Nation Nation entertainment company, as well as creating a spin-off, Roc Nation Sports. As a member of Roc Nation Sports, Jay-Z is a licensed sports agency. His massively publicized marriage to singer Beyoncà ©  © in 2008 has made him a global figure in popular culture. As a couple, they are estimated to have a combined net worth of $ 1.16 billion, with its own net worth of $ 900 million making it the world's richest hip hop artist.
Jay-Z is one of the most famous musicians of the 21st century, and is one of the most famous rappers of all time. He has received 21 Grammy Awards, tied with Kanye West for the most by a rapper. He also holds the record for the most number-one album by a solo artist on Billboard 200 and has recorded four number one singles on Billboard Hot 100. The same publication places him as the greatest artist in the 2000s, while Rolling Stone named it one of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
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Shawn Carter was born in the Brooklyn district of New York City and grew up in Marcy's House, a housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. After their father, Adnis Reeves, left the family, Shawn and his three siblings were raised by their mother, Gloria Carter. Reeves will meet and reconcile with Jay-Z before dying in 2003. Jay-Z claims in his lyrics that in 1982 at the age of 12, he shot his brother on the shoulder for stealing his jewelry. Together with AZ rapper in the future, Carter attended Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn until the event was closed. He then attended the George Westinghouse College of Education and Technical Education nearby with rapper The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, followed by a job at Trenton Central High School in Trenton, New Jersey, although he did not graduate. According to interviews and lyrics, during this period he sold cocaine crack and shot three times.
According to his mother, Carter used to wake his brothers at night by banging drums on the kitchen table. She bought her a boom box for her birthday, sparking her interest in music. He started freestyling and wrote the lyrics. Known as "Jazzy" around the neighborhood, Carter later adopted the showbiz/stage name "Jay-Z" in honor of his mentor, Jaz-O.
Jay-Z could be heard briefly on some of Jaz-O's early recordings in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "The Originators" and "Hawaiian Sophie." Jay-Z became involved in several battles with rapper LL Cool J in the early 1990s. He was first recognized by a wide audience on the "Show and Prove" posse piece on the 1994 Big Daddy Kane album Daddy's Home. Jay-Z has been called the Big Daddy Kane's hype man during this period, though Kane explains that he does not fill the traditional human role, and vice versa "basically ma [king] performs on stage." When I leave the stage to go away clothing, I'll bring out Jay-Z and Positive K and let them freestyle until I get back on stage. "Young Jay-Z appeared in popular song by Big L," Da Graveyard ", and on Mic Gerono's" Time to Build "which also featured an early performance by DMX and Ja Rule in 1995. His first official rap single was called" In My Lifetime ", where he released a music video. Unreleased music videos were also produced for the B-side "I Can not Get with That."
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1995-1997: Fair Doubt and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Without a major label to give him a recording contract, Jay-Z sold CDs from his car and, with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs, created Roc-A-Fella Records as an independent label in 1995. After reaching a distribution deal with Priority, Jay-Z released the album debuted in 1996 Reasonable Doubt with beats from renowned producers such as DJ Premier and Super DJ Clark Kent and appearance by The Notorious BIG. The album reached number 23 on Billboard 200, and is generally favored by critics. The album will be included in Rolling Stone ' s "500 Greatest of All Time Albums" as No. 248 and eventually achieved platinum status.
After reaching a new distribution deal with Def Jam in 1997, Jay-Z released his follow-up In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. Produced by Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, it sold better than previous attempts. Jay-Z then explains that the album was made during one of the worst periods of his life when he was shaken from the death of his close friend, The Notorious B.I.G. This album is a personal revelation for Jay-Z as he tells the stories of his difficult care. The glossy production album stands in stark contrast to its first release, and some dedicated fans feel he's "sold out." However, the album featured several beats from the producers who had worked with him on the Reasonable Doubt, the Premier DJ and Ski. Like its predecessor, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 earned platinum status in the United States.
1998-2000: Vol. 2... , Vol. 3... and Dynasty
In 1998, Jay-Z released Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life which spawned the biggest hit of his career at the time, "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)". He relied more on streams and word games, and he went on with his passion to mine the beat of popular producers of the day such as Swizz Beatz, a home producer for Ruff Ryders, and Timbaland. Other producers include DJ Premier, Erick Sermon, The 45 King, and Capri Kid. Charting hits from this album include "Can I Get A...", featuring Ja Rule and Amil, and "Nigga What, Nigga Who", which also features Amil. Vol. 2 will eventually become Jay-Z's most commercially successful album; it's certified 5ÃÆ'â € "Platinum in the United States and has so far sold over five million copies. The album then won a Grammy Award, though Jay-Z boycotted the ceremony protesting the failure of DMX to collect Grammy nominations.
