Jay-Z
Real name: Шон Кори Картер (Shawn Corey Carter)
Country: USA
Carier start: 1988
Genre: Pop music Rap
"Correct" acquaintances in the musical environment and joint work with the most famous hip-hop producers and artists (for example, with Puff Daddy, who initially brought Sean to fame by producing his first album) led to the fact that Jay-Z, at the same time recording his own music, he also began producing albums for various bands. At the same time, he did not lose his youthful grip - for example, in 1999 he suspected the sound engineer of the recording of making illegal copies of material for Jay-Z's new album with the pretentious name Vol. 3 ... Life and Times of S. Carter. Without thinking twice, Sean and his friends came to a party at the club where the ill-fated soundman was and stabbed him in the stomach. The case was hushed up. As a producer, Jay-Z has worked not only with hip-hop bands, but, for example, with nu-metal bands Linkin Park and Fort Minor; and nevertheless, his main discovery remains his girlfriend, and now the wife of Beyonce Knowles (Beyonce). In 2004-2007 Jay-Z was president of the leading hip-hop label Def Jam, and in 2009 he left and formed a new company, Roc Nation. He also owns the Rocawear apparel brand, a 40/40 club, and owns part of the New Jersey Jets NBA basketball team.
Awards
American Music Awards
2004 - Best Hip-Hop Artist
2009 - Best Hip-Hop Artist, Best Hip-Hop Album (The Blueprint 3)
BET Awards
2001 - Best Hip-Hop Artist
2004 - Best Hip Hop Artist, Best Collaboration (Crazy In Love with Beyonce)
BRIT Awards
2010 - Best International Solo Artist
Grammy Awards
1999 - Best Rap Album (Vol. 2 ... Hard Knock Life)
2004 - Best R&B Song, Best Rap Collaboration (Crazy In Love with Beyonce)
2005 - Best Rap Solo Performance (99 Problems)
2006 - Best Rap Collaboration (Numb / Encore with Linkin Park)
2008 - Best Rap Collaboration (Umbrella with Rihanna)
2009 - Best Rap Collaborative Performance (Swagga Like Us with TI, Kanye West, Lil 'Wayne)
2010 - Best Rap Song, Best Rap Collaboration (Run This Town with Rihanna and Kanye West), Best Rap Solo Performance (DOA)