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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010. He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving fourteen Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all-time. He was ranked so by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. Two of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996) and The Blueprint (2001) are considered landmarks in the genre with both of them being ranked in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Blender included the former on their 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die. Jay-Z co-owns the 40/40 Club, is part-owner of the NBA's New Jersey Nets and is also the creator of the line Rocawear. He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings, one of the three founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, and the founder of Roc Nation. As an artist, he holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with eleven. Jay-Z also has had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist. He married American R&B superstar Beyoncé Knowles on April 4, 2008. On December 11, 2009, Jay-Z was ranked as the 10th most successful artist of 2000s by Billboard and ranking as the 5th top solo male artist and as the 4th top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent. In 2009 Jay-Z was named King Of Rap by NBS News. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay-Z, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Dec 4, 1969 In New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
70
First Appeared:
In the movie Streets is Watching 1998-05-12
Latest Project:
Movie Piece by Piece 2024-10-10
Known For
Filmography
Movie TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy Self (archive footage) 2024-04-28
Movie Piece by Piece Jay-Z (voice) 2024-10-10
Movie The Hustle of @617MikeBiv Self 2023-08-24
Movie Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé Self 2023-12-01
Series jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Self (archive footage) 2022-02-16
Movie Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL Self (archive footage) 2022-09-23
Movie 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Self (archive footage) 2022-11-19
Movie 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Self 2021-11-20
Movie You're Watching Video Music Box Self 2021-12-03
Movie Black Is King 2020-07-31
Movie Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert Self (archive footage) 2020-04-10
Movie Hydration Self 2020-04-15
Movie Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Self 2019-04-17
Movie Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift Self 2019-09-06
Movie Music Videos That Defined the 00’s Self (archive footage) 2019-07-31
Movie Quincy Self 2018-09-09
Movie Family Feud Self 2018-01-04
Movie Beyonce & Jay-Z - Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 Self 2018-12-02
Series Time: The Kalief Browder Story Himself 2017-03-01
Movie Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. Self 2017-09-04
Movie J. Cole Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming Jay-Z 2016-01-09
Movie Lemonade Self 2016-04-23
Movie Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives 2015-10-01
Movie Tidal X: Jaÿ-Z B-Sides Concert Self 2015-05-17
Movie John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly Self 2014-04-06
Movie BEYONCÉ Self 2014-06-13
Movie Global Citizen Festival 2014 Self 2014-09-27
Movie On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Self - Performer 2014-09-20
Movie So So Def All-Star 20th Anniversary Concert Self 2013-02-23
Movie Life Is But a Dream Self 2013-06-10
Movie Made in America Self 2013-10-11
Movie Picasso Baby Self 2013-08-02
Movie Jay-Z Live In Brooklyn Self 2012-10-11
Movie Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry Self 2012-11-24
Movie Beyoncé: Year of 4 Self 2011-07-01
Movie The Love We Make Self 2011-09-10
Movie Watch the Throne Self 2011-09-25
Movie Jay-Z Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer The Call Self 2011-09-19
Movie Hope for Haiti Now Self 2010-01-02
Movie Beyoncé: I Am... World Tour Self 2010-11-30
Movie DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do Self 2009-02-09
Movie DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd Self (archive footage) 2009-03-19
Movie DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 Self (archive footage) 2009-07-06
Movie Linkin Park: Road to Revolution - Live at Milton Keynes Self 2008-12-25
Movie B'Day Anthology Video Album Self 2007-04-03
Movie Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life Self (archive footage) 2007-05-16
Movie Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt Self 2007-01-01
Movie The Beyoncé Experience Live Self 2007-11-16
Movie Beef IV Self 2007-09-18
Movie Hoodz: Big Beef Actor 2007-10-02
Movie Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi Self 2007-12-04
Movie Jay Z: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Self 2006-11-21
Movie Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] Self (segment "Through the Wire") 2005-03-22
Movie The MC: Why We Do It Self 2005-02-01
Movie Letter to the President Self 2005-03-29
Movie Live 8 Self 2005-11-07
Movie And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Self 2004-04-02
Movie Fade to Black Self 2004-11-05
Movie The Blackout - Fat Joe Vs Jay-Z At The Rucker Self 2003-08-01
Movie R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection Jay Z (segment "Fiesta (Remix)") 2003-10-21
Movie Beef Self 2003-08-03
Movie Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 2002-01-01
Movie American Rap Stars Self 2002-01-01
Movie State Property Untouchable J 2002-01-18
Movie Paper Soldiers Jay-Z (Rapper in Studio) 2002-06-01
Movie The Concert for New York City Self 2001-10-20
Movie Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged Self 2001-12-08
Movie Backstage Self 2000-09-08
Movie Streets is Watching Jay-Z 1998-05-12
Movie Mariah Carey: #1's Self 1998-11-12