Jay-Z's 4:44 Album Anniversary
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Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt Album Anniversary
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Jay-Z's Dead Presidents Single Anniversary
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Jay-Z’s The Black Album Anniversary
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Jay-Z's The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse Album Anniversary
Carter turned to rap at a very young age as an escape from the drugs, violence and poverty that surrounded him in the Marcy Projects. In 1989, he joined the rapper Jaz-O—an older performer who served as a kind of mentor—to record a song called "The Originators," which won the pair an appearance on an episode of Yo! MTV Raps. It was at this point that Shawn Carter embraced the nickname Jay-Z, which was simultaneously an homage to Jaz-O, a play on Carter's childhood nickname of "Jazzy," and a reference to the J/Z subway station near his Brooklyn home.
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Jay-Z's American Gangster Album Anniversary
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Jay-Z's In My Lifetime, Vol 1 Album Anniversary
Jay-Z’s second studio album was released November 4th, 1997. Majority of the production is handled by Puff Daddy's production team The Hitmen from the Bad Boy label, giving the album a generally glossier sound than its predecessor. It displayed a shift from the mafioso rap themes of his first effort to the so-called "jiggy" era of late 90s hip-hop. Read more about Jay-Z’s life and career here.
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Jay-Z is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Jay-Z's The Dynasty: Roc-La-Familia Album Anniversary
The album helped to introduce newcomer producers The Neptunes, Just Blaze, Kanye West, and Bink, which have all gone on to achieve notable success.
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