Rapper, entrepreneur, and investor Jay Z is one of the most successful hip-hop moguls in America. Brooklyn-born Shawn Corey Carter has won twenty-one Grammy Awards, and is one of the best-selling artists of all-time. MTV has ranked him at No. 1 on their list of The Greatest MC’s of All-Time in 2006. He was the […]
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Rapper, entrepreneur, and investor Jay Z is one of the most successful hip-hop moguls in America. Brooklyn-born Shawn Corey Carter has won twenty-one Grammy Awards, and is one of the best-selling artists of all-time. MTV has ranked him at No. 1 on their list of The Greatest MC’s of All-Time in 2006. He was the president of Def Jam Recordings, which signed artists Rihanna, Ne-Yo, and Kanye West. He is the founder of Roc Nation, and Roc Nation Sports. He holds the record for the most No. 1 albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200. From the span of 1996-2013, he has released twelve studio albums and four collaborative albums. He has appeared as an actor in seven feature films, and has written one book, Decoded, which was released in 2010.
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