ITM 707 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: New York Daily News, Roc-A-Fella Records, Picasso Baby
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28 Mar 2018
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Shawn corey carter, popularly known as jay-z, is one of the biggest and richest names in the. Being the youngest of four children, jay-z was born on december 4th, 1969, to. Gloria carter and adnis reeves (gale thompson, 2018). He grew up in marcy projects which was a housing project in brooklyn, new york. He claimed his stage name in homage to jaz-o, his mentor, along with the j and z subway trains that run in the often-dangerous, marcy projects. (gale thompson, Along with being successful in the rap and hip-hop industry, jay-z was a businessman who made his first momentous business move in 1995. The affluent rapper has sold over 50 million copies globally and is a recipient of many awards. Jay-z had accumulated a net worth of million as of march 1st, 2018 which makes him the richest artist in the industry (daniela evgenivna, 2018).