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Trivia
Birth name: Shawn Corey Carter
Date of birth: 4 December 1969
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Nickname: S-dot, Young Hov, Jazzy, Hova, Jigga, J-Hova
Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m)
"Ghostwriter" for such stars as:
Foxy Brown, Mase, Dr.
Dre, etc.
His ex-girlfriend's pregnancy led to a
miscarriage two years ago, a fact he laments in the song "This
Can't Be Life", from 2000's The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000).
Has had six consecutive albums make number 1
debuts on The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Charts: Volume 2: Hard Knock Life,
Volume 3: The Life and Times of S. Carter, The Dynasty/Roc la' Familia,
The Blueprint, Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse, and The Black Album.
Since his album Hard Knock Life/ Volume 2,
every Jay-Z solo album has gone at least double platinum.
In 2003 he opened a sports bar called 40/40
Club
Jay-Z's the Blueprint 2 has sold a total of
3 million copies.
Created urban clothing line 'Roca Wear'
His latest album is, "The Black
Album", which he says will be his last.
Calls Reasonable Doubt his favorite of his
own recordings because "it's the first."
Calls Blueprint 2 his weakest album because
of "too many songs."
The second rapper (Master P was first
affiliated with Converse) to have his own signature sneaker, the S.
Carter by Reebok. It went on to become one of the biggest-selling
sneakers of 2003.
The Black Album is to be accompanied by
Jay-Z's autobiography, The Black Book.
Has an on going feud with rapper Nas.
Is good friends with Eminem. They have
worked together three times since 2003.
Has often been called "The God
MC." This is why he has been called Hova. J-Hova (Jehovah).
He and Beyoncé
Knowles are buying a house in Miami as well as in London, England.
Discovered rapper 'Malicious Jynx"
Has a sneaker deal with Reebok to create his
S. Carter sneaker line.
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