{"id":12912,"date":"2018-12-03T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=12912"},"modified":"2018-12-03T15:20:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T15:20:17","slug":"happy-birthday-to-jay-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2018\/12\/happy-birthday-to-jay-z\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to Jay-Z"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is the birthday of Shawn Corey Carter, better known as Jay-Z. Growing up in a rough area of Brooklyn, New York, like many other teenagers, Shawn Carter found escape in the world of music. He attended high school with AZ and college with Busta Rhymes and The Notorious B.I.G, all of whom would of course go on to become famous rappers. Known around his neighbourhood as Jazzy, he then changed this to Jay-Z as a tribute to his mentor Jaz-O.<\/p>\n

Jay-Z has won many prestigious music industry awards including several Grammys, but he\u2019s also a very successful entrepreneur. Amongst other ventures, he has his own clothing line and a chain of sports bars.<\/p>\n

Like many of us, his earliest musical influences were found among his parent\u2019s record collection with artists such as Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye but Jay-Z states that he listens to a wide range of musical genres and find inspiration wherever music has soul, regardless of whether it\u2019s rap, pop or R&B.<\/p>\n

Jay-Z \u2013 The fun facts!<\/strong><\/p>\n