In 1999, Jay-Z teamed up with Mariah Carey on "Heartbreaker", a song from her seventh album, <<> Rainbow . In the same year, Jay-Z released Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter . The album proved successful and sold over 3 million copies. Vol. 3 ' s most successful single is "Big Pimpin", featuring UGK.
In 2000, Jay-Z released The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, originally intended to be a compilation album for the Roc-A-Fella artist, but Def Jam changed to Jay-Z's album. The album helped introduce newcomer producers The Neptunes, Just Blaze, Kanye West, and Bink, all of which have been running to achieve real success. This is also the first album in which Jay-Z uses a more soulful sound than his previous album. Dynasty sold more than two million units in the US alone.
2001-2002: Clash with Nas, Blueprint and Blueprint 2
In 2001, Jay-Z spoke out against Prodigy after he took issue with the Jay-Z line of "Money, Money, Hoe" that he felt alluded to Mobb Deep and his dispute with Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and Death Row. Recording. He then performed the song "Takeover", in Summer Jam 2001, which originally attacked Prodigy and revealed photos of Prodigy dressed up as Michael Jackson. The line at the end of "Takeover" refers to Nas, who criticizes him for "We Will Survive". Nas responds with a different path called "Ether" and Jay-Z immediately adds a verse to "Takeover" that dissects Nas and will start a feud between two rappers. The feud has ended in 2005, Jay-Z says Mark Pitts has helped them settle the feud.
On September 11, 2001, hours before the September 11 attacks, Jay-Z released his sixth studio album, The Blueprint , which received the coveted 5 mic review of The Source magazine's hip-hop magazine. Written in just two days, the album sold over 427,000 copies, debuting at number one on Billboard 200 and achieving 2x platinum status in the US. Praised for its production and balance. rap "mainstream" and "hardcore". Eminem is the only rapper guest on the album, producing and tapping the song "Renegade". Four songs were produced by Kanye West and the album represents one of the first major breaks in the industry. The Blueprint includes popular songs "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)", "Girls, Girls, Girls", "Jigga That Nigga", and "Song Cry". As of February 2012, the album has sold 2.7 million copies worldwide, although its initial success has been overshadowed by the tragic events of 9/11.
In October 2001, Jay-Z pleaded guilty to stabbing record producer Lance Rivera at Kit Kat Club in New York City in 1999. For this second-degree crime, Jay-Z was sentenced to a three-year trial.
Jay-Z's next solo album is 2002 The Blueprint 2 : The Gift & amp; Curse , double album. The album debuted on Billboard 200 at number one, selling over 3 million units in the US alone and exceeding The Blueprint. It was then reissued in a single-disc version, The Blueprint 2.1 , which retained half of the track from the original. The album spawned two big hit singles, "Excuse Me Miss" and "'03 Bonnie & Clyde", featuring Jay-Z's future wife, Beyoncà © ©. "Weapons & Rose", featuring Lenny Kravitz, and "Hovi Baby" are two successful radio singles as well. The album also contains the song "A Dream", featuring Faith Evans and the late The Notorious B.I.G.; and "The Bounce", featuring Kanye West. Blueprint 2.1 displays songs that do not appear on Blueprint 2 : The Gift & amp; Curse , such as "Stop", "La La La (Excuse Me Again)", "What They Will Do, Part II" and "Beware" produced by and featuring Panjabi MC.
2003-2005: Black Album , early retirement and collaborative albums
After visiting southern France, Jay-Z announced work on his eighth studio album The Black Album at the 40/40 Club opening. He works with several producers including Just Blaze, The Neptunes, Kanye West, Timbaland, Eminem, DJ Quik, Miracle 9, The Buchanans, and Rick Rubin. Important songs on the album include "What More Can I Say", "Dirt Off Your Shoulder", "Change Clothing", and "99 Problems". Black Album has sold over 3 million copies in the US. Jay-Z collaborated with R. Kelly and released a collaborative studio album, The Best of Both Worlds .
