小档案
外 文 名 Shawn Carter
别 名 Jay Z
国 籍 美国
星 座 射手座
出 生 地 美国纽约的布鲁克林区
出生日期 1969年12月4日
职 业 歌手
经纪公司 Def Jam公司
代表作品 《Blueprint3》
主要成就 Billboard专辑榜13座冠军头衔
2010年最受欢迎Hip-Hop歌手
MTV评为“有史以来最伟大的说唱歌手”第一名。
艺人资料
Jay Z(1969年12月4日-),本名Shawn Corey Carter,美国嘻哈歌手、唱片制作人、企业家。歌手生涯共发行了18张大碟,全球销量达到7500万。在Billboard专辑榜上的冠军专辑数达13张(历史第二,超越猫王,仅次于披头士)。而他的音乐作品共获得17项格莱美奖。
1996年,Jay-Z推出处女大碟《Reasonable Doubt》,1996年到2003年,Jay-Z每年都发行一张专辑,此后他担任了Def Jam唱片公司的总裁,随后与Live Nation合作创立了Roc Nation。
在2008年4月4日与碧昂丝结婚。2012年1月7日女儿布鲁·艾薇出世。
Jay-Z被MTV评为“有史以来最伟大的说唱歌手”第一名。滚石则将其评为最伟大的艺术家的第八十八位。
早年经历
原名为Shaw nCarter的Jay-Z在纽约布鲁克林区的玛西公屋区长大,这里离他现在定居的曼哈顿T ribeca区不过4里半路之遥。所谓的公屋区,不过是数幢标有数字的建筑。童年的JayZ喜欢用消防水龙头的水喷人,也喜欢打篮球、骑单车。六年级的时候他喜欢上他的老师,因为老师说他聪明。他喜欢阅读。在家里,他会写一些有押韵的文字,他喜欢听和模仿迈克尔·杰克逊。家里整天播着他父母收录的大碟,他把他的家称之为派对屋子。到了他11岁的时候,他的叔伯给人刺死,受到兄弟死亡刺激的父亲转向毒品并离开了家。于是有很长一段时间他变得非常内向,不肯跟任何人接近,并在青少年开始参与毒品交易。
Jay-Z回忆,他成长于里根时代,毒品无所不在。他们家日子过得紧巴巴,但倒也不至于要挨饿。但那时候,少年的自尊心尤为敏感,像不想穿上脏兮兮的布鞋去上学,同一件衣服不想一穿再穿,所以无可避免地,他也沾上了毒品,“其实在那个年代那种背景,这种事实属平常”。Jay-Z选择跑去新泽西特伦顿贩毒,经常一离家就是数月,这样倒给他免除了不少麻烦事。当年的玛西公屋区是一个危险区,Jay-Z有不少少年朋友就在自家门前做毒品交易,后来不是死了就是给关进了监狱。
Jay-Z去了特伦顿,那里毒品的价格可以翻倍或3倍。在经营毒品交易的同时,JayZ仍然没忘记音乐。从事毒品交易给他带来了不少金钱,最初Jay Z还想力图两者兼顾。后来在毒品交易和音乐之间他选了音乐。作为一个生涩的饶舌艺人,他不能为自己的作品找到任何厂牌。于是在1995年,他和生意伙伴Da鄄monDash、KareemBurke组建了自己的音乐厂牌Roc-A-FellaRecords。
演艺经历
1996年,Jay-Z录制并发行了自己的第一张个人专辑,同时也是Roc-A-Fella唱片公司的第一张专辑《Reasonable Doubt》,这张发行自东西海岸说唱音乐争斗最残酷时期的帮匪说唱专辑非常令人惊奇,多首单曲成为排行榜主打,到了如今他也被公认是Jay-Z在上个世纪最杰出的专辑,同时也成为了帮匪说唱专辑的经典作品。《Reasonable Doubt》的初获成功也为Jay-Z的下一张专辑以及Roc-A-Fella唱片公司的发展开了一个好头。
1997年,Jay-Z的第二张专辑《In My Lifetime, Vol. 1》发行,富有商业头脑的Jay-Z在这张专辑中为了吸引更多的听众以及扩大他的知名度和唱片公司的影响力,把专辑的音乐风格从偏激的帮匪说唱转变为了更加易于各方面听众接受的流行说唱,同时在专辑中邀请了包括吹牛老爹Sean "Puffy" Combs在内的多位大牌歌星助阵,而这些措施效果显著,不仅拥有多首单曲打榜,而且这张专辑的销量也迅速超过了《Reasonable Doubt》,杀进了Billboard 200排行榜的前三名,Jay-Z已经成为了一名一流的说唱歌星。
1998年9月29日,Jay-Z的第三张个人专辑《Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life》正式发行,这张纯粹的流行音乐专辑的14首单曲中近半数成为排行榜热门,其中的一些在现在已经成为了Jay-Z的标志性作品,比如《Hard Knock Life 》,Jay-Z借此更进一步的扩大了自己的领地,同时这张专辑也在发行后成为了Billboard 200排行榜的冠军,这也是Jay-Z第一张冠军专辑,已经完全转变成为了流行说唱歌手的Jay-Z在1998年度第41届格莱美颁奖典礼上获得了到目前为止他个人唯一的一尊格莱美奖杯,专辑《Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life》获得了年度最佳说唱专辑大奖,Jay-Z成为了被各方面都认可的最顶尖的说唱明星。
1999年,Jay-Z发行了第四张个人专辑,这张专辑是依旧讲述自己的故事的《Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter》。此时的Jay-Z已经普遍的采用和其他歌星合作演唱的方式来表演歌曲,这张专辑中几乎每一首歌都是由Jay-Z和其他歌星共同演唱的,在商业上也依旧保持着自己的辉煌,而这种大面积和其他歌星合作的做法也使Roc-A-Fella唱片公司渐渐成为了说唱工业的一个重要的组成部分。2000年,Jay-Z发行了第五张个人专辑《Dynasty Roc la Familia》,除了唱片本身依旧保持着很高的商业成绩以外,已经在业界名声鹊起的Roc-A-Fella唱片公司开始在这张专辑中逐渐的推出自己公司的一些新人来和Jay-Z一起演唱歌曲。也许是因为确实缺乏大牌歌星的加盟,因此在销量上比以往出现了一些下降。不过在这张专辑里,Jay-Z开始和一些超级音乐制作人展开合作,比如大名鼎鼎的the Neptunes和Kayne West等,这在一定程度上也为Jay-Z在制作人方向的发展期了一定的推动作用。
