Archive for the ‘Jay-Z’ Category
Jay-Z Hanging At the Beach
July 28th, 2009 | 
Author: Name: Jay-Z
Born As: Shawn Corey Carter
Birthdate/place: December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, NY
Claim to Fame: debut album Reasonable Doubt (1996)
Bio: Jay-Z has 10 different nicknames: S-dot, Young Hov, Jazzy, Hova, Jigga, J-Hova, Jiggaman, Iceberg Slim, Lucky Lefty, and Joe Camel.
Jay-Z, is not only a hip hop artist he is also an incredible businessman. He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records. He co-owns The 40/40 Club and the New Jersey Nets. He has sold over 26 million units in the United States and received several Grammy Awards for his musical work. His debut album, Reasonable Doubt, is ranked by Rolling Stone as #248 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The Blueprint, was written in only two days. He announced that he was retiring from recording music in 2003, but he returned in late 2006 with the album Kingdom Come, which sold 680,000 copies in its first week. This ended up being his highest-selling album in a one-week period. He was named number one on the MTV’s list of greatest MCs of all time. He has also appeared in several films including, State Property (2002), Paper Soldiers (2002), Fade to Black (2004) and Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life (2006).