On November 25, 2003, Jay-Z held a concert - billed as a "retirement party" at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which later became the focus of his film Fade to Black. All proceeds are given to charity. Other performers include collaborators such as Roots (in the form of band supporters), Missy Elliott, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Siegel, Freeway, Mary J. Blige, Beyoncà © ©, Twista, Ghostface Killah, Foxy Brown, Pharrell Williams, and R. Kelly special by Voletta Wallace and Afeni Shakur, mother of The Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur respectively. While Jay-Z has been proven to retire from making a new studio album, various side projects and appearances soon follow. Included in this is the biggest hits record, as well as the release and tour of Unfinished Business, the second collaboration album between Jay-Z and R. Kelly.
In 2004, Jay-Z collaborated with rock group Linkin Park, where they released their collaborative remix EP Collision Course , featuring mashups of both artist songs, as well as concert DVDs. The only single album, "Numb/Encore", went on to win the Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, and performed with Linkin Park directly at the Grammy, with a special appearance by Paul McCartney, who added the verses from the song "Yesterday". EP sold over 1 million copies in the US. Jay-Z is the executive producer of The Rising Tied, Fort Minor's debut album, Linkin Park's hip hop side project Mike Shinoda. Jay-Z also plans to retire in 2004.
Then in 2004, Jay-Z was named president of Def Jam Records, which led Jay-Z, Dash and Biggs to sell their remaining interest in Roc-A-Fella Records and Jay-Z took control of both companies. Reportedly this large industrial movement was triggered by a dispute between Jay-Z and Dash about the direction of what can be done by Roc-A-Fella. The published fractions between Jay-Z, Dash, and Biggs caused former partners to send jabs to each other in the interview.
2005-2007: "I am Declaring War ", Kingdom Come and American Gangster
On October 27, 2005, Jay-Z leads the annual Power 105.1 New York, Powerhouse concert. The concert was titled "I Declare War" concert that led to strong speculation in the weeks before the show on who exactly Jay-Z would declare war. Since he had previously "declared war" on other artists who took lyrical pictures of him at other events, many believed that the Powerhouse show would represent Jay-Z's all-out attack against his rivals. The theme of the concert is Jay-Z's position as President and CEO of Def Jam, complete with an on-stage copy of the Oval Office. Many artists make appearances like the old roster of Roc-A-Fella artists, as well as Ne-Yo, Teairra MarÃÆ', T.I., Young Jeezy, Akon, Kanye West, Paul Wall, The LOX, and Diddy.
At the end of the concert, Jay-Z put a lot of arguments to rest the surprise of hip hop fans. The most significant development in this event was the closing of the famous hip hop competition between Jay-Z and Nas. The two former rivals shook hands and shared the stage together to perform "Dead President" Jay-Z mixed with Nas song "The World is Yours".
Jay-Z returned with his comeback album on November 21, 2006, titled Kingdom Come . Jay-Z's comeback single, "Show Me What You Got", leaked on the Internet in early October 2006, is scheduled to be released later that month, receiving heavy air games after the leak, causing the FBI to intervene and investigate. Jay-Z works with video director Hype Williams, and the single's video is directed by F. Gary Gray. The album features productions from Just Blaze, Pharrell, Kanye West, Dr. Dre and Coldplay's Chris Martin (single titled "Beach Chairs"). The first week saw 680,000 CD sales, which Entertainment Weekly said was "the highest single week in Jay's long career over a decade." The album has sold 2 million copies in the US.
Jay-Z released tenth album titled American Gangster on November 6, 2007. After seeing Ridley Scott's movie of the same name, Jay-Z was so inspired to make the album "concept" which describes his experience as a street hustler. This album is not the official soundtrack of the movie, although it is distributed by Def Jam. Jay-Z's American Gangster describe his life is correlated with the film American Gangster . At the beginning of the album's first single, "Blue Magic", Jay-Z offers a manifesto for dealers while making reference to the political figures of the late 1980s with the lyrics: "Blame Reagan for making me into a monster, blame Oliver North and the Iran-Contra, I ran contraband that they sponsored, before things rhyme we hold. "Also notable about the music video for" Blue Magic "is Jay-Z flashes EUR 500 euro notes; Harvard Business School professor Rawi Abdelal called this a "turning point in America's pop culture response to globalization." The album has sold 1 million copies in the US. On January 1, 2008, Jay-Z resigned as president of Def Jam.
