This presentation will take you on tour with the greatest rapper of all time. Presented by: Soccy Panageas Project 13: My Favorite Band or Solo Artist 1/11/12

 He began freestyling, writing lyrics, and followed the music of many artists popular at the time. In his neighborhood, Carter was known as "Jazzy", a nickname that eventually developed into his showbiz/stage name, "Jay-Z". He owns roc-a-fella records.

Jay-z (Rapper)

Album TitleYear Released Reasonable Doubt1996 The Blueprint2001 The Blueprint The Black Album2003 Kingdom Come2006

 Shawn Corey Carter was born 12/4/1969 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Raised in Brooklyn, Carter was a school friend of the Notorious B.I.G. He started releasing records in the late 1980s. In 1990, he appeared on records by his close friend Jaz ("The Originators") and Original Flavor. Jay-Z set up his own Roc-A-Fella label in His debut, Reasonable Doubt, went on to produce the US number 50 pop single. The album attracted fans with a mixture of hard- hitting lyrics and rhymes, shown by the collaboration with Notorious B.I.G. on "Brooklyn's Finest".

 10. Encore  9. Feelin It  8. Takeover  7. Dirt off Your Shoulder  6. Big Pimpin  5.Young Forever  4. Run This Town  3. Renegade  2. Hard Knock Life

 Empire State of Mind  This is my favorite song because it has a great rhythm and a catchy beat. This song has the best flow of all Jay-z songs.  “I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicano's right there up on Broadway, pull me back to that McDonald's Took it to my stashbox, 560 State St. catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons with them Pastry's Cruisin' down 8th St., off white Lexus drivin' so slow, but BK is from Texas Me, I'm out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie”