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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
The Nets' a stone throw from where I used to throw bricks ...So it's only right I'm still tossing 'round Knicks.
Ex-D-boy, used to park my Beamer Now look at me, I can park in my own arena
My tears is tatted, my rag in my pocket / Im just looking for love, I know somebody got it
If I was to stop making music tomorrow doesn't mean suddenly there is this gap. You don't get elected. The people decide where you are. Whether I'm here or not, if they want you to be at the top then the people will move me out the way.
I jack, I rob, I sin. Aw man, I'm Jackie Robinson 'Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen
How could I be out there and not do anything?
Used to rock a throwback ballin on the corner, now I rock tailored suit lookin' like a owner.
I love you so, But why I love you, I'll never know.
We were kids without fathers, so we found our fathers on wax and on the streets and in history, and in a way, that was a gift. We got to pick and choose the ancestors who would inspire the world we were going to make for ourselves.
Driving Benzes with no benefits, not bad huh, for some immigrants
In the end, you can't censor the truth, especially when it comes packaged in hot music.
There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can stop you from becoming who you were meant to be.
If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be Lyrically, Talib Kweli Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did 5 mill' - I ain't been rhyming like Common since.
If you want the old me, go buy my old albums.