Jay-Z Net Worth

Jay-Z's Quotes

• I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man.
• I come from the Marcy projects, in Brooklyn, which is considered a tough place to grow up, but this [showed me] how good we have it. The rappers who say, 'We're from the 'hood,' take it from me, you're not from the 'hood. You haven't seen people with no access to water. It really put things in perspective. - [His thoughts regarding trip taken to Africa in 2006 on his first world tour, where he discovered that 1.1 billion people don't have clean drinking water.]
• [on his marriage to Beyoncé]This is my real life. I just ran into this place and we built this big beautiful mansion of a relationship that wasn't totally built on the 100 percent truth and it starts cracking. Things start happening that the public can see.Then we had to get to a point of, Okay, tear this down and let's start from the beginning.It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
• [on why he played 4:44, his new album for Beyoncé before anyone else]We just got to a place where, in order for this to work, this can't be fake. Not one ounce. I'm not saying it wasn't uncomfortable because obviously it was.

Interesting Facts about Jay-Z

1. "Ghostwriter" for such stars as: Foxy Brown, Mase, Dr. Dre and others.
2. His ex-girlfriend's pregnancy led to a miscarriage two years ago, a fact he laments in the song "This Can't Be Life", from 2000's The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000).
3. Has had six consecutive albums make #1 debuts on The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Charts: "Volume 2: Hard Knock Life"; "Volume 3: The Life and Times of S. Carter"; "The Dynasty/Roc la' Familia"; "The Blueprint"; "Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse", and "The Black Album".
4. Since his album "Hard Knock Life/Volume 2", every Jay-Z solo album has gone at least double platinum.
5. 2003" Opened a sports bar called 40/40 Club.
6. His "The Blueprint 2" has sold a total of 3 million copies.
7. Created urban clothing line 'Roca Wear'
8. His album, "The Black Album", was supposed to be his last.
9. Calls "Reasonable Doubt" the favorite of his own recordings because "it's the first.".
10. Calls "Blueprint 2" his weakest album because of "too many songs.".
11. The second rapper to have his own signature sneaker, the S. Carter by Reebok. (Master P was first, affiliated with Converse.) It went on to become one of the biggest-selling sneakers of 2003.
12. "The Black Album" was to be accompanied by his autobiography, "The Black Book". Instead the autobiography came later under the title of "Decoded".
13. Ends the feud with Rapper Nas.
14. Is good friends with Eminem. They have worked together three times since 2003.
15. Has often been called "The God MC." This is why he has been called Hova. J-Hova (Jehovah).
16. He and Beyoncé are buying a house in Miami as well as in London, England.
17. Discovered rapper Malicious Jynx.
18. July 2004: Has a sneaker deal with Reebok to create his S. Carter sneaker line.
19. Is portrayed by Jimmie Walker in rapper Cam'ron's video, "Wet Wipes".
20. Was among the guests at Usher's 26th birthday party.