Jay-Z

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businessperson entrepreneur human music executive philanthropist rapper record producer songwriter

Jay-Z is a pioneering American rapper, producer, and business mogul known for his influential role in hip-hop and ventures spanning music, fashion, and sports management.

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Shawn Carter 14
Shawn Corey Carter 3
Jay-Z discography 2

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct Beyoncé ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Linkin Park ⓘ
Memphis Bleek ⓘ
Rihanna ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthName Jay-Z self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shawn Corey Carter
child Blue Ivy Carter ⓘ
Rumi Carter ⓘ
Sir Carter ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
coFounderOf Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1969-12-04 ⓘ
debutStudioAlbum Reasonable Doubt ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
formerOwnerOf Tidal ⓘ
formerPartOwnerOf Brooklyn Nets ⓘ
founderOf 40/40 Club ⓘ
Roc Nation ⓘ
Rocawear ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
influenced J. Cole ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Rihanna ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ
notableAchievement first hip hop artist inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
one of the best-selling music artists of all time ⓘ
notableSong 99 Problems ⓘ
Big Pimpin' ⓘ
Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down ⓘ
surface form: Empire State of Mind

Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) ⓘ
Izzo (H.O.V.A.) ⓘ
Niggas in Paris ⓘ
notableWork 4:44 ⓘ
Reasonable Doubt ⓘ
The Black Album ⓘ
The Blueprint ⓘ
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life ⓘ
Watch the Throne ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
investor ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
positionHeld president of Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
recordLabel Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Roc Nation ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
spouse Beyoncé ⓘ
stageName Jay-Z self-link ⓘ
stateOfBirth New York ⓘ

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Lil' Kim → collaboratedWith → Jay-Z ⓘ
Thornton → collaboratedWith → Jay-Z ⓘ
subject surface form: Terrence LeVarr Thornton
Lift Off → collaboration → Jay-Z ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jay-Z and Kanye West
subject surface form: That's My Bitch
this entity surface form: Shawn Carter
subject surface form: That's My Bitch
Willo Perron → designedFor → Jay-Z ⓘ
J. Cole → discoveredBy → Jay-Z ⓘ
Blue Ivy Carter → father → Jay-Z ⓘ
Rumi Carter → father → Jay-Z ⓘ
Sir Carter → father → Jay-Z ⓘ
subject surface form: Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix)
Monster → featuredArtist → Jay-Z ⓘ
subject surface form: Monster (Kanye West song)
Umbrella → featuredArtist → Jay-Z ⓘ
Clique → featuresArtist → Jay-Z ⓘ
Donda → featuresArtist → Jay-Z ⓘ
H•A•M → featuresArtist → Jay-Z ⓘ
subject surface form: Late Registration
subject surface form: Rainbow (album)
Roc Nation → foundedBy → Jay-Z ⓘ
Roc Nation → foundedBy → Jay-Z ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shawn Corey Carter
Cruel Summer → hasArtist → Jay-Z ⓘ
New Day → hasSongwriter → Jay-Z ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shawn Corey Carter
Clique → hasVerseBy → Jay-Z ⓘ
Sanaa Hamri → hasWorkedWith → Jay-Z ⓘ