2001年9月18日,Jay-Z在新世纪最优秀的专辑《The Blueprint》正式发行,这张专辑中颇有些令人以外的没有邀请大牌的明星参与演唱,只是和Eminem一起演唱了《Renagade》,这张专辑也成为了自首张专辑《Reasonable Doubt》之后,最为Jay-Z个人化的作品,因此也被认为是Jay-Z自《Reasonable Doubt》之后最经典的专辑。巨大的销量和影响以及专辑中的多首优秀单曲使这张专辑更强有力的巩固了Jay-Z在说唱乐坛的地位,Jay-Z与吹牛老爹Sean "Puffy" Combs等人一起成为了说唱工业的代表性人物。但是这张专辑中的一些单曲引起了些麻烦,由于在此前演唱会中Jay-Z利用一些单曲进行了针对其他歌手的讽刺而引起了旷日持久的口水战,并且一直延续到了专辑发行之后的很长时间。但是在这之后Jay-Z又开始了和其他歌手的合作,他首先与the Roots合作在2001年稍晚的时候发行了MTV台的不插电现场专辑《Unplugged》又与另一名说唱歌星R. Kelly在2002年联合发行了专辑《Best of Both Worlds》。
2002年,Jay-Z发行了与其他明星合作的双CD专辑《The Blueprint? The Gift &the Curse》,以及在2003年上半年发行这张专辑的单CD版本《Blueprint 2.1》虽然这两张专辑作为2001年的《The Blueprint》的续集作品在商业上依旧是相当的火爆,并且在其中仍然包括了相当大量的明星,但是在歌迷和评论家眼中他们却都没有达到《The Blueprint》的高度。2003年11月14日,Jay-Z发行了号称是最后一张专辑的第十张专辑《The Black Album》。
2006年他的第十张专辑《KingdomCome》发行。这是他自从2003年退出歌坛以来的首次复出。
2014年,Jay-Z得到九项格莱美提名。
2015年,在56届格莱美颁奖礼上,他和碧昂斯共同演唱“Drunk in Love”。之后赢得了包括“最佳R&B歌手”等三项格莱美大奖。
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969),known by his stage name Jay Z (formerly Jay-Z),is an American rapper, entrepreneur and investor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists in America. In 2014, Forbes estimated Jay Z's net worth at nearly $520 million. He is one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records, while receiving 21 Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations.Consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers ever, he was ranked number one by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. Three of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996), The Blueprint (2001), and The Black Album (2003), are considered landmarks in the genre with all of them featured in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
As an entrepreneur and investor, Jay Z co-owns the New York 40/40 Club sports bar, and is the co-creator of the clothing line Rocawear.He is the former president of Def Jam Recordings, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, and the founder of Roc Nation. He also founded the sports agency Roc Nation Sports and is a certified NBA and MLB sports agent.As an artist, he holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with 13.Jay Z also has had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist. On December 11, 2009, Jay Z was ranked as the tenth-most successful artist of the 2000s by Billboard as well as the fifth top solo male artist and fourth top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent. He was also ranked the 88th greatest artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
Jay Z married American R&B singer Beyoncé in 2008.They have a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter, born January 7, 2012.
