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Jay Z
$1.3B
Age: 52
Source of Wealth: Multiple, Self Made
Residence: New York, New York
Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
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About Jay Z
Jay-Z was born Shawn Corey Carter in the Marcy Projects of Brooklyn on December 4th, 1969. His father abandoned his family, and he and his three siblings were raised by their mother.
For a brief time in the late 1980s, Jay lived in London, where he took in everything he could from their culture, before returning back to the states to embark on his career.
As a local rapper trying to gain steam, featuring on other rappers’ albums wasn’t enough. So, in classic NY hustler style, Jay began selling CDs out of his car. Soon after he would create the independent label Roc-A-Fella Records with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs.
One of the last people to talk to The Notorious B.I.G. before he was murdered, Jay-Z spoke to him on the phone only hours before his shooting.
Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life went on to become his most commercially successful album, going 5x Platinum with over 5 million copies sold, and earning him his first Grammy nomination. However, Jay would boycott the awards ceremony because DMX didn’t receive a nomination.
On Jay-Z’s hit single “Girls, Girls, Girls,” an uncredited Michael Jackson can be heard singing the background vocals.
Jay-Z has been noted for his philanthropic work, donating $1 million to the Red Cross after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.
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