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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), popularly known as Jay-Z, (or by a variety of stage names including S. Carter, Iceberg, Jigga, Jay-Hova, Hova, Hov, and Young Hov) is an american hip-hop artist and former president and CEO of Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records. He is regarded as one of the most prolific and successful American rappers of the mid-90s and early 2000s.

Known for his use of metaphors, freestyling abilities, word play, flow, and blending of street and popular hip hop, Jay-Z became one of the most respected rappers in the music industry before his alleged retirement in 2004. He is admired for his ability to craft songs from memory without the use of pen and paper. He claims his critically acclaimed album The Blueprint was written in only three days. Some dispute this claim, but it is widely accepted by the hip-hop community.

He is one of the founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, a hip-hop record label which also launched the careers of artists such as Beanie Sigel, Kanye West, Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz, Freeway, and Teairra Mari. As of 2005, he is estimated to be worth around $320 million.

Early history

Originally from the infamous Marcy Houses projects in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in brooklyn in New York City, Shawn Carter was abandoned by his father Adnes Reeves when he was only twelve years old and he was consequently raised by his mother Gloria Carter. (read more)

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Add this track to your playlist 99 Problems full track	3:55	75,898	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Dirt Off Your Shoulder full track	4:06	55,998	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Encore full track	4:11	41,942	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Lucifer full track	3:12	34,689	Buy mp3

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist 99 Problems full track	2,376
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Dirt Off Your Shoulder full track	1,451
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Encore full track	1,167
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Lucifer full track	956
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Change Clothes full track	911
–	6	Add this track to your playlist What More Can I Say full track	887
2	7	Add this track to your playlist December 4th full track	785
1	8	Add this track to your playlist Moment of Clarity full track	772
1	9	Add this track to your playlist I Know	769
1	10	Add this track to your playlist 99 Problems (Produced By Rick Rubin)	763
1	11	Add this track to your playlist Izzo (h.o.v.a.)	738
4	12	Add this track to your playlist Pray	677
1	13	Add this track to your playlist Justify My Thug full track	675
1	14	Add this track to your playlist Sweet	666
1	15	Add this track to your playlist Intro	651
4	16	Add this track to your playlist Heart Of The City (Ain't No Love)	650
1	17	Add this track to your playlist American Dreamin'	645
5	18	Add this track to your playlist No Hook	642
2	19	Add this track to your playlist Song Cry	617
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Allure full track	610

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist 99 Problems full track	21,401
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Dirt Off Your Shoulder full track	13,531
8	3	Add this track to your playlist Encore full track	11,182
6	4	Add this track to your playlist 99 Problems (Produced By Rick Rubin)	10,859
2	5	Add this track to your playlist Intro	10,569
2	6	Add this track to your playlist No Hook	10,191
2	7	Add this track to your playlist Sweet	10,037
2	8	Add this track to your playlist Pray	9,975
1	9	Add this track to your playlist I Know	9,876
3	10	Add this track to your playlist American Dreamin'	9,426
3	11	Add this track to your playlist Lucifer full track	9,418
3	12	Add this track to your playlist Say Hello	9,192
2	13	Add this track to your playlist Change Clothes full track	8,981
3	14	Add this track to your playlist What More Can I Say full track	8,727
3	15	Add this track to your playlist Moment of Clarity full track	8,449
4	16	Add this track to your playlist Party Life	8,342
4	17	Add this track to your playlist Blue Magic	8,261
2	18	Add this track to your playlist Izzo (h.o.v.a.)	8,230
–	19	Add this track to your playlist December 4th full track	7,986
4	20	Add this track to your playlist Justify My Thug full track	7,392
–	21	Add this track to your playlist Song Cry	7,118
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Show Me What You Got	6,921
1	22	Add this track to your playlist Girls, Girls, Girls	6,921
2	24	Add this track to your playlist Takeover	6,864
2	25	Add this track to your playlist U Don't Know full track	6,729
2	26	Add this track to your playlist Allure full track	6,727
2	27	Add this track to your playlist Heart Of The City (Ain't No Love)	6,711
8	28	Add this track to your playlist Fallin'	6,426
3	29	Add this track to your playlist My 1st Song full track	6,232
–	30	Add this track to your playlist Politics as Usual	6,116
–	31	Add this track to your playlist Can I Live	6,100
2	32	Add this track to your playlist Threat full track	6,077
2	33	Add this track to your playlist Dead Presidents II	6,064
2	34	Add this track to your playlist Interlude full track	6,048
2	35	Add this track to your playlist Big Pimpin' full track	5,979
5	36	Add this track to your playlist D'evils	5,589
5	37	Add this track to your playlist 22 Two's	5,583
2	38	Add this track to your playlist Friend or Foe	5,435
6	39	Add this track to your playlist Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)	5,396
11	40	Add this track to your playlist American Gangster	5,364
2	41	Add this track to your playlist Never Change	5,331
3	42	Add this track to your playlist Encore (Produced By Kanye West)	5,185
1	43	Add this track to your playlist The Ruler's Back	5,064
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