Sean Corey Carter anabadwa pa December 4, 1969. Jay-Z anakulira m’dera la Brooklyn komwe kunali mankhwala osokoneza bongo ambiri. Anagwiritsa ntchito rap ngati kuthawa ndipo adawonekera pa Yo! MTV Raps mu 1989.
Atagulitsa mamiliyoni a zolemba ndi zolemba zake za Roc-A-Fella, Jay-Z adapanga mzere wa zovala. Anakwatirana ndi woimba komanso wojambula wotchuka Beyoncé Knowles mu 2008.
Moyo woyambirira wa Jay-Z
Rapper Jay-Z anabadwira ku Brooklyn (New York). “Iye anali womalizira mwa ana anga anayi,” anakumbukira motero amayi ake a Jay-Z pambuyo pake, “m’modzi yekha amene sanandipweteke pamene ndinam’bala, ndicho chifukwa chake ndinazindikira kuti anali mwana wapadera.” Bambo (Adnes Reeves) adasiya banja pamene Jay-Z anali ndi zaka 11 zokha. Rapper wachinyamatayo adaleredwa ndi amayi ake (Gloria Carter).
Paunyamata wovuta, wofotokozedwa m'nyimbo zake zambiri, Sean Carter ankachita mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndikusewera ndi zida zosiyanasiyana. Anapita ku Eli Whitney High School ku Brooklyn, komwe anali mkalasi ya nthano ya rap Notious B.I.G.
Monga Jay-Z pambuyo pake anakumbukira ubwana wake mu imodzi mwa nyimbo zake "December 4": "Ndinapita kusukulu, ndinapeza magiredi abwino, ndimatha kuchita ngati munthu wamakhalidwe abwino. Koma ndinali ndi ziwanda mkati mwake zomwe zimatha kudzutsidwa ndi kugundana."
Ulemerero wa hip hop Jay-Z
Carter anayamba kuvina ali wamng'ono kwambiri, kuthawa mankhwala osokoneza bongo, chiwawa, ndi umphawi zomwe zinamuzungulira pa Marcy Projects.
Mu 1989, adalumikizana ndi rapper Jaz-O, wojambula wamkulu yemwe anali mlangizi, kuti alembe The Originator. Zikomo kwa iye, banjali lidawonekera pagawo la Yo! MTV Raps. Apa ndipamene Sean Carter adatengera dzina loti Jay-Z, lomwe lidali laulemu kwa Jaz-O, sewero la Carter laubwana wake Jazzy, komanso zonena za siteshoni yapansi panthaka ya J/Z pafupi ndi kwawo ku Brooklyn.
Ngakhale anali ndi dzina la siteji, Jay-Z sanadziwike mpaka iye ndi anzake awiri, Damon Dash ndi Kareem Burke, adapanga Roc-A-Fella Records mu 1996. Mu June chaka chomwecho, Jay-Z adatulutsa chimbale chake choyamba, Reasonable Doubt.
Ngakhale mbiriyo idafika pa nambala 23 pama chart a Billboard, tsopano imatengedwa ngati chimbale chodziwika bwino cha hip hop chokhala ndi nyimbo monga Can't Knock the Hustle yokhala ndi Mary J. Blige ndi Brooklyn's Finest. Kugwirizana ndi Notorious BIG kudakonzedwa ndi Jay-Z.
Zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake, Jay-Z adachita bwino kwambiri ndi 1998 Vol. 2…Moyo Wakugogoda Kwambiri. Nyimboyi inali yopambana kwambiri, yomwe idalandira Jay-Z kukhala woyamba kusankhidwa kukhala Grammy. Hard Knock Life ndi chiyambi cha nthawi yochuluka yomwe woimbayo adakhala dzina lalikulu kwambiri mu hip-hop.
Kwa zaka zambiri, rapperyo watulutsa ma Albums ambiri ndi osakwatiwa. Nyimbo zake zodziwika bwino ndi Can I Get A…, Big Pimpin, I Just Wanna Love U, Izzo (HOVA) ndi 03 Bonnie & Clyde. Komanso wosakwatiwa ndi mkwatibwi wamtsogolo Beyoncé Knowles.
Chimbale chodziwika bwino cha Jay-Z kuyambira nthawiyi chinali The Blueprint (2001), yomwe pambuyo pake idapanga mndandanda wa otsutsa ambiri a nyimbo zabwino kwambiri zazaka khumi.
Kuyambira rapper Jay-Z kupita kwa amalonda
Mu 2003, wojambulayo adagwedeza dziko la hip-hop. Anatulutsa Album ya Black. Ndipo adalengeza kuti iyi ikhala chimbale chake chomaliza asanapume pantchito.
Atafunsidwa kuti afotokoze zomwe adachoka mwadzidzidzi ku rap, Jay-Z adati nthawi ina adalimbikitsidwa poyesa kupambana ma MC ena otchuka. Koma anangotopa chifukwa chosowa mpikisano. "Masewera sali otentha," adatero. “Ndimakonda munthu akapanga chimbale chotentha kwambiri ndiyeno umafunika kupanga chimbale chotentha kwambiri. Ndimachikonda. Koma tsopano sizili choncho, sikutentha.”
