Jay Z is a multi-award-winning American songwriter, rapper, record producer and businessman, regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history.
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Jay Z was born on December 4, 1969, under the name Shawn Corey Carter in Brooklyn, New York City. His parents are Adnis Reeves and Gloria Carter. He was raised from childhood by his mother after their father abandoned the family.
Jay Z attended Whitney High School, George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, and then Trenton Central High School along with other now prominent rappers.
Jay Z began music by hitting kitchen tables along with his siblings until she bought him a boombox which led to his early freestyles under the name, Jazzy. He began his musical career in the late 1980s and released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in 1996.
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Jay Z is regarded as one of the world’s best-selling music artists and has sold over 125 million records sold. He has won 23 Grammy Awards, NAACP’s President’s Award and holds the record for the number-one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200. He became the first rapper honoured in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, as well as the first solo living rapper inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

What does Jay Z say about Kanye West?
Jay-Z has stated that Kanye is his little brother.
How does Jay-Z feel about Kanye?
Jay-Z stated in an interview with The New York Times Styles Magazine, “I [talked to] Kanye the other day, just to tell him, like, he’s my brother. I love Kanye. I do.”


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