Shawn Corey Carter or commonly known as Jay-Z was born December 4th, 1969. He’s an American rapper, song writer, and producer. He has sold over 50 million albums so far, and has a net worth over 450 million. Jay-Z has won over 14 Grammy’s and many more awards/nominations. In 2009 Jay-z was ranked in the top 10 of the most successful artist. Jay-Z was also in the top 5 of solo artist. Jay-Z married singer/song writer Beyoncé Knowles on April 4, 2008 and they had their first child in 2012 and her name is Blue Ivy Carter.
addition toThe Blueprint with The Blueprint 3 in 2009.
Awards-
Jay-Z has been awarded 4 American Music Awards and has been nominated four times. He has 4 BET awards and has been nominated 14 times in numerous categories. For Brit Awards he has won only 1 but has been nominated 3 times. As for Grammy’s he has 14, and has been nominated 31 times
Solo Albums-
Reasonable Doubt-1996
Blueprint-2001
Black Album-2003
American Gangster-2007
Blueprint 3-2009
Watch The Throne-2011
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