2008-2011: Blueprint 3 and Watch the Throne
In the winter of 2008 it was announced that Jay-Z became the first major hip hop artist to headline the 2008 Glastonbury Festival in the UK. The tickets were sold out quickly. Former headliner Noel Gallagher of Oasis condemned the festival organizers for choosing Jay-Z to be the traditional guitar-driven festival headline. "I'm sorry, but Jay-Z?" Gallagher asked, swearing. Glastonbury has tradition, kind, guitar music, do you know what I mean? And even when they throw a curiously curved ball on a Sunday night - you go 'Kylie Minogue' I do not know about that ' Do you know what I mean? - but I do not have hip hop at Glastonbury, it's impossible, no, no... That's wrong. "When the controversy increased, Jay-Z replied," We do not play guitar, Noel, but hip hop has incorporating his work like any other musical form.The main show is just a natural progression Rap music is still evolving We must respect the music genres of each and move forward. "Jay-Z opens his Glastonbury with a tongue-in-cheek cover of the iconic song Oasis "Wonderwall", and went on to deliver the heralded performances as a successful response to pre-festival criticism.
He also held many other summer festivals in 2008, including the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, the Hove Festival in Norway and the O2 Wireless Festival in London. During Kanye West's concert on August 6, 2008 at Madison Square Garden, Jay-Z came out to perform a new song and he and Kanye stated that it was on The Blueprint 3 . On May 21, 2009, Jay-Z announced he would part with Def Jam, and had reached a multimillion-dollar deal to sign a contract with Live Nation, with whom he would embark on his nation's footsteps that would serve as a record label, talent/management agent, and a music publishing company and also partnered with Stargate's production team to start a record label called StarRoc. The 11th studio album Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 was originally to be released on September 11, 2009, but was released in North America on September 8, 2009, due to increased anticipation. The international release was followed on 14 September. This is the 11th album to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200 and has surpassed Elvis Presley's previous record, making him the current solo record holder.
On October 9, 2009, Jay-Z started his tour for The Blueprint 3 , in which he supported his new album in North America. In a Shave Magazine review of his performance at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Jake Tomlinson stated that "This is the kind of subtle appearance you expect from a hip-hop superstar." This review gives this 4 star performance. His North American tour continued until 22 November 2009. At his concert on November 8, 2009, at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, Rihanna joined him on stage and performed "Hard" for the first time, then did "Run This Town" with Jay-Z. Among his successes, Jay-Z has ventured to produce a Broadway show. Together with Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, Jay-Z helped produce the drama Fela! , a musical that celebrates the late work of Fela Kuti from Nigeria. Jay-Z says he's inspired by the power of Kuti's work and his life story, which generates his interest to help produce music. Fela! is the story of a pioneer and African political activist who made his first move on stage during the 1970s.
On January 23, 2010, Jay-Z released a song, "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)", with Rihanna, and U2's Bono and The Edge, and displays it in the Hope For Haiti Now telethon. In June 2010, Eminem and Jay-Z announced that they would perform together in a concert series in Detroit and New York. The show is dubbed The Home & amp; Home Tour. The first two concerts quickly sold out, prompting the scheduling of additional events everywhere. Jay-Z is the support act for U2 in Australia and New Zealand tour of U2 360A, Â ° them, starting in Auckland, New Zealand in November 2010, followed by Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth in December. Jay-Z also appeared on stage during U2 performance of "Sunday Bloody Sunday", and in Auckland also on the EP with five songs titled Watch the Throne . Although, later revealed by the West that the project has become a full length LP. The recording sessions for the album took place at various recording locations and began in November 2010. The first single released for the project was "HoAoM". This track is produced jointly by Lex Luger and West himself. The song ends in the deluxe edition of the album. Follow-up to it is the second single "Otis", which aired on the radio show Hot 97 Funkmaster Flex, and then released to the iTunes Store eleven days later. The existence of the song, along with several other songs from the album, was confirmed during a listening session hosted by Jay-Z. The album was first released on the iTunes Store, five days before it was released in a physical format, a strategy that was later said to be used by Jay-Z to block internet leaks. It debuted at No. 1 on iTunes Store in 23 countries. It also broke Coldplay's record for most of the albums sold in a week at online retailers, selling 290,000 copies on iTunes only. It holds the record was, until Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV released twenty-one days later, only sold 10,000 copies more. It debuted on the US Billboard 200 chart in No. 1, selling 436,000 copies in the first week. This album received generally positive reviews. Jay-Z and West later gave a surprise show "Otis" at the MTV Video Music Awards 2011. In April 2011, Jay-Z launched a lifestyle website like a blog under the name Life Times >. It covers everything from music, fashion, technology, to sports. The site is curated based on Jay-Z's interests, and he himself works with a small staff to produce every content.
