That’s what the world’s about‚” Jay-Z stated. His family had a very small amount of money. He sold drugs to gain money so his family can afford their taxes. His family’s main reason why they cannot afford their taxes is because his dad left him when he was very little. He was a smart man with a bright future‚ and that’s why he started rapping. Jay-Z gained friends from rapping. When he gained friends he gained fame‚ then everything was rolling down from there. Jay-Z released his first album‚ it wasn’t
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Embodying the rags-to-riches rap dream‚ Jay-Z pulled himself up by his bootstraps as a youth to eventually become the reigning rapper of New York City and‚ in turn‚ a major-label executive following his short-lived retirement from music-making. In the wake of his 1996 debut‚ Reasonable Doubt‚ Jay-Z’s albums sold millions upon millions with each release‚ and his endless parade of hits made him omnipresent on urban radio and video television. He retained a strongly devoted fan base and challenged whatever
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Jay-Z for years has been arguably one of the best rappers in the industry. He is one the world’s best selling artist of all time‚ selling more than 100 million records also receiving 21 Grammy Awards. Jay-Z was never handed anything in life‚ he worked for all of his success and risked a lot to be where he is today. Born and raised in the projects and into a poor family sat him up for failure but Jay-Z beat the odds to be where he is today. He now raps about his success and tells a story to the people
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Originally from Marcy Houses housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City‚[9] Jay-Z was abandoned by his father Adnes Reeves and shot his brother in the shoulder for stealing his jewelry[10] when he was twelve years old.[11] Jay-Z attended Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn‚ along with rapper AZ‚ until it was closed down. After that he attended George Westinghouse Information Technology High School in Downtown Brooklyn‚ with fellow rappers The Notorious B.I
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Shawn "Jay-Z" Corey Carter is one of the hip hop artists who own a business empire which includes: Roc-A-Fella Records‚ Roc-A-Wear Clothing‚ Roc-A-Wear Films‚ Armadale Vodka‚ and a sport bar called 40/40 Club. Recently‚ Jay-Z has also cooperated with watchmaker Audemars Piguet to produce limited edition watch. Born on April 12‚ 1969‚ Jay-Z was raised by a single mother‚ Gloria Carter. He had experienced the tough life on the streets of New York where he grew up. Fortunately‚ the streets life
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Ryan Parmer Ms. Martin English 12 January 17‚ 2007 Jay Z and his accomplishments He was born in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects‚ He got his first break when a fellow Marcy resident‚ The Jaz (Big Jaz) let Jay Z guest on a few tracks. When the deal came to an end Jay Z reverted to hustling the streets to make money. This period gave him his experience and formed some basis for some later material. Over this period of time he did keep his hands in the game he also featured in other music
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Jay Z Life Story Born Shawn Corey Carter on April 12‚ 1969‚ Jay-Z was raised by a single mother‚ Gloria Carter. He had experienced the tough life on the streets of New York where he grew up. Fortunately‚ the streets life was not the only thing on his mind as he briefly attended high school in where he also explored his rap skill. Alongside partners from his early group “Original Flavor”‚ Jay Z‚ Damon Dash and Kareem “Biggs” Burke co-founded an independent label called Roc-a-Fella Records.
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About the Music Video Both Jay-Z’s third single album “99 Problems” and its corresponding music video were released in 2004. Although Jay-Z is known today as a famous rapper and a producer of Roc-A-Fella record label‚ he did not start off with the most fortunate setting. The music video portrays the ghetto of Brooklyn‚ New York in the 1990s and illustrates the struggles that Jay-Z had to go through during his career in order to reach the top of the music industry. This hip-hop music video won
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and ambition. One man who has captured success in such a manner is Shawn Corey Carter‚ better known by his stage name Jay-Z. Carter is not an immensely prosperous and influential figure by mistake. He attained his fame by a prodigious desire to achieve success by any means necessary. He took nothing for granted while expecting nothing out of anyone besides himself. This is why Jay-Z now finds himself as one of the richest celebrities in the world with an estimated net worth of over $450 million according
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most part doing coke was something that happened at private parties‚ something you might’ve of heard about but had never really seen.” (Jay-Z 18) Cocaine was a drug popular in the 80’s but was known to be very expensive. In the mid-1980 there became a smokable form of cocaine introduced to the world called crack. Crack was known as freebase cocaine in the 1970’s but required the ether to make. Freeway Ricky Ross was a drug dealer from Los Angeles who simplified the freebase process by using baking
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