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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010. He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving fourteen Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all-time. He was ranked so by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. Two of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996) and The Blueprint (2001) are considered landmarks in the genre with both of them being ranked in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Blender included the former on their 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die. Jay-Z co-owns the 40/40 Club, is part-owner of the NBA's New Jersey Nets and is also the creator of the line Rocawear. He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings, one of the three founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, and the founder of Roc Nation. As an artist, he holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with eleven. Jay-Z also has had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist. He married American R&B superstar Beyoncé Knowles on April 4, 2008. On December 11, 2009, Jay-Z was ranked as the 10th most successful artist of 2000s by Billboard and ranking as the 5th top solo male artist and as the 4th top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent. In 2009 Jay-Z was named King Of Rap by NBS News. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay-Z, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Dec 4, 1969 In New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
79
First Appeared:
In the series Today 1952-01-14
Latest Project:
Movie Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé 2023-12-01
Known For
Poster of John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Poster of The Jay Leno Show
Poster of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Poster of The Daily Show
Filmography
Movie Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé Self 2023-12-01
Movie The Hustle of @617MikeBiv Himself 2023-08-24
Series jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Self (archive footage) 2022-02-16
Movie 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Self (archive footage) 2022-11-19
Movie Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL Self (archive footage) 2022-09-23
Movie 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Self 2021-11-20
Movie You're Watching Video Music Box Self 2021-12-03
Movie Black Is King 2020-07-31
Movie Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert Self (archive footage) 2020-04-10
Movie Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Self 2019-04-17
Movie Music Videos That Defined the 00’s Self (archive footage) 2019-07-31
Movie Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift Self 2019-09-06
Series Free Meek Self 2019-08-09
Movie Quincy Self 2018-09-21
Movie Beyonce & Jay Z - Global Citizen Festival Mandela Self 2018-12-02
Movie Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. Self 2017-09-04
Movie Lemonade Self 2016-04-23
Movie J. Cole Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming Jay-Z 2016-01-09
Movie Tidal X: Jaÿ-Z B-Sides Concert Himself 2015-05-17
Movie Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives 2015-10-01
Movie On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Self - Performer 2014-09-20
Movie John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly Self 2014-04-06
Movie BEYONCÉ Self 2014-06-13
Movie Rihanna 777 Documentary... 7Countries7Days7Shows Himself 2013-05-06
Movie Life Is But a Dream Self 2013-06-10
Movie Made in America Self 2013-10-11
Movie Picasso Baby himself 2013-08-02
Movie Rihanna: Live at Hackney Weekend 2012 Self 2012-06-24
Movie Jay-Z Live In Brooklyn Self 2012-10-11
Movie Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry Self 2012-11-24
Movie The Love We Make Self 2011-09-10
Movie Beyoncé: Year of 4 Himself 2011-07-01
Movie Jay-Z Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer The Call Self 2011-09-19
Movie Hope for Haiti Now Self 2010-01-02
Movie Beyoncé: I Am... World Tour Self 2010-11-30
Movie DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd Self (archive footage) 2009-03-19
Series Skavlan Guest 2009-01-16
Movie DJ SWB Volume 6 - This Is How We Do 2009-02-09
Series The Jay Leno Show 2009-09-14
Movie DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 Self (archive footage) 2009-07-06
Series Parks and Recreation Unknown 2009-04-09
Movie Linkin Park: Road to Revolution - Live at Milton Keynes Himself 2008-12-25
Movie B'Day Anthology Video Album Self 2007-04-03
Movie Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt Self 2007-01-01
Movie Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life Himself (archive footage) 2007-05-16
Movie The Beyoncé Experience Live Self 2007-11-16
Movie Hoodz: Big Beef Actor 2007-10-02
Movie Beef IV Himself 2007-09-18
Movie Jay Z: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Himself 2006-11-21
Movie Live 8 Self 2005-11-07
Movie The MC: Why We Do It Himself 2005-02-01
Movie Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] Self (segment "Through the Wire") 2005-03-22
Series Hogan Knows Best Unknown 2005-07-10
Movie Letter to the President Self 2005-03-29
Movie And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Self 2004-04-02
Series The Ashlee Simpson Show Unknown 2004-06-16
Movie Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course Himself 2004-11-30
Movie Fade to Black Self 2004-11-05
Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Unknown 2003-01-26
Movie The Blackout - Fat Joe Vs Jay-Z At The Rucker Self 2003-08-01
Movie R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection Jay Z (segment "Fiesta (Remix)") 2003-10-21
Movie Beef Self 2003-08-03
Series The Ellen DeGeneres Show Unknown 2003-09-08
Movie Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 2002-01-01
Movie State Property Untouchable J 2002-01-18
Movie Paper Soldiers Jay-Z (Rapper in Studio) 2002-06-01
Movie The Concert for New York City Self 2001-10-20
Movie Jay-Z MTV Unplugged Himself 2001-12-08
Series Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Unknown 2001-11-02
Movie Backstage Himself 2000-09-08
Movie Mariah Carey: #1's Himself 1998-11-12
Movie Streets is Watching Jay-Z 1998-05-12
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Series MADtv Unknown 1995-10-14
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13
Series MTV Unplugged Unknown 1989-11-26
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Series The Grammy Awards Unknown 1959-11-29
Series Today Unknown 1952-01-14