As of 2023, he is the wealthiest musical artist in the world with a net worth of US$2.5 billion, according to CNBC.
In 2020, he launched Monogram, which sells a line of cannabis products. In 2015, he acquired the tech company Aspiro and led Tidal, the company's media streaming service. Both businesses grew to multi-million-dollar corporations, permitting him to launch Roc Nation in 2008. In 2003, he founded 40/40 Club, a luxury bar chain. In 1999, he founded Rocawear, a clothing retailer. Through his business ventures, Jay-Z became the first hip-hop billionaire in 2019. He released the collaborative album Watch the Throne with Kanye West in 2011 and Everything Is Love with his wife Beyoncé in 2018. He has gone on to release twelve additional albums, including The Blueprint (2001), The Black Album (2003), American Gangster (2007), and 4:44 (2017). īorn and raised in New York City, Jay-Z began his musical career in the late 1980s he co-founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995 and released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in 1996, which was met with critical praise. He is the founder and chairman of entertainment company Roc Nation, and was the president and chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings from 2004 to 2007. Widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, he has been central to the creative and commercial success of artists including Kanye West, Rihanna, and J. He’s a business, man.Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. In between those projects, he grew his empire, helming Roc-A-Fella Records and spearheading various film, clothing, sports management, and production deals. He returned in 2006 with Kingdom Come and followed it with heavy output, including 2017’s lauded 4:44.
Jay-Z crafted his initial farewell statement on 2003’s The Black Album-with production from the soon-to-break-out Kanye West-but couldn’t stay away. Carter), proving his acumen for the charts. 2… Hard Knock Life) and “Big Pimpin’” (from 1999’s Vol. He went on to amass further hits like “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” (from 1998’s Vol. Jay-Z’s debut album, 1996’s Reasonable Doubt, established his hustler attitude.
He rose from a tough childhood in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects to earn over 20 Grammys and sell over 100 million albums, all the while perfecting the frank New York flow established by predecessors like the Notorious B.I.G. If ever there were a reasonable doubt that Jay-Z didn’t have the chops to thrive in hip-hop, his modern mogul status proves otherwise.
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