Rolling Stone declared him the 88th greatest artist of all time. He was also the fifth top solo male artist and top fourth rapper. In 2009, he was declared the tenth most successful artist of 2000s by Billboard.
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He has built a record for giving the most hit albums as a solo artist according to the Billboard 200 with 13th rank. The funds were used for social caused decided by the New World Foundation and which is a nonprofit organisation established by Harry Belafonte.
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In 2015, he organised his first charity concert named Tidal X by which he earned around $1.5 million for the charity. His 12th studio album titled Magna Carta Holy Grail came out in 2013 which could not manage to meet the expectations of the admirers of Jay-Z. In 2013, he came up with Yeezus which was critically lauded. It was a triple hit and topped the rap, R&B along with Pop Charts in August 2011. He united with a member of rap royalty named Kanye West for Watch The Throne in 2011. His three albums titled Reasonable Doubt(1996), The Blueprint(2001) and The Black Album (2003) were declared the greatest albums of all times by Rolling Stone.įurther, he released American Gangster in 2007 and Blueprint 3 in 2010. In 2006, he was ranked as the Greatest MC of all time by MTV. In 2006, he joined back the music industry by ending his retirement and released an album titled Kingdom Come. In 2003, he released an album titled The Black and declared his retirement in the field of the solo record. His most famous album of that period was The Blueprint (2001). After two years in 1998, Jay-Z released his album titled Hard Knock Life, the title song of which named Musical Annie is his most popular single till date and it brought him the first Grammy nomination of his career. In June 1996, his debut album titled Reasonable Doubt was released which is considered as a classic hip-hop album in present time. In 1996, he along with his two friends founded Roc-a-Fella Records. His first appearance as an artist was on Yo MTV Raps in 1989. He then attended George Westinghouse career and Technical Education High School together with future rappers.
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Her wife is also a singer, songwriter, producer and actress and she secured no.35 in the Forbes list of 100 highest earning celebrities.Įducation: He went to Eli Whitney High School and the famous rapper AZ was his schoolmate. He is married to Beyonce Knowles since April 2008 and the couple has a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter who was born on 7th January 2012.