2012-2016: Magna Carta Holy Grail and other effort
Jay-Z collaborated with M.I.A on the single "XXXO", which achieved a fair success rate and was later remixed by several manufacturers around the world. In May 2012, Jay-Z and Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced Jay-Z as the main curator and leader for the annual "Budweiser Made in America" ​​annual festival at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on September 1 and 2 2012. The show is produced by Live Nation and collects an eclectic variety of musicians "rock, hip hop, R & B, Latin music and dance". Jay-Z and Rihanna are the two main acts for BBC Radio 1's musical festival in 2012 on Hackney Weekend on June 23-24. Jay-Z opens his set with the appearance of Rihanna, they do "Run this Town". On September 6th, "Clique" was released, one from the album "Cruel Summer", by GOOD Music. Kanye West and Big Sean starred alongside Jay-Z on the track. Jay-Z took the subway for the sold-out show at The Barclays Center on October 6, 2012. On November 12, 2012, Coldplay announced that they will be playing with Jay-Z at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on December 31st.
On September 23, 2010, Q-Tip confirmed work on Jay-Z's follow-up album for The Blueprint 3 , said the album was to hit stores in spring 2011. In May 2012 it was reported that Jay- Z will be working on new music with producer Roc Nation, Jahlil Beats. Beats says XXL : "Me and Jay-Z have gone back and forth He chose some of my joints he's working on.I do not even want to say too much about Jay, but we'll do a few things. not even sending him a lot of knocks I sent him my favorite stuff He hit me like 'Yo, I'm going to discuss this,' or, 'I like this.' "This album has been crowned as one of the most anticipated albums of 2013 by Magazine Complex , MTV, and XXL Magazine . Production will come from Jahlil Beats, Kanye West, Rick Rubin, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, and Pharrell Williams. Jay-Z also made an appearance on Justin Timberlake's "Suit & amp; Tie" single comeback from the third studio album The 20/20 Experience , the song itself was produced by Jay-Z and a friend with Timberlake, Timbaland. Timberlake and Jay-Z started Co-headlining Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour. During the fifth game of the 2013 NBA Finals, Carter announced the twelfth studio album, Magna Carta Holy Grail , and released on July 4, 2013. Not long after that, Jay-Z confirmed that the hyphen in his stage name would abandoned and officially distilled in all uppercase Magna Carta Holy Grail debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and sold 528,000 copies in its first week, which passed its predicted debut in the range of 350,000 to 400,000. In December 2013, it was announced that Jay-Z has received nine nominations at the Grammy Awards 2014, more than any other artist. Jay-Z appeared on his fifth BeyoncÃÆ'  © self-titled studio album, Beyoncà ©  © , with features on the song "Drunk in Love". They performed this song together at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards opening. The accompanying songs and albums will then win three Grammy Awards including Best R & amp; B Performance at the 2015 ceremony.
In 2016, he won a lawsuit for the "Made in America" ​​song with Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean against Joel McDonald.
2017-2018: 4:44 and Everything Is Love
In early June 2017, posters were displayed in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as banner ads on the Internet promoting Tidal related projects titled 4:44 . A teaser ad was broadcast during the NBA Finals on June 7 featuring Mahershala Ali, Lupita Nyong'o and Danny Glover in a one minute video, ending in "4:44 - 6.30.17, Exclusive to Tidal". On June 18, the project was confirmed to be a new Jay-Z album, and a clip featuring the song titled "Adnis" was posted on the Sprint YouTube page.
4:44 released via Roc Nation and Universal Music Group, as exclusive to Sprint and Tidal customers. The album is the first in a series of exclusively planned music from Sprint-Tidal partnership. For a short time, on July 2nd, the album is available for free digital download on the Tidal site. Physical edition was released on July 7, including three additional songs. On the same day, the album is available for other streaming platforms, such as Apple Music, Google Play Music, and Amazon Music.
The album received wide acclaim from critics, who praised his emotional and personal content. On July 5, the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), in recognition of a million copies purchased by Sprint and offered to consumers as a free download. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making it the 13th consecutive Jay-Z album to top the charts. The album spawned two singles, the title song "4:44" and "Bam", as well as some music videos, directed by various high profile collaborators. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year, while the song title was nominated for Song of the Year and "The Story of O.J." nominated for Record of the Year at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
On June 6, 2018, Jay-Z and BeyoncÃÆ'  started the On the Run II Tour in Cardiff, England. Ten days later, on their last performance in London, the couple launched Everything Is Love, their much-awaited studio album, credited with the name The Carters . The couple also released a video for the album's main single, "Apeshit", on the official YouTube channel Beyoncà ©  ©.
