In 2015, he acquired the technology company Aspiro and led the expansion of Tidal, the company's media streaming service. Both businesses grew to multi-million-dollar corporations, enabling him to launch Roc Nation, a multi-disciplinary entertainment agency in 2008. In 2003, he founded 40/40 Club, a luxury bar chain.

In 1999, he founded Rocawear, a clothing retailer. Through his business ventures, Jay-Z became the first hip-hop billionaire in 2019. Jay-Z holds the record for the most number-one albums (14) of any solo artist on the Billboard 200. He released the collaborative albums Collision Course with Linkin Park in 2004, Watch the Throne with Kanye West in 2011, and Everything Is Love with his wife Beyoncé in 2018. He went on to release twelve additional albums to further critical acclaim and commercial success, including The Blueprint (2001), The Black Album (2003), American Gangster (2007), and 4:44 (2017). īorn and raised in New York City, Jay-Z began his musical career in the late 1980s he co-founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1994 and released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in 1996, which was met with critical praise. He is the founder and chairman of entertainment company Roc Nation, and was the president and chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings from 2004 to 2007. Known for his involvement in the creative and commercial success of numerous artists, he was named the greatest rapper of all time by Billboard and Vibe in 2023. Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur.

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