Panthawi yopuma kuchokera ku rap, wojambulayo adatembenukira kumbali ya nyimbo za bizinesiyo pokhala pulezidenti wa Def Jam Recordings. Monga mutu wa Def Jam, adasaina ntchito zodziwika bwino: Rihanna, Ne-Yo ndi Young Jeezy. Anathandiziranso kusintha kwa Kanye West. Koma ulamuliro wake pa chizindikiro cholemekezeka cha hip-hop sunakhale bwino. Jay-Z adasiya kukhala Purezidenti wa Def Jam mu 2007.
Mabizinesi ena omwe akuchitika ndi ojambulawo akuphatikiza zovala zodziwika bwino zamatawuni Rocawear ndi Roc-A-Fella. Alinso ndi kalabu yamasewera apamwamba 40/40 Club, yomwe ili ku New York ndi Atlantic City, ndipo ndi eni ake a New Jersey Nets basketball franchise. Monga Jay-Z adanenapo za ufumu wake wamalonda: "Sindine wamalonda - ndine bizinesi ndekha, dude."
Kubwerera kwa Jay Z
Mu 2006, Jay-Z anasiya kupanga nyimbo, kutulutsa chimbale chatsopano, Kingdom Come. Posakhalitsa adatulutsanso nyimbo zina ziwiri: American Gangster mu 2007 ndi Blueprint 3 mu 2010.
Ma Albamu atatu am'tsogolo awa adawonetsa kuchoka kwa mawu oyambilira a Jay-Z, kuphatikiza rock ndi soul. Ndipo kupereka mitu yokhwima monga kuyankha kwa mphepo yamkuntho Katrina; chisankho cha Barack Obama mu 2008; kuopsa kwa kutchuka ndi chuma. Jay-Z amalankhula za kuyesa kusintha nyimbo zake kuti zigwirizane ndi zaka zake zapakati.
"Palibe anthu ambiri omwe ali mu rap omwe afika zaka zambiri, chifukwa ali ndi zaka 30 zokha," adatero. "Pamene anthu ambiri akukula, tikukhulupirira kuti mitu idzakula ndipo omvera adzachuluka."
Mu 2008, Jay-Z adasaina mgwirizano wa $ 150 miliyoni ndi kampani yotsatsa konsati ya Live Nation. Mgwirizano wapamwambawu udapanga mgwirizano pakati pa Roc Nation (kampani yosangalatsa yomwe imagwira ntchito za akatswiri ojambula). Kuwonjezera pa Jay-Z, Roc Nation imayang'anira Willow Smith ndi J. Cole.
Wojambulayo watsimikizira kuti ali ndi mphamvu zonse zamalonda komanso zovuta. Anagwirizana ndi woimira wina wodziwika bwino wa mfumu ya rap, Kanye West, mu 2011 pa Watch the Throne. Chimbalecho chinakhala chopambana katatu, pamwamba pa rap, R&B ndi ma chart a pop mu Ogasiti.
Nyimbo ya Otis, yomwe imatengera malemu Otis Redding, idalandira mayina angapo a Grammy. Chojambuliracho chidasankhidwanso kukhala Best Rap Album.
Patatha zaka ziwiri atatulutsa chimbale ndi West, oimba onsewa adatulutsa ma albamu awo pasanathe milungu ingapo kuchokera tsiku lotulutsidwa. Album ya West Yeezus (2013) idayamikiridwa chifukwa cha luso lake. Pomwe chimbale cha mlangizi wake Jay-Z chidalandira ndemanga zochepa. Chimbale cha 12 cha Rappers Magna Carta cha Holy Grail (2013) chidawonedwa ngati choyenera. Koma analephera kukhala ndi mbiri ya hip-hop.
Moyo wa Jay Z
Okhudzidwa kwambiri ndi moyo wake, Jay-Z sanalankhule poyera za ubale wake ndi chibwenzi chake, woimba wotchuka komanso wojambula Beyoncé Knowles kwa zaka zambiri.
Awiriwa adatha kuteteza atolankhani ku ukwati wawo wawung'ono, womwe unachitika pa Epulo 4, 2008 ku New York. Anthu pafupifupi 40 okha ndi omwe adachita nawo chikondwererocho panyumba ya Jay-Z. Kuphatikizapo wosewera Gwyneth Paltrow ndi mamembala akale a Destiny's Child Kelly Rowland ndi Michelle Williams.
Atangoyamba banja, Jay-Z ndi Beyonce adakhala nkhani ya mphekesera zambiri za mimba. Patapita nthawi, anali ndi mwana wamkazi dzina lake Blue Ivy Carter (January 7, 2012). Poganizira zachinsinsi komanso chitetezo, banjali lidachita lendi chipatala cha Lenox Hill ku New York ndikulemba alonda owonjezera.
Atangobadwa mwana wake wamkazi, Jay-Z adatulutsa nyimbo yomulemekeza patsamba lake. Ku Ulemerero, adagawana chisangalalo cha utate ndipo adalankhula zakuti Beyoncé adapita padera. Jay-Z ndi Beyonce adatumizanso uthenga ndi nyimbo yoti "tiri kumwamba" komanso "kubereka Blue kunali kopambana kwambiri pamoyo wathu."
