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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
Everybody look at you strange, say you changed Like you work that hard to stay the same.
I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.
I'd rather die enormous than live dormant.
Everything evens up, you just wait, Even a garbage can gets a steak, You ain't even a garbage can, you have faith!
I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don't like what you see, then you've done something. If I'm standoffish, that's because you are.
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.
No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.
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.
Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough
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.
I got 99 Problems but Mitt ain't one.
Jealousy’s a weak emotion.
[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control addiction is a medical problem, not a form of recreational or criminal behavior. And the more society treats drug addiction as a crime, the more money drug dealers will make "relieving" the suffering of the addicts.