A Dynasty Like No Other
Living just enough for the city wasn't enough for a dreaming kid, born Shawn Carter. The battered brick asbestos asylums just didn't offer the type of sophistication conducive to a Cristal sipping lifestyle. Working some simple grocery-bagging job fourteen hours a day wasn't the move either. So, when the young boy set foot on the burning sands of manhood, he left his given name of Shawn Carter and emerged as Jay-Z. At millenniums end, the hottest rapper in rap music is Jay-Z. Since the release of his quadruple-platinum "VOL.2...Hard Knock Life", Jay-z has an incredible string of urban radio hits. "Can I Get A...", "Hard Knock Life", "Jigga What, Jigga Who", "Money, Cash" the list goes on and on. Unlike many of today's most popular rap artists, Jay built an extensive catalog of hits before making his mark on the charts and enjoys underground respectability as well as mainstream acceptance. Longtime rap fans may remember Jay-Z as an associate of Jaz, who had a minor hit in 1988 with "Hawaiian Sophie". Before that, he was Shawn Carter; a young dreamer born in 1969 on December 4th. Born and raised in Brooklyn's Marcy Projects.
The creativity of Shawn Carter has brought him a superb collection of tracks with more to come. Jay-Z has a signature lyrical prowess and has the ability to weave vivid tales of urban street life with clarity, depth, and precision. Which has proven to be the perfect mixture of a legend in the making. Shawn Carter gives this food for thought. "You cant ignore us, cause we're comin"..... peared on several underground mix tapes, and his work with Jaz appeared promising. With bills to pay, and an absent father, Jay-Z increasingly found himself drowning in the criminal underworld. A life he had known since the age of 16. Jay-Z, ambitious and solution oriented in a world offering more gratifying awards, found a hustle selling drugs. An occupation that guaranteed to put food on the table. "A lot of kids in the ghetto are out to get the money because they don't wanna be hungry or poor. I'm not glorifying selling drugs, because it's a hard job, and I don't recommend anybody doing it. At that time, I didn't feel like dealing was going over the line. It put food on the table. My intentions were good. Black men in the ghetto don't have many options because they're surrounded by despair and depression. I didn't want to be poor anymore. So I did what I had to do". Jay-Z made certain that he and poverty never bumped heads. Having no intention of going from the playpen to the state pen, Jay kept the high profile flossin to a bare minimum. Panted with a coat of lady lucks elixir, Jay has never been locked up. Ask how his wrists escaped the stainless steel bracelets of the law, and he will downplay fortunes role and give credit to innate intelligence. Hunger, poverty, and regression on the other hand scare Jay almost more than prison itself. It wasn't until 1992 that he found the courage to leave the life of a drug dealer behind him. Jay's dream was coming true. With
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