Born: 12.04.1969
Birth Name: Shawn Corey Carter
Label: Universal
Website: http://www.jay-z.com/
Genre: Hip hop, Gangsta rap
Alias: Jigga, Jay, Hova
Representin': Brooklyn, New York, United States
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969) better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper and current president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records. In addition, he co-owns The 40/40 Club and the New Jersey Nets NBA team. He is one of the most financially successful hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. Known for his flow and blending of street and popular style, he can compose lyrics without the use of pen and paper. His critically acclaimed album, The Blueprint, was allegedly written in only two days. After announcing his retirement from recording music in 2003, he returned in late 2006 with the album Kingdom Come which sold 680,000 copies in its first week, Jay-Z's highest-selling album in a one-week period.
Along with Damon "Dame" Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke, Jay-Z was one of the founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, a hip hop record label. Jay-Z is the richest hip hop Entertainer (followed by Sean "Puffy" Combs, a.k.a. Diddy), having a net-worth estimate of $547 million.…Read full biography
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HOV
arguably the GOAT
OMG -rep
fuck you talkin bout?
wtf nigga
best ever
HE DA BILLY GOAT
the greatest the muhamed ali of rap
*hacks page,uploads ether*
Reasonable doubt iconic album........
Definitely one of the top 2 of all time...PERIOD!
It's a toss up between him and Nas!
No one else is even close...
Hola Hovito!
~Be Eazy!
Pac is number one hands down, no argument, case closed. Jay is my dude though, and I liked Nas earlier works, but how can you say Pac is not even close?
"When internet ask you the best why wont you say me?"
Jay Z
Hes Number one! Greatest Of All Time DEAD OR ALIVE!!!!!!
There where never be another artist that can please my hip hop crave like Jay-Z...His flow word play lyrics is phenominal!!
The GOAT! FUCK NUMBER 2 3 4 or 5 Jigga jas earned his right on the throne!!
STOP HATING ON JAY U BITCH ASS NIGGA HE GOT MORE MONEY THEN U JAY DONT NEED TO RAP OR WORK AND HE A LEGEND IN THE GAME
jay is top 5 material of all time
He's not called Hov for no reason, GOD MC. So in the words of Jay-z, stop talking all that shit and hating you "blasphemous bastards."
DaT nigga got sum Big Azz LipS but his albuM is Fir3
I wish i can see if u got some.
Lmao, nigga do got some big ass lips. But anyways i don't know anyone right now besides nas that comes even close to jay's status right now.
sup yo
Top 5 dead or alive and that's just off one LP (Reasonable Doubt).
*Sorry Jada* lol
But he's not THE greatest in my opinion, I would put Pac, Nas, BIG, and Face before him.
DAMN U RITE ON POINT THERE FAM...GD SHIT DEEE-TROIT
damn hov u old.keep droppin that knowledge on them yungins
HOV is the GREATEST. Undeniably the epitome of Hip Hop. Who is better???
PAC
He the Best ( Dj Khaled Voice)
100
he aint the goat but hez the camel! lolz arguably 1 of the greatest? but i still think he stole alot of lyrics from big!
the roc boyz in the building tonight!
i THOUGHT m.jACKSON OWNS THE BEATLES WORK
da best rapper ever i loooovvvvvvvvve dis dude rite here fuck all u fake wanna be jay niggas
Hov's The Man
[Jay-Z]
Follow the flow, look
They say a midget standin on the giant's shoulder can see much
further than the giant.. (the giant..)
So I got the WHOLE rap world on my shoulder they tryin to see
further than I am.. (than I am..)
And I have been tryin to be patient with they preoccupation
with David and Goliath.. (Goliath..)
But sooner or later, that patience gonna run it's course
and I'm forced to be a tyrant.. (be a tyrant..)
But bein tyrant, comin through your environment
Iron mask, nigga iron gas, nigga I am back
With "The Team," no I in that
R.O.C., y'all not eyein that
Y'all don't see, clearly cause the reign ain't gone
"The Dynasty," no not Ming but Shawn's
Dame careems, nigga it's the gangsta team
Stop your run, one of the reasons that they call us gangrene
The other reason, we got a gang of green
If there's better at gettin cheddar that remains to be seen, nigga
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Jeah, jeah
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greatest ever and i got j's on sale at terrys.flyingcart.com
the greatest rapper that ever and will evr touch a microphone is jay-z
G.O.A.T.
man i tried to listen to pac just because shit if you a nigga that lives hip hop you need to know somthin bout yo history, so i got 2 CD's and i have to say the shit was garbage, when i listened to bigs ready to die i was blown away hands down 1 of the greatest albums ever but tupac that nigga suck im sorry and for any one to say that he's a better artist than jay you gota just take a knife and swallow that bitch.
And with this "he stole big lines" shit Lil wayne is followin jay-z blueprint step for step, but nobody got a problem wit that, and for every line jay ever bit he gave you some original shit that was better than the shit he bit, EVERY FUCKIN TIME, go back and listen to the songs, normally he bits some shit as part of a hook or at the begining of a vers or song and every thing you hear after that.... "is off the wall these other niggas is tito"
Hovito baby...no equal baby...GOAT = Jay Z
richest nigga in hip hop
GREATEST RAPPER ALIVE!!!
everybody sais wayne is da most overratted im sorry jay is he aint dat good fa real ya'll jus hopped on a banwaggon like da weezy dick riders sorry but its da truth...