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Biography

Jay-Z is considered one of the best hip-hop artists of his time. His lyrics, combined with his beats stand him out with the best…more

Born

12/4/1969, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name

Shawn Corey Carter

Gender

Male

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Star (2)

Role
- And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop
  Himself
- Access Granted
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Jay-Z
    4/3/02
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- NBA on YES
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 34 New Jersey Nets vs. New York Knicks
    2/20/12
  - S 2: Ep 64 Los Angeles Clippers vs. New Jersey Nets
    3/11/11
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Promo Video
  - S 43: Ep 31 16th July 2006
    7/16/06
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Performance
  - S 41: Ep 18 7th May 2004
    5/7/04
  - S 37: Ep 8 25th February 2000
    2/25/00
  - S 36: Ep 9 5th March 1999
    3/5/99
- Making the Video
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 11 Crazy In Love
    5/26/03
  - S 4: Ep 7 Guilty Until Proven Innocent / Fiesta
    3/15/01
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Special
  - S 40: Ep 4 31st January 2003
    1/31/03
Guest Star (43)

Role
- The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
  Performer
  - S 1: Ep 10 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
    11/29/11
- NBA on TNT
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 22 2011 NBA All-Star Game
    2/20/11
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Self
  - S 15: Ep 148 Jay-Z
    11/17/10
- GMTV
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 156 Friday 6th August
    8/6/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 217 Episode #3.217
    5/17/10
- Wednesday Night Baseball
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 5 New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers
    5/12/10
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 35: Ep 22 Betty White/Jay-Z
    5/8/10
  - S 28: Ep 22 Dan Aykroyd/Beyonce Knowles
    5/17/03
  - S 28: Ep 4 Eric McCormack/Jay-Z
    11/2/02
  - S 26: Ep 9 Lucy Liu/Jay-Z
    12/16/00
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 6 Colin Farrell, Natalia Vodianova, Jason Manford, Jay-Z.
    2/19/10
  - S 17: Ep 3 Sir David Attenborough, Eddie Izzard, Eva Herzigova, Peter Andre, Jay-Z.
    9/18/09
- American Music Awards
  Performer
  - S 37: Ep 1 2009 American Music Awards
    11/22/09
- Later... with Jools Holland
  Himself
  - S 35: Ep 8 Series 35, Show 8
    11/6/09
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Guest
  - S 24: Ep 10 Icon Jay-Z and Living Legend Barbra Streisand
    9/24/09
- The Andrew Marr Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 3 20th September, 2009
    9/20/09
- The Jay Leno Show
  Musical Guest
  - S 1: Ep 1 1
    9/14/09
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 26 MTV 26th Annual Video Music Awards
    9/13/09
  - S 1: Ep 20 MTV 20th Annual Video Music Awards
    8/28/03
  - S 1: Ep 17 MTV 17th Annual Video Music Awards
    9/7/00
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 25 August 28th, 2009
    8/28/09
- The Grammy Awards
  Himself
  - S 51: Ep 1 The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
    2/8/09
- Sound
  Video
  - S 1: Ep 33 Episode 33
    6/21/08
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 93 Show #2900
    4/4/08
  - S 15: Ep 34 Show #2841
    11/2/07
  - S 11: Ep 53 Show #2084
    11/26/03
  - S 6: Ep 47 Show #1112
    11/10/98
- Storytellers
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 1 Jay-Z: Life of an American gangster
    11/8/07
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself - Performer
  - S 16: Ep 1 2007 MTV Movie Awards
    6/3/07
- I'm From Rolling Stone
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 I am the Star, and I Shine
    2/11/07
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 55: Ep 178 September 6, 2006
    9/6/06
- CenterStage
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 15 Jay-Z
    4/5/06
- TRL
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 7040 November 9, 2005 (SNMW)
    11/9/05
  - S 6: Ep 35 2/21/03
    2/21/03
  - S 5: Ep 21 11/7/02
    11/7/02
- The Tyra Banks Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Fierce for Fall
    9/14/05
- Live@Much
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 0 Jay-Z Live@Much
    7/29/05
- Hogan Knows Best
  Himself - Brief Cameo
  - S 1: Ep 3 Brooke's Big Break
    7/24/05
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 34 Jay-Z, Jerry O'Connell, The Music
    11/4/04
- Top of the Pops Saturday
  Promo Video
  - S 2: Ep 52 14th August 2004
    8/14/04
- The Ashlee Simpson Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Ashlee Goes Platinum
    8/4/04
- Making the Video
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 6 99 Problems
    4/27/04
  - S 2: Ep 6 Big Pimpin'
    3/12/00
  - S 1: Ep 6 Girl's Best Friend
    8/8/99
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 1: Ep 27 2/16/04
    2/16/04
- Top of the Pops Saturday
  Performance
  - S 2: Ep 12 22nd November 2003
    11/22/03
- On the Record with Bob Costas
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 9 Ichiro Suzuki
    6/28/03
- Soul Train
  performer
  - S 31: Ep 21 The 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
    3/30/02
- Soul Train
  Guest (video)
  - S 31: Ep 2 Tyrese/ Keke Wyatt
    10/13/01
- BET Testimony
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Jay-Z
    10/10/01
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Himself - Performer
  - S 1: Ep 18 MTV 18th Annual Video Music Awards
    9/6/01
- MadTV
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 23 Episode #623
    5/5/01
  - S 6: Ep 17 Episode #617
    2/24/01
- Soul Train
  recipient, Sammy Davis Jr. Award, male
  - S 30: Ep 23 The 15th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
    2/28/01
- MTV Unplugged
  Performer
  - S 11: Ep 1 Jay-Z
    12/8/00
- Blueprint (2005)
  Himself
  - — Jay-Z
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Himself

Jay-Z News

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SNL: With a Cameo Appearance by Josh Brolin!

By Price Peterson, Apr 16, 2012

The famously grim actor swung by SNL this week to promote his new comedy, Men in Black 3. So how'd he do? read more
16

Saturday Night Live Highlights: Maya's Moment

By Seth Abramovitch, Feb 20, 2012

This weekend’s show, hosted by former cast member Maya Rudolph, was easily one of the best of the season. read more

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Trivia
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- In 2008 Jay-Z and Beyoncé were named Hollywood's highest-earning couple by Forbes. The couple were stated as being worth $162 million.
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- Jay-Z's height is 6'1" (1.85 meters).
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- Jay-Z's top friends are: Kanye West, Beanie Sigel, The Neptunes, and Foxy Brown.
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- Jay-Z: (On his book Decoded and how some rappers should be respected as poets) Some of the things that Biggie wrote,... ...if you take those lyrics and pull them away from the music and put them up on the wall somewhere and someone had to look at them they would say, 'This is genius…this is genius work.
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- Jay-Z: I'd rather die enormous than live dormant.
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- Jay-Z: I think relationships are broken up because of the media.
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