Jay-Z, an American rapper and record producer, was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1969.
Jay-Z was born Shawn Corey Carter on December 4, 1969, in Brooklyn's drug-infested Marcy Projects. In 1989, he utilised rap as an escape and featured on Yo! MTV Raps. Jay-Z launched his own apparel brand after selling millions of singles through his own Roc-A-Fella label. In 2008, he married famed singer and actress Beyoncé Knowles. Shawn Carter dealt drugs and toyed with gun violence throughout a difficult youth, which is reflected in several of his autobiographical songs. Carter began rapping at an early age as a way to escape the drugs, violence, and poverty that surrounded him in the Marcy Projects.
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