An haifi Sean Corey Carter ranar 4 ga Disamba, 1969. Jay-Z ya girma ne a unguwar Brooklyn inda ake shan kwayoyi da yawa. Ya yi amfani da rap a matsayin tserewa kuma ya bayyana akan Yo! MTV Raps a cikin 1989.
Bayan sayar da miliyoyin bayanan tare da lakabin Roc-A-Fella, Jay-Z ya kirkiro layin tufafi. Ya auri fitacciyar mawakiya kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Beyonce Knowles a cikin 2008.
Rayuwar farko ta Jay-Z
An haifi Rapper Jay-Z a Brooklyn (New York). Mahaifiyar Jay-Z daga baya ta ce: “Shi ne na ƙarshe a cikin ’ya’yana huɗu, shi ne kaɗai wanda bai cutar da ni ba sa’ad da na haife shi, kuma shi ya sa na gane cewa shi ɗa ne na musamman.” Uba (Adnes Reeves) ya bar iyalin sa’ad da Jay-Z yake ɗan shekara 11 kawai. Mahaifiyarsa (Gloria Carter) ta taso da matashin rapper.
A lokacin matashi mai wahala, dalla-dalla a cikin yawancin waƙoƙin tarihin rayuwarsa, Sean Carter ya yi mu'amala da kwayoyi kuma yana wasa da makamai daban-daban. Ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Eli Whitney a Brooklyn, inda ya kasance abokin karatun almara na rap Notious B.I.G.
Kamar yadda Jay-Z daga baya ya tuna da ƙuruciyarsa a cikin ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙinsa "Disamba 4": "Na tafi makaranta, na sami maki mai kyau, na iya zama kamar mutumin kirki. Amma ina da aljanu a ciki da za a iya tada su ta hanyar karo."
Hip hop daukaka Jay-Z
Carter ya fara yin raye-raye tun yana matashi, yana guje wa kwayoyi, tashin hankali, da talauci da suka kewaye shi a Ayyukan Marcy.
A cikin 1989, ya shiga rapper Jaz-O, babban mai zane wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara, don yin rikodin Mafarin. Godiya gare ta, ma'auratan sun bayyana a wani shirin Yo! MTV Raps. A wannan lokacin ne Sean Carter ya karɓi laƙabin Jay-Z, wanda duka biyun yabo ne ga Jaz-O, wasan kwaikwayo akan laƙabin yara na Carter Jazzy, da kuma nuni ga tashar jirgin ƙasa ta J/Z kusa da gidansa a Brooklyn.
Duk da suna da sunan mataki, Jay-Z ya kasance ba a san shi ba har sai da shi da abokai biyu, Damon Dash da Kareem Burke, sun kafa Roc-A-Fella Records a 1996. A watan Yuni na wannan shekarar, Jay-Z ya fitar da kundi na farko, Shakka Mai Ma'ana.
Ko da yake rikodin ya kai kololuwa a lamba 23 akan taswirar Billboard, yanzu ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin kundi na musamman na hip hop tare da waƙoƙi irin su Can't Knock the Hustle da ke nuna Mary J. Blige da kuma Brooklyn's Finest. Haɗin kai tare da Notorious BIG Jay-Z ne ya shirya shi.
Shekaru biyu bayan haka, Jay-Z ya sami ƙarin nasara tare da 1998 Vol. 2…Rayuwa Mai Wuya. Waƙar take ita ce mafi shaharar guda ɗaya, inda ya sami Jay-Z nadinsa na farko na Grammy. Rayuwar Hard Knock ita ce farkon lokacin da mai rairayi ya zama babban suna a hip-hop.
A cikin shekaru da yawa, mawaƙin rap ɗin ya fitar da kundi da wakoki da yawa. Shahararrun wakokinsa sune Can I Get A…, Big Pimpin, I Just Wanna Love U, Izzo (HOVA) da 03 Bonnie & Clyde. Kazalika guda daya tare da amaryar nan gaba Beyonce Knowles.
Kundin da aka fi sani da Jay-Z daga wannan lokacin shine The Blueprint (2001), wanda daga baya ya sanya jerin masu sukar kiɗa da yawa na mafi kyawun kundi na shekaru goma.
Daga rapper Jay-Z zuwa 'yan kasuwa
A 2003, mai zane ya girgiza duniyar hip-hop. Ya fito da Black Album. Kuma ya sanar da cewa wannan zai zama kundin solo na ƙarshe kafin ya yi ritaya.
Da aka tambaye shi ya bayyana ficewar sa daga rap ba zato ba tsammani, Jay-Z ya ce ya taba zana wahayi daga kokarin da ya ke yi na fice da sauran shahararrun MC. Amma sai kawai ya gundura saboda rashin gasar. "Wasan ba shi da zafi," in ji shi. "Ina son sa idan wani ya yi albam mai zafi sannan kuma dole ne ku yi albam mai zafi. Ina son shi Amma yanzu ba haka ba ne, ba zafi."
