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Jay-Z

American rapper (born 1969)

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z,^[a] is an American rapper, businessman, and record executive. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, he was named the greatest rapper of all time by Billboard and Vibe in 2023.^[8] Known for his complex lyrical ability—which often uses double entendres and word play—and braggadocio, his music is built upon a rags to riches narrative. He served as president and chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings from 2004 to 2007, and founded the entertainment company Roc Nation the following year.^[9]

A protégé of fellow New York City-based rapper Jaz-O, Jay-Z began his musical career in the late 1980s; he co-founded the record labelRoc-A-Fella Records in 1994 to release his first two studio albums Reasonable Doubt (1996) and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997), both of which were met with critical acclaim. Each of his eleven subsequent albums, including The Blueprint (2001), The Black Album (2003), American Gangster (2007), and 4:44 (2017), d

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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z (stylized as JAY-Z), is an American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history and is also well known for being the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings, cultivating major industry artists such as Kanye West, Rihanna, and J. Cole.

Born and raised in New York City, Jay-Z first began his musical career in the late 1980s; he co-founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995 and released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in 1996. The album was released to widespread critical success, and solidified his standing in the music industry. He went on to release twelve additional albums, including the acclaimed albums The Blueprint (2001), The Black Album (2003), American Gangster (2007), and 4:44 (2017). He also released the full-length collaborative albums Watch the Throne (2011) with Kanye West and Everything Is Love (2018) with his wife Beyoncé, respectively.

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Since 1996, 24-time GRAMMY award-winner, Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter has been a dominant force in popular culture. Over the years, in addition to his vast entrepreneurial achievements, Mr. Carter has also devoted his career to address social injustice as well as multiple issues in our educational and criminal legal system.

Mr. Carter is Co-founder of The Shawn Carter Foundation along with his mother, Hon. Dr. Gloria Carter. The Foundation opens the doors of education, travel, enlightenment and experiences to those that may never have thought it possible.

He has played an integral part in fighting and bringing about DOJ investigations into the unconstitutional conditions at Parchman prison and corruption in the Kansas City, KS police department.

He has used his voice to raise awareness on Draconian cannabis laws when he teamed with Molly Crabapple for “The War On Drugs Is An Epic Fail,” a history lesson on the war on drugs and a call to end biased policing and mass incarceration.

Bringing attention to screen, Mr. Carter executive produced the Peabody Award-winning documentary serie