Jay-Z
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4 December 1969, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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6' 1"
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Shawn Corey Carter was born 4 December 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Raised in Brooklyn, Carter was a school friend of the Notorious B.I.G. He first started releasing records in the late 1980s. In 1990, he appeared on records by his close friend Jaz ("The Originators") and Original Flavor ("Can I Get Open"), and later scored an underground hit single...
 
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Filmography
Actor:
1. Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life (2007)...
2. Through the Fire (2005) .... Himself
3. Fade to Black (2004) .... Himself
4. Beef (2003) .... Himself
5. Death of a Dynasty (2003) .... Himself
Trivia
  • "Ghostwriter" for such stars as: Foxy Brown, Ma$e, Dr. Dre, and others.
  • His ex-girlfriend's pregnancy led to a miscarriage two years ago, a fact he laments in the song "This Can't Be Life", from 2000s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000).
  • Has had six consecutive albums make number 1 debuts on The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Charts: Volume 2: Hard Knock Life, Volume 3: The Life and Times of S. Carter, The Dynasty/Roc la Familia, The Blueprint, Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse, and The Black Album.
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