Music styles
Influences
Jay-Z said his earliest musical exposure was through a collection of records of his parents, most of whom were soul artists such as Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway. He said, "I grew up around the music, listening to all kinds of people... I'm into music that has a soul in it, whether it's rap, R & B, pop music, anything, as long as I can feel them soul through candles, that's what I really listen to. "He often uses quotes from these artists as samples in his work, especially in the production of Kanye West including on The Blueprint.
Rapping Techniques
Royce da 5'9 "and Fredro Starr of Onyx both describe Jay-Z's emphasis on the flow in the book How to Rap Starr says that Jay-Z is a" master of the flow - he can flow fast, he can flow slow. "This book explains how Jay-Z uses 'leaning' to give structure to a verse and how he uses 'partial linking' to add more rhymes to a verse Jay-Z's early style is explained by Vibe as "typical EFX-type, stiggety" style on its 12 "single" Can not Get With That ", referring to the fast rhythm and vocal delivery of the Das EFX group. He is also known for writing lyrics on his head, as described by Pusha T of Clipse in Rap, a popular style with many MCs such as The Notorious B.I.G., Everlast, Bobby Creekwater, and Guerilla Black. Shock G of Digital Underground describes Jay-Z's style of appearance, saying he "rarely sweats, and instead uses smooth and clever language to keep the audience interested and entertained."
Business career
Jay-Z appears in the 2003 Reebok collection that advertises his Carter Collection.
Jay-Z has also established himself as a successful entrepreneur with a business empire spanning a range of industries ranging from clothing lines, beverages, real estate, sports teams, and record labels. In an interview, he stated that "my brand is an extension of me.They are close to me.This is not like running a GM, where there is no emotional attachment." Jay-Z and Damon Dash are the founders of the Rocawear urban clothing brand. Rocawear has a line of clothing and accessories for men, women and children. The line was taken over by Jay-Z in early 2006 after a fight with Dash. In March 2007, Jay-Z sold the rights to the Rocawear brand to Iconix Brand Group, for $ 204 million. He maintains his stake in the company and continues to oversee marketing, licensing and product development. He also has a 40/40 Club, an upscale sports bar that started in New York City and has since grown to Atlantic City and Chicago. In 2008, the 40/40 club in Las Vegas was closed and bought back by the hotel after its presence continued to decline. Future plans will see 40/40 Clubs in Tokyo and Singapore. In 2005, Jay-Z became an investor at Carol's Daughter, a line of beauty products, including products for hair, skin, and hands. In September 2013, its stake in Barclays Center sold for $ 1.5 million.
Jay-Z serves as a joint brand director for Budweiser Select and collaborates with companies in strategic marketing programs and creative ad development. He gives direction to brand programs and ads that appear on TV, radio, print, and high profile events. He has also not expanded his Club 40/40 sports bar in as many as 20 airports, as he made deals with his business partners, Juan and Desiree Perez. He is part-owner of the NBA Brooks NBA team, having paid the reported $ 4.5 million for his share, which declined to $ 350,000 by April 2013. He encouraged team relocation to Brooklyn Barclays Center (from New Jersey) in the 2012- 2013, at which point the team took the Brooklyn Nets moniker. In October 2005, he was reported in the British media as considering buying Arsenal F.C. shares, the English football team. He also invested in a real estate development business called J Hotels that recently bought a $ 66 million mid-block package at Chelsea, New York. Jay-Z and his colleagues are considering building an upscale hotel or an art gallery building on a recently acquired site that has the potential to ride about twelve stories. Through its conglomerate Gain Global Investments Network LLC, it has an estimated interest of between 2 and 7% in the Aqueduct Entertainment Group (AEG) consortium, which in January 2010 awarded a contract to operate 4,500 racino slot machines at the Aqueduct Race Track.. Jay-Z became interested in the project after New York Governor David Paterson gave the contract saying there should be a component of affirmative action on ownership. Jay-Z was initially approached by casino boss Steve Wynn who also bid on a contract. On March 9, 2010, Jay-Z and Flake withdrew from the project and Paterson resigned from further involvement.
On November 16, 2010, Jay-Z published a memoir titled Decoded.
In April 2011, it was widely reported that Jay-Z beat executives at Universal Records and Jive Records to obtain an independent record label Block Starz Music.
Jay-Z is also credited as the executive producer of the NBA 2K13 basketball video game, where he works on the look and feel of the game along with his soundtrack.
