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.
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 |