Jay Z collaborated with M.I.A. on the single "XXXO", which achieved a fair level of success and went on to become remixed by several producers worldwide. In May 2012, Jay Z and Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced Jay Z as the curator and the headliner for the first annual "Budweiser Made in America" festival at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on September 1 and 2, 2012. The performance will be produced by Live Nation and will assemble an eclectic lineup of "rock, hip hop, R&B, Latin music and dance" musicians. Jay Z and Rihanna were the two main headlining acts for BBC Radio 1's 2012 Hackney Weekend music festival on June 23 to 24. Jay Z opened his set with an appearance from Rihanna, they performed "Run this Town". On September 6, "Clique" was released, a single for the album "Cruel Summer", by GOOD Music. Kanye West and Big Sean star alongside Jay Z in the track. Jay Z took the subway to his sold out show at The Barclays Center On October 6, 2012.On November 12, 2012, Coldplay announced that they will be playing with Jay Z at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on December 31.
On September 23, 2010, Q-Tip confirmed working on Jay Z's follow up album to The Blueprint 3, saying the album was to hit stores by spring 2011.In May 2012 it was reported that Jay Z would work on new music with Roc Nation producer Jahlil Beats. Beats told XXL: "Me and Jay-Z been going back and forth. He picked a couple of my joints that he's working on. I don't even wanna say too much about Jay, but we definitely working on some stuff. I haven't even sent him a bunch of beats. I sent him my favorite stuff. He hit me right back like, 'Yo, I'ma go in on this,' or, 'I like this.'"The album has been named one of the most anticipated albums of 2013 by Complex Magazine, MTV, and XXL Magazine. Production will come from Jahlil Beats, Kanye West, Rick Rubin, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, and Pharrell Williams.Jay Z also made an appearance on Justin Timberlake's comeback single "Suit & Tie" from his third studio album The 20/20 Experience, the song itself was produced by both Jay Z and Timberlake's mutual friend, Timbaland.During the fifth game of the 2013 NBA Finals, Carter announced his twelfth studio album, Magna Carta Holy Grail. It was released July 4, 2013. Magna Carta Holy Grail debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and sold 528,000 copies in its first week, which bypassed its predicted debut in the range of 350,000 to 400,000.In December 2013, it was announced that Jay Z had received nine nominations at the 2014 Grammy Awards, more than any other artist. Jay Z appeared on his wife Beyoncé's self-titled fifth studio album, Beyoncé, with a feature on the song "Drunk in Love". They performed this song together at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards opening. The song and it's accompanying album would later win three Grammy Awards including Best R&B Performance at the 2015 ceremony.