On April 2, 2013, ESPN Jay-Z launched its own sports agency, Roc Nation Sports, focusing on representations from professional athletes. The sports management group will work as a partner with the Creative Artists Agency. Along with the agency's launch, the second New York Yankees commander, Robinson CanÃÆ'³ left Scott Boras's agent to sign a contract with the company. Sources have mentioned that Jay-Z himself plans to become a certified sports agency, first in baseball and finally on basketball and soccer. To represent a client in basketball, he must submit a small part of the Brooklyn Nets. On April 18, 2013 Jay-Z officially announced via his Life Times website in a press release that he will release ownership in Brooklyn Nets. The shares were eventually sold to Will Pan singer, rapper, actor and entrepreneur, making Wilber the first Americans of Taiwanese descent to have a US professional sporting franchise. Athletic background starring Jay-Z (he is a team captain of his high school basketball team and playing in college), his many musical styles, his influence in the American American community, and his business acumen and portfolio (including being founder and chief executive from software company Camigo Media and co-founder of the NPC (New Project Center) streetwear boutique), as the reason why his offer was successful.
In 2014, Jay-Z invested $ 200 million in the Armand de Brignac champagne, owned by Sovereign Brands, a New York-based wine and alcohol company for 100 percent of the stock, making it the second alcohol product acquisition in his financial investment portfolio. This brand is known for its popularity with top artists as gold bottles are often mentioned in the media. His relationship with the company dates back to 2006, and he receives millions of dollars a year for his relationship with Armand de Brignac before he buys the entire company.
In March 2015, Jay-Z completed the acquisition of $ 56 million Aspiro, a Norwegian media technology company that operates a Tidal subscription-based music streaming service, which has been in operation since October 2014. Music services were obtained through its company Panther Bidco Ltd. (an entity indirectly owned by Jay-Z's S. Carter Enterprises, a company with an interest in leading international music, media, and entertainment companies). The acquisition was completed with the help of Mooreland Partners, a global technology-focused legal advisory firm, acting as a financial advisor to Aspiro. Music services combine lossless audio and high definition music videos with curated editorials. The main idea of ​​this service is to bring the mainstream income stream back to the music artist itself as the idea of ​​streaming platform owned artist expressed as "restore music value by launching services owned by the artist." Jay-Z is currently a major shareholder in the company.
Parlux fragrance sued Jay-Z for $ 18 million for her cologne failure, Gold . They claim the failure of cologne is because Jay-Z did not post social media and interview about cologne. Parlux claims they are projecting sales of $ 15 million in the first year, and $ 35 million in the second year, and the following years after launch. Fragrance sold $ 14 million the first year and $ 6.1 million the second. Parlux should lose money on the venture and have a constant return from unsold inventory.
In July 2015, Carter made a significant investment to JetSmarter, an app that helps people book private executive aircraft flights. This app was built by Sergey Petrossov. Jay-Z collaborated with Cohiba to launch his own cigars.
He signed a two-year exclusive film and TV Agreement with Weinstein Company and with the deal gave them the first choice to make TV projects and film projects without a script and without a script, and the projects are in the works. As part of his deal with the Weinstein company, he produced a documentary series on the life of Kalief Browder who was jailed for three years and committed suicide after being released. He also discussed the racial profile and police brutality consciously.
Personal life
Relationship with BeyoncÃÆ'Â ©
Jay-Z is married to R & amp; B American Beyoncà ©  ©. In 2002, Jay-Z and BeyoncÃÆ'  © collaborated for the song ''03 Bonnie & Clyde ". Jay-Z also appeared in BeyoncÃÆ' © s hit Crazy in Love and "That's How You Like It" from his debut album Dangerously in Love. On his second album, B'Day , he made an appearance on 2006 hits, "DÃÆ'  © jÃÆ' Vu" and "Upgrade U". In the video for the last song, he is funny to imitate his performance. Couples generally avoid discussing their relationship. BeyoncÃÆ'  © states that he believes that not openly discussing their relationship has helped them. Jay-Z said in the article People , "We do not play with our relationship." They remained in low profile during dating, and married in April 2008. This became a public record issue on April 22, 2008, but BeyoncÃÆ' © did not publicly publish his $ 5 million wedding ring Lorraine Schwartz until the Fashion Rocks concert on September 5, 2008 at New York City.
