Today is the birthday of the famous rapper, Shawn Corey Carter who is popularly known by thw stage name Jay Z.
According to Wikipedia he was born on December 4th of the year 1969.. So, that makes him..er.. 45 years old.. Wow!! I have always been so good at maths..
As an artist,he holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with 13. He also has had 4 number ones on the Billboard Hot 100,one as leading artist. On december 11,2009.\, he was ranked as the tenth most succesfull artist of the 2000s by Billboard as well as the fifth top solo male artist and fourth rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50-Cent. He was also ranked the 88th greatest artist of all time by Rolling Stones.
His famous works include:
Reasonable Doubt(1996)
In My Lifetime, Vol 1 (1997)
Vol 2 ... Hard Knock Life(199)
Vol 3.. Life and Times of S. Carter (1999)
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000)
The Blueprint (2001)
The Best of Both Worlds(with R. Kelly) (2002)
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002)
The Black Album (2003)
Unfinished Business(with R.Kelly)(2004)
Kingdom Come (2006)
American Gangster (2007)
the Blueprint 3(2009)
watch the Throne (with Kanye west) (2011)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
He has also been a part of various movies too..
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JayZ?hc_location=timeline
Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/jayz
Despite all these achievements.. many people still knows him as Beyonce's spouse (only because i saw some search results today,which made me tell you this)
take care folks..