A lokacin hutu daga rap, mai zane ya mayar da hankalinsa ga bangaren kiɗa na kasuwanci ta zama shugaban Def Jam Recordings. A matsayinsa na shugaban Def Jam, ya sanya hannu kan manyan ayyuka: Rihanna, Ne-Yo da Young Jeezy. Ya kuma taimaka wajen kawo canji ga Kanye West. Amma mulkinsa akan lakabin hip-hop mai daraja bai kasance mai santsi ba. Jay-Z ya sauka a matsayin shugaban Def Jam a shekara ta 2007.
Sauran ayyukan kasuwanci na mai zanen da ke gudana sun haɗa da shahararren layin tufafi na birni Rocawear da Roc-A-Fella. Ya kuma mallaki babban mashawarcin wasanni na 40/40 Club, wanda ke cikin New York da Atlantic City, kuma yana da haɗin gwiwar ikon mallakar wasan ƙwallon kwando na New Jersey Nets. Kamar yadda Jay-Z ya taɓa faɗi game da daular kasuwancinsa: "Ni ba ɗan kasuwa ba ne - ni kaina kasuwanci ne, dude."
Dawowar Jay Z
A cikin 2006, Jay-Z ya daina yin kiɗa, yana fitar da sabon kundi mai suna Kingdom Come. Ba da daɗewa ba ya sake fitar da ƙarin kundi guda biyu: American Gangster a 2007 da Blueprint 3 a 2010.
Wannan kundi uku na baya-bayan nan sun nuna alamar tashi daga farkon sautin Jay-Z, wanda ya haɗa da dutsen da rai. Da kuma ba da manyan jigogi a matsayin martani ga guguwar Katrina; zaben Barack Obama a 2008; illolin shahara da arziki. Jay-Z yayi magana game da ƙoƙarin daidaita waƙarsa don dacewa da tsakiyar shekarunsa.
"Babu mutane da yawa a cikin rap da suka kai shekarun girma, saboda yana da shekaru 30 kacal," in ji shi. "Yayin da mutane da yawa suka tsufa, muna fatan batutuwan za su yi girma sannan masu sauraro za su karu."
A cikin 2008, Jay-Z ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar dala miliyan 150 tare da kamfanin tallata kide-kide na Live Nation. Wannan babbar yarjejeniyar ta haifar da haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Roc Nation (kamfanin nishaɗi wanda ke kula da fannonin ayyukan masu fasaha). Baya ga Jay-Z, Roc Nation yana kula da Willow Smith da J. Cole.
Mai zane-zane ya tabbatar da samun karfin kasuwanci da mahimmanci. Ya haɗu da wani sanannen wakilin sarkin rap, Kanye West, a cikin 2011 akan Watch the Throne. Kundin ya juya ya zama bugun sau uku, wanda ya cika rap, R&B da fastoci a watan Agusta.
Waƙar Otis, wacce ke misalta Marigayi Otis Redding, ta sami nadin Grammy da yawa. An kuma zaɓi rikodin don Mafi kyawun Album ɗin Rap.
Shekaru biyu bayan fitar da wani kundi tare da Yamma, duka rap ɗin biyu sun fitar da kundi na solo a cikin makonni na ranar fitowar kundin. Kundin Yamma na Yeezus (2013) ya sami yabo don ƙirƙira ta. Yayin da kundin jay-Z mai ba shi shawara ya sami mafi ƙarancin sake dubawa. Album ɗin studio na 12 na Rappers Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013) ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin cancanta. Amma ya kasa rayuwa daidai da sunan hip-hop.
Rayuwar sirri ta Jay Z
Ya damu sosai game da rayuwarsa ta sirri, Jay-Z bai yi magana a bainar jama'a game da dangantakarsa da budurwarsa ba, mashahurin mawaƙi kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Beyoncé Knowles tsawon shekaru.
Ma’auratan sun iya kāre ’yan jarida daga ƙaramin bikin aurensu, wanda ya faru a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 2008 a New York. Kimanin mutane 40 ne suka halarci bikin a gidan Jay-Z. Ciki har da 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Gwyneth Paltrow da tsoffin membobin Destiny's Child Kelly Rowland da Michelle Williams.
Bayan fara iyali, Jay-Z da Beyonce sun zama batun jita-jita masu yawa na ciki. Bayan lokaci, suna da 'ya mai suna Blue Ivy Carter (Janairu 7, 2012). Damuwa game da keɓantawa da tsaro, ma'auratan sun yi hayar wani yanki na Asibitin Lenox Hill na New York kuma sun ɗauki ƙarin masu gadi.
Jim kadan bayan haihuwar 'yarsa, Jay-Z ya fitar da wata waka don girmama ta a gidan yanar gizonsa. A cikin Glory, ya raba farin ciki na uba kuma ya yi magana game da gaskiyar cewa Beyoncé a baya ta yi rashin ciki. Jay-Z da Beyonce sun kuma buga sako tare da waƙar suna cewa "muna cikin sama" da "haihuwar Blue shine mafi kyawun kwarewar rayuwarmu."
