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Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter, known by his stage name Jay Z, is an American rapper, entrepreneur and investor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists in America. In 2014, Forbes estimated Jay Z's net worth at nearly $520 million. He is one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records, while receiving 21 Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. Consistently ranked as one of the greatest...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth4 December 1969
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter.
I believe you can speak things into existence.
No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.
Leave a mark they can't erase, neither space nor time.
I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying
I will not lose, for even in defeat/There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me
In trouble waters I had to learn how to float
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.
You can put a new shirt on your back, slide a fresh chain around your neck, and accumulate all the money and power in the world, but at the end of the day those are just layers. Money and power don't change you, they just further expose your true self.
Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough
Artists can have greater access to reality; they can see patterns and details and connections that other people, distracted by the blur of life, might miss. Just sharing that truth can be a very powerful thing.
Remind your self. Nobody constructed like you, you style your self.
Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.
It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what everyone else is up to, minute by minute. Technology is making it easier to connect to other people, but maybe harder to keep connected to yourself-- and that's essential for any artist, I think.