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JAŸ‐Z

American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur

JAŸ‐Z
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Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and record executive. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, Jay-Z is known for his complex lyricism that often uses double entendres, wordplay, and braggadocio—built on a rags to riches narrative. In 2023, Billboard and Vibe ranked him as the greatest rapper of all time.

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Net worth about $1 billion (2019), as Wikidata records it.

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