Beyoncà ©  © and Jay-Z were listed as the most powerful couple for the 100 most influential people in TIME magazine in 2006. In January 2009,
At the MTV Video Music Awards 2011, BeyoncÃÆ'  © revealed that she was pregnant with their first child and on January 7, 2012 she gave birth to their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. On January 9, 2012, Jay-Z released "Glory", a song dedicated to their son, on his social site LifeandTimes.com. This song depicts the couple's pregnancy struggles, including the miscarriage suffered by BeyoncÃÆ' © before pregnant with their daughter. Because Blue's screams are included at the end of the song and he is officially credited on the song as "BIC", at the age of two days he became the youngest person ever to appear on the Billboard chart when the "Glory" "Debut on Hot R & B/Hip-Hop Song on 74. On June 18, 2017, Beyoncà ©  © Mathew Knowles father confirmed that he had given birth to twins with Jay-Z, a princess, Rumi, and a son of Tuan.
Criminal charges
On December 1, 1999, Jay-Z, who became convinced that executive records of Lance "Un" Rivera were behind bootlegging Vol. 3... , allegedly stabbing Rivera at the release party for the Q-Tip Amplified album in Kit Kat Klub, a now-defunct nightclub in Times Square, New York City. Jay-Z's friends at the party were accused of causing a commotion inside the club, which Jay-Z supposedly used as a cover when he stabbed Rivera in the stomach with a five-inch (127 mm) blade. He surrendered to the police the following night and was detained, although he was immediately released on bail of $ 50,000. When he was indicted in Manhattan Criminal Court in late January 2000, he pleaded not guilty; he and his lawyers argued that they had witnesses and videotapes proving that he was not near Rivera during the incident. Nevertheless, he later pleaded guilty to minor crimes and received a three-year probation sentence.
Jay-Z then discusses this case in his 2010 Decoded :
One night I went to the party releasing a Q-Tip solo album and at some point in the night, I met the people people say is behind piracy. So I approached him. When I told him what I suspected, to my surprise, he was really hard with me there in the middle of the club. Very weird. We split up and I went to the bar. I sat there like, "No, this nigga is not..." I'm talking to people, but I'm really talking to myself, just in a shocked state. Before I realized what I was doing, I went back to him, but this time I collapsed from anger. The next thing I know, all that stuff has been off at the club. That night the guy went straight to the police and I was charged...
There is no reason to risk my life, and the lives of all those who depend on me, because of the loss of control for a moment... I swear to never let myself be in that situation anymore.
Philanthropy
During his retirement, Jay-Z is also involved in philanthropic activities. In 2003, Jay-Z, along with his mother, founded The Shawn Carter Foundation, which has helped qualified students face socio-economic difficulties through college. On August 9, 2006, he met with Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan at the organization's headquarters in New York City. Rapper promised to use his upcoming world tour to raise awareness and combat global water shortages. Already looking for ways to, in his own words, "be useful", he has been made aware of this issue during his visit to Africa by Bono of the U2 rock group. This effort was made in partnership with the United Nations, as well as MTV, which produced a documentary film titled "Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life", first aired in November 2006. Along with Sean "Diddy" Combs, Jay-Z pledged $ 1 million for American Red Cross aid after Hurricane Katrina. Jay-Z expressed his support for Kanye West after the latest outburst against President Bush during his Katrina charity live telekon. He also discussed the Katrina disaster, and the government's response, in his version of "Minority Report".
Jay-Z has previously stated in a song that "the greatest gift form is anonymous to anonymous" and, in 2013, it was revealed by the hampton dream writer, who co-authored Jay-Z Decoded, secretly setting up a trust fund for Sean Bell's children.
Politics
In 2006, Jay-Z appeared with Russell Simmons in the PSA that fights racism and anti-Semitism organized by the Ethnic Understanding Foundation. In 2008, Jay-Z was actively involved in the 2008 presidential campaign, in which he supported increased voter participation and helped send voters to the polls. He is an early supporter for the nomination of Illinois senator and the next US president Barack Obama, performing for free at a voter-driven concert financed by the Democratic campaign. He also met Obama himself, who stated "Every time I talk to Jay-Z, who is a brilliant talent and a good person, I enjoy how he thinks.This is someone who will start branching and can help shape attitudes in a positive way real. "During the 2010 mid-term general election campaign, Jay-Z appeared, along with other artists, in an advertisement prepared by the HeadCount organization, urging voters, and especially younger ones, to register and vote. In May 2012, Jay-Z announced his support for President Obama's support of same-sex marriage and participated in his election campaign.
Musician and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte has publicly criticized Jay-Z and Beyoncà © à © in their relatively safe political stance, saying that they "have rejected social responsibility" in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. A professor of finance from Syracuse University also gave a similar opinion, pointing to Jay-Z who only gave $ 6,000 to charity after earning $ 63 million in 2012. He also voiced that hip-hop moguls will likely never come out for supporting gay marriage President Obama first took the initiative.
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