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Jay-Z
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I'm not a biter, I'm a writer for myself and others / I say a B.I.G.
— w:What More Can I Say'What more Can I Say
Jay-Z
American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur (born 1969)
- Audience788K
- Fame81.7
- Momentum5.7
Source-basedRising
788K youtube followers
- Audience788K
- Fame81.7
- Momentum5.7
- United States rank#184
- Musicians rank#79
- Wikipedia213.2K
Born 1969 · age 57United States
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Updated 2026-08-14
He turned Brooklyn corner-boy ambition into a blueprint the whole industry still copies — then proved a rapper could become a billionaire without the music even being the main thing anymore.
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Shawn Corey Carter started recording in the late 1980s under the wing of Jaz-O, then co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records in 1994 when the industry wouldn't sign him. Reasonable Doubt arrived in 1996, followed by In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 the next year — both critically acclaimed, both rooted in the rags-to-riches narrative he'd spend decades refining. Thirteen albums later, including The Blueprint, The Black Album, American Gangster, and 4:44, he holds 14 number-one albums on the Billboard 200, third-most in history, and topped the Hot 100 four times with "Empire State of Mind," "Heartbreaker," "Crazy…
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Jay-Z
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They say you can't turn a bad girl goodBut once a good girl's gone bad, she's gone forever
— Song Cry
Jay-Z
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Hov' is back, life stories told through rapNiggas acting like I sold you crackLike I told you sell drugs; No, Hov did thatso hopefully you won't have to go through that.
— Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Jay-Z
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I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hellI am a hustler, baby, I'll sell water to a well
— U Don't Know
Jay-Z
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6 oohie, jewels dripping big toolyI ball for real: y'all niggas is Sam BowieAnd with the third pick, I made the earth sickM.J., him Jay, fade away perfect.
— Hola Hovito
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Rising81.7
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Historical31.7
Now attention25.9
Source confidence95.0
